Baya SS-318

 

 

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Baya

(SS 318: dp. 152ff; 1. 311'V"; b. 27'3"; dr. 16'10"; s.
20.3 k.; cgl. 66; a. 1 5'~, 10 21" TT.; cl. Balao)

Baya ( SS-318) was launched 2 January 1944 by ~Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. C. C. Kirkpatrick, wife ot Lieutenant Commander Kirkpatrick and commissioned 20 May 1944, Commander A. H. Hoitz in command.

Baya arrived at Pearl Harbor in August 1944. During 23 August 1914 25 July 1945 she completed live war patrols in the South China Sea, Gulf of Siam, Java Sea and Phillppine Sea. Baya sank four Japanese vessels totaling 8855 tons and an 8407-ton passenger-cargo ship in conJunction with Hlawkbill (SS-366).

Baya departed Subie Bay, Philippine Islands, in September 1945 and arrived at San Francisco on the 24th. Shortly thereafter she began inactivation and on 14 May 1946 went out of commission in reserve at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.

Baya was recommissioned 10 February 1948 and converted to an electronics experimental su-bmArine. Reclassified AGSS~187 12 August 1949, Baga has since eondueted experiments for the Navy Electronics Laboratory San Diego, Calif.; participated in local operations near San Diego, and has served with the joint AmericanCanadian Task Force gathering scientific data off western Canada in November and December 1948. During July September 1949 she made a cruise to the Arctic to gather valuable scientific data in the Bering and Chukehi Sea~. Between July and October 1955 she was deployed to Pearl Harbor on further experimental research.

Baya received four battle stars for her World War II service.