On 19 February, she fired four torpedoes at two Japanese freighter-transports in the Badung Strait. Seawolf sailed out of Surabaya on 15 February and began patrolling in the Java Sea-Lombok Strait area. Seawolf then loaded torpedoes and passengers, and headed for Surabaya, Java. The ammunition was unloaded on 28–29 January at Corregidor. The submarine sighted seven Japanese freighters accompanied by four destroyers and a cruiser on 21 January, but had no opportunity to fire any of the eight torpedoes that she had aboard. 50-caliber (12.7 mm) antiaircraft ammunition for use by American forces on Corregidor and sailed for Manila Bay on 16 January. Seawolf departed Manila on 31 December 1941 for Australia and arrived at Darwin on 9 January 1942. She promptly underwent her first depth charge attack but suffered no damage. On 14 December, she fired a spread of torpedoes at Sanyo Maru in Port San Vicente. Seawolf hunted Japanese shipping off San Bernardino Strait.
When war with Japan began, the submarine readied for sea and was on her first war patrol from 8–26 December 1941.
In the autumn of 1940, she proceeded to Manila Bay and operated from the Cavite Navy Yard. Seawolf was next assigned to the Pacific Fleet, home ported at San Diego. Warder (Class of 1925) in command.Īfter fitting out, Seawolf departed Portsmouth, New Hampshire on 12 April 1940 for her shakedown cruise, which lasted until 21 June and took her as far south as the Panama Canal Zone. Kalbfus and commissioned on 1 December 1939, Lieutenant Frederick B. She was launched on 15 August 1939 sponsored by Mrs. Her keel was laid down on 27 September 1938 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. USS Seawolf (SS-197), a Sargo-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf. Sargo-class diesel-electric submarine ġ,450 long tons (1,470 t) standard, surfaced, 2,350 long tons (2,390 t) submerged Ĥ × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators, 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries, 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears, two shafts, 5,400 shp (4.1 MW) surfaced, 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged Ģ1 knots (39 km/h) surfaced, 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged ġ1,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) 10 knots (19 km/h) Ĥ8 hours 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged Ĩ × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (four forward, four aft 24 torpedoes), 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal deck gun, four machine guns Rowell (DE-403) off Morotai on 3 October 1944 Probably sunk by friendly fire from Richard M. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine For other ships of the same name, see USS Seawolf.
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