USS Capelin (SS-289) [SEP] vessel class
USS Capelin (SS-289)
USS "Capelin" (SS-289), a "Balao"-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the capelin, a small fish of the smelt family. Her keel was laid down by Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 20 January 1943 sponsored by Mrs. I.C. Bogart, and commissioned on 4 June 1943, Lieutenant Commander E.E. Marshall in command.
"Capelin" sailed from New London, Connecticut, on 3 September 1943, bound for Brisbane,
Maikaze and Isokaze off New Britain Island, 10 January 1943.
USS "Barbel" (SS-316) sunk by Japanese aircraft south-west of Palawan, Philippine Islands, 4 February 1945.
USS "Bonefish" (SS-223) sunk by Japanese warships in Toyama Wan, Honshu, Japan,
19 June 1945.
USS "Bullhead" (SS-332) sunk by Japanese aircraft north of Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands, 6 August 1945.
USS "Capelin" (SS-289) missing off Halmahera Island, December