USS Steelhead (SS-280)
USS ''Steelhead'' (SS-280), a Gato class submarine, ''Gato''-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the rainbow trout, steelhead, a North American trout found from California to Alaska. ''Steelhead'' (SS-280) was laid down on 1 June 1942 by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine; launched on 11 September 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Marguerite Brown; and commissioned on 7 December 1942. First war patrol, April – June 1943 ''Steelhead'' held her shakedown off Long Island in December 1942 and January 1943. In February, she sailed for the Pacific and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 8 April. After intensive training, she sailed for Midway Atoll, Midway Island; topped off her fuel there on 25 April, and began her first war patrol. She planted 12 Naval mine, mines off the Japanese mainland near Erimo Saki and then bombarded a steel plant and iron foundry near Muroran, Hokkaido, Muroran, Hokkaidō. She fired no torpedoes, and the submarine returned to Midw ...
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