USS Gudgeon (SS-211) was the first American submarine to sink an enemy warship in World War II (Pacific, 27 January 1942). She was the last of the long-range Tambor -class vessels commissioned for the United States Navy in the years before the country entered World War II.

USS Gudgeon (SS/AGSS/SSAG-567), a Tang -class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gudgeon, a species of small fresh-water minnow. The submarine's keel was laid by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

Sailing from Pearl Harbor 8 July 1957 Gudgeon began a history-making cruise around the world making the Pacific Fleet Submarine Force's flagship the first American submarine to circumnavigate the globe. After exercises at Yokosuka Gudgeon sailed west 26 August 1957.

During her first eleven patrols, GUDGEON was a most active submarine. She sank 25 ships, for 166,400 tons, and damaged 8 more, for 41,900 tons. She started for the Empire but four days after the attack at Pearl Harbor, and there sank a freighter and a submarine.

USS Gudgeon (SS-567) was a Tang -class submarine, commissioned in 1952, sold to Turkey and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1987. As TCG Hizir Reis (S-342), the sub served in the Turkish Navy from 1983 to 2004.

Apr 18, 2014 · On 4 April 1944, USS GUDGEON (SS-211) set out from Pearl Harbor to begin her twelfth war patrol. She topped off her fuel tanks at Johnston Island three days later and was never heard from again.

By sinking the Japanese submarine 1-73 on 27 January 1942, Gudgeon became the first United States submarine in history to sink an enemy combatant ship. She patrolled the South China Sea in her...

By sinking Japanese submarine I-73 on 27 January 1942, GUDGEON became the first American submarine in history to sink an enemy combatant ship. She patrolled the South China Sea during her second war run and sank a large freighter-transport and a medium freighter.

By sinking the Japanese submarine I-73 on January 27, 1942, GUDGEON became the first United States submarine in history to sink an enemy combatant’s ship. She patrolled the South China Sea in her second war run and sank a large freighter-transport and a medium freighter. Her third patrol was as a member of the forces fighting the Battle of Midway.

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