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Fifth War Patrol 12/16/42 -- 1/26/43
Sank the Amakasu Maru and Omi Maru near Midway Island, sank one tanker near Wake Island and damaged a second tanker in the Solomon Islands area. Fourth Unit Commendation was issued, August, 1997 by COMSUBPAC in Honolulu, HI.
Sixth War Patrol 2/16/43 --3/15/43:
Sank the Akebono Maru, Kiriha Maru, and three unidentified Marus, plus damaged three freighters, one later sunk by the
U.S.S. Paddle (SS-263).
Fifth Unit Commendation was issued August, 1998 by COMSUBPAC in Honolulu, HI.
Lost on Patrol:
Lost with a crew of 74 in the Caroline Basin, northwest
of the Admiralty Islands, Southwest of Rabaul on
March 15, 1943. Investigations of Japanese records
recovered after the war showed that a submarine was
depth-charged by three Japanese destroyers in that area
on 15 March. "A great quantity of oil and debris came
to the surface, including manufactured goods inscribed
'Made in USA'." Lat.: 0 degrees, 09 minutes North;
Longitude: 144 degrees, 55 minutes East. USS Trigger,
SS-237, in an adjoining patrol area heard the depth
charge attack lasting more than an hour, on what is
thought to have been TRITON. TRITON was reported
overdue from patrol and presumed lost on 10 April,
1943. In official Japanese records dated 1943, and ob
tained in 1998, the sinking of a submarine by Japanese
Subchaser #23 is indicated in one report but question
able in another.
TRITON's Last Message from LT CDR George K. MacKenzie, Jr.: "Two groups of smokes, 5 or more ships each, plus escorts (11 March 1943) Am chasing"
Triton Awarded: Five Battle Stars for World War II service against the enemy as confirmed by the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Division of Naval History -
OP-29:
- 1 Star: Submarine War Patrol
Wake Island including Johnston Island
8 December - 23 December, 1941
- 1 Star: Submarine War Patrol
25 January - 18 March, 1942
Awarded Unit Commendation
- 1 Star: Submarine War Patrol - Pacific
17 May, 1942, Awarded Unit Commendation
- 1 Star: Submarine War Patrol - Pacific
25 June - 7 September, 1942
Awarded Unit Commendation
- 1 Star: Submarine War Patrol
Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal
16 December - 26 January, 1943
Awarded Unit Commendation
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