USS Perch (SS-176), a Porpoise -class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the perch. Perch spent the first months of WW2 protecting the Philippines and Dutch East Indies from Japanese invasion, successfully sinking the transport ship Nojima Maru, and seeing several more instances of action.

USS Perch was forced to scuttle herself after being mortally wounded in a depth charge attack. All crew members were picked up by the Japanese, and sent to Prisoner of War camps. Six crew members of USS Perch (SS-176) died as Prisoners of War.

USS Perch (SS-176) was a Porpoise-class submarine and the first ship in the US Navy to be named for the Perch. She was commissioned in 1936 in Groton CT. She became a member of the Pacific Fleet in November 1937 joining Submarine Squadron 6.

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Perch, named in honor of the perch, a type of fresh-water spiny-finned fish belonging to the family Percidae. The first USS Perch (SS-176) was a Porpoise -class submarine, commissioned in 1936 and stricken in 1942.

The USS Perch (SS-176) was a Porpoise (SS-172)-class submarine commissioned on 19 November 1936. In 1939, the Perch sailed for the Philippines and became a division flagship. In the summer of 1940, she sailed to Tsingtao and Shanghai, China.

Jun 12, 2024 · As the American submarine USS Perch surfaced just off the east coast of North Korea, not far from the border with China, her crew and a detachment of Royal Marine commandos hurried on deck to open a large hangar.

The significant statement of Japanese antisubmarine capabilities is made by Lieutenant K. G. Schacht, a survivor of Perch, that "loss of air and oil during attacks caused both previous enemy...

The last fateful days of USS Perch SS-176 Launched May 9th 1936 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, USS Perch was one of a new breed of American submarines, the precursor to the ‘fleet’ boat of WW11.

The USS Perch (SS-176), a Porpoise-class submarine, made one successful war patrol and was sunk by the Japanese on her second patrol. The entire crew was captured by a Japanese destroyer. Of the fifty-four men and five officers, all but six — who died of malnutrition in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps — were able to return to the United ...

USS Perch (SS/SSP/ASSP/APSS/LPSS/IXSS-313), a Balao -class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the perch, a freshwater spiny-finned fish.