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 | first = K. Jack
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'''USS ''Rasher'' (SS/SSR/AGSS/IXSS-269)''', a {{sclass|Gato|submarine}}, was a ship of the [[United States Navy]] named for the rasher, or [[vermilion rockfish]], a fish found along the [[California]] coast.

==Construction and commissioning==
''Rasher'', a [[fleet submarine]], was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] on 4 May 1942 by [[Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company]] at [[Manitowoc, Wisconsin|Manitowoc]], [[Wisconsin]]; [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] 20 December 1942, sponsored by Mrs. G. C. Weaver; and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] 8 June 1943, [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] E. S. Hutchinson in command. [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[Charles A. Lockwood]] had earlier relieved Hutchinson of command of the submarine {{USS|Grampus|SS-207}} for lacking aggressiveness.{{sfnp|Blair|1975|p=463}}

==Service history==
Following builder's trials in [[Lake Michigan]], ''Rasher'' was decommissioned and towed down the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] on a floating [[drydock]]. After recommissioning and fitting out in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], the new submarine trained in the [[Bay of Panama]], departed [[Balboa, Panama|Balboa]] 8 August 1943, and arrived at [[Brisbane, Australia]], on 11 September.

=== First war patrol, September – November 1943 ===
On her first war patrol, 24 September through 24 November 1943, ''Rasher'' operated in the [[Makassar Strait]]–[[Celebes Sea]] area, and sank the passenger-cargo ship ''Kogane Maru'' in a submerged attack at dawn on 9 October. Four days later, off [[Ambon, Maluku|Ambon]] Harbor, she spotted a convoy of four merchantmen escorted by two [[destroyer]]s and a "[[Mitsubishi F1M|Pete]]" [[seaplane]]. She fired two salvoes of three [[torpedo]]es each, then crash dived to avoid the destroyers and bombs from the scout plane. Freighter ''Kenkoku Maru'' broke up and sank, while the escorts struck back in a vigorous but vain counterattack.

On the afternoon of 31 October, while patrolling the shipping lanes off the [[Borneo]] coast, ''Rasher'' commenced trailing [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]] ''Koryo Maru'', but because of a patrolling float plane, was unable to attack until night. ''Rasher'' then surfaced, attacked and sent the tanker to the bottom after a thunderous explosion of exploding torpedoes and gasoline.

The submarine's next victim was tanker ''Tango Maru'' which lost her stern to a spread of three torpedoes on the afternoon of 8 November. ''Rasher'' escaped the escorts by diving deep and silently slipping away. A midnight attack on a second [[convoy]] in the [[Makassar Strait]] off Mangkalihat Peninsula resulted in a hit on a tanker, but vigorous countermeasures by enemy destroyers prevented any assessment of damage. ''Rasher'' escaped the enemy surface craft and, her torpedoes expended, headed home. During her transit, an [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[patrol bomber]] mistakenly attacked her in the [[Indian Ocean]] {{convert|310|nmi|0}} north-northeast of [[Exmouth Gulf]] in [[Western Australia]] at {{coord|17|44|S|115|39|E}} on 20 November 1943, dropping a [[depth charge]] as ''Rasher'' was submerging and passing a depth of {{convert|47|ft}}.<ref name=hinmanp174>Hinman & Campbell, p. 174.</ref> ''Rasher'' sustained no damage,<ref name=hinmanp174/> and arrived at Fremantle on 24 November 1943.

Hutchinson had cleared his record on ''Grampus'' with the sinkings and was promoted to command a submarine [[Division (naval)|division]].{{sfnp|Blair|1975|p=463}}

=== Second war patrol, December 1943 – January 1944 ===
Command of ''Rasher'' was given to [[Willard R. Laughon|Willard Ross Laughon]], former commanding officer of {{USS|R-1|SS-78|2}} in the [[Atlantic Ocean]].{{sfnp|Blair|1975|p=463}} Following refit, ''Rasher'' commenced her second war patrol on 19 December 1943 and hunted [[Japan]]ese shipping in the [[South China Sea]] off Borneo. When she attacked a three-tanker convoy on the night of 4 January 1944, her first torpedo exploded prematurely. A melee ensued, with tankers scattering and escorts racing about, firing in all directions. ''Rasher'' was pursuing ''Hakko Maru'' when the tanker exploded from a torpedo from {{USS|Bluefish|SS-222|2}}. ''Rasher'' fired at a second target while submerged, and heard explosions, but was unable to confirm a sinking. She pursued the third tanker, firing a spread of four torpedoes early on the morning of 5 January 1944. A mushroom-shaped fire rose as the last two torpedoes struck, and ''Kiyo Maru'' sank, leaving an oil slick and scattered debris. During the patrol, ''Rasher'' planted [[naval mine|mine]]s off the approaches to [[Saigon]] harbor. Prematurely exploding torpedoes and vigilant escorts frustrated her attacks on convoys on 11 January and 17 January. A week later she returned to Fremantle.

=== Third and fourth war patrols, February – June 1944 ===
''Rasher'''s third war patrol from 19 February to 4 April 1944, was conducted in the [[Java Sea]]–Celebes Sea area. On 25 February she attacked a Japanese convoy off [[Bali]]. First she sank the cargo ships ''[[Tango Maru]]'', killing thousands of [[Imperial Japanese Army]] soldiers, Javanese ''[[rōmusha]]'' forced laborers, and Allied [[Prisoner-of-war|prisoners-of-war]]. Later in the same attack she sank ''[[Ryusei Maru]]'', killing up to 5,000 of her complement of Japanese Army soldiers, [[British Indian Army|Indian prisoners of war]], and rōmusha forced labourers. Then, after transiting Makassar Strait into the Celebes Sea, she destroyed the cargo ship ''Nattai Maru'' on 3 March.

On 19 March 1944, ''Rasher'' sighted the Japanese submarine {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-112||2}} as ''Ro-112'' was surfacing in the [[Java Sea]] north of Bali off [[Cape Bungkulan]] at {{coord|08|02|S|115|25|E}}.<ref name=combinedfleetRo112>{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/RO-112.htm |title=IJN Submarine RO-112: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2017|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref> ''Rasher''′s watch officer described ''Ro-112'' as a black submarine of the "''Ro-51'' class."<ref name=combinedfleetRo112/> At 11:49, ''Rasher'' fired four [[Mark 14 torpedo|Mark 14 Mod 3]] torpedoes at ''Ro-112'', but ''Ro-112'' turned to [[Port and starboard|port]] and evaded them.<ref name=combinedfleetRo112/> En route home, however, ''Rasher'' met the 2,750-ton freighter ''Nichinan Maru'' on 27 March and sank her.

''Rasher'' returned to the Makassar Strait-Celebes Sea area for her fourth patrol, from 30 April to 23 June 1944. On 11 May, she torpedoed and sank the freighter ''Choi Maru''. Next to go down were the converted [[gunboat]] ''Anshu Maru'' on 29 May and the tanker ''Shioya Maru'' in the Celebes Sea off [[Manado]] on 8 June. On 14 June, the cargo ship ''Koan Maru'' went to the bottom, after taking a spread of torpedoes aft and [[Capsize|capsizing]].

=== Fifth war patrol, 22 July – 3 September 1944 ===
Commander [[Henry G. Munson]] relieved [[Willard R. Laughon|Commander Laughon]] as commanding officer of ''Rasher''.<ref name="ruhe">{{cite journal|author=Ruhe, W.J., CAPT USN |title=The ''Rasher's'' Fifth |journal=Proceedings |publisher=United States Naval Institute |date=September 1983 |pages=78–81}}
</ref> ''Rasher's'' fifth patrol was spent largely with {{USS|Bluefish|SS-222|2}} in the South China Sea west of [[Luzon]].

Thirty miles south of [[Scarborough Shoal]] at 2255 5 August, ''Rasher'' launched a spread of six bow torpedoes<ref name="ruhe"/> at the largest ship in a three-ship convoy. Diving to avoid being rammed, ''Rasher's'' crew counted five hits and heard the sounds of a ship breaking up as the army cargo ship ''Shiroganesan Maru'' went down.<ref name="cressman246">{{cite book
 | last = Cressman
 | first = Robert J.
 | authorlink =
 | title = The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II
 | publisher = Naval Institute Press
 | year = 2000
 | place = Annapolis, MD
 | url =https://archive.org/details/TheOfficialChronologyOfTheUSNavyInWorldWarII
 | doi =
 | isbn = 1-55750-149-1
 | page = [https://archive.org/details/TheOfficialChronologyOfTheUSNavyInWorldWarII/page/n245 246] }}</ref>

''Rasher'' observed nine successive aircraft contacts to the north on the afternoon of 18 August and deduced these were air patrols for an important convoy.<ref name="ruhe"/> That dark, rainy night ''Rasher'''s radar picked up a {{convert|13|kn|km/h|adj=on}} convoy of thirteen ships protected by six escorts.<ref name="ruhe"/> After a surfaced approach to {{convert|2800|yd|m}}, two stern torpedoes were launched at ''Teiyo Maru''<ref name="cressman248">{{cite book
 | last = Cressman
 | first = Robert J.
 | authorlink =
 | title = The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II
 | publisher = Naval Institute Press
 | year = 2000
 | place = Annapolis, MD
 | url =https://archive.org/details/TheOfficialChronologyOfTheUSNavyInWorldWarII
 | doi =
 | isbn = 1-55750-149-1
 | page = [https://archive.org/details/TheOfficialChronologyOfTheUSNavyInWorldWarII/page/n247 248] }}</ref> at 2122.<ref name="ruhe"/> Both torpedoes hit and the tanker loaded with gasoline exploded into a column of flame {{convert|1000|ft}} high, with parts of the ship being blown {{convert|500|yd|m}} from the flaming hulk.<ref name="ruhe"/> The escorts fired wildly and laid depth charge patterns astern of ''Rasher''.<ref name="ruhe"/> In a second surfaced approach to {{convert|3300|yd|m}} ''Rasher'' launched a spread of six bow torpedoes. Three torpedoes hit and sank the 17,000 ton transport ''[[Teia Maru]]'', killing 2,665 Japanese soldiers,<ref name="cressman248"/> and a fourth torpedo was heard exploding at a timed range of 3900 yards.<ref name="ruhe"/> ''Rasher'' swung hard to port to launch four stern torpedoes at 2214. Three torpedoes hit and sank the 20,000 ton [[Aircraft carrier|carrier]] {{Ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Taiyō||2}},<ref name="cressman248"/> which was escorting the convoy, and the fourth torpedo was heard exploding on a more distant ship.<ref name="ruhe"/>

''Rasher'' pulled away to reload [[torpedo tube]]s and the convoy split into two groups.<ref name="ruhe"/> ''Rasher'' followed the group moving northwest while ''Bluefish'' intercepted the remaining ships continuing southwesterly and sank two tankers.<ref name="ruhe"/> ''Rasher'' launched four bow torpedoes at a range of {{convert|2200|yd|m}}, and three hits on the cargo-transport ''Eishin Maru''<ref name="cressman248"/> caused an ammunition detonation with the pressure wave sweeping over the submarine's bridge.<ref name="ruhe"/> The fourth torpedo was heard exploding on a more distant ship.<ref name="ruhe"/> ''Rasher'' then swung hard right to launch two stern torpedoes. Both torpedoes hit and ''Noshiro Maru''<ref name="cressman248"/> slowed to {{convert|5|kn|km/h}} and reversed course.<ref name="ruhe"/> {{USS|Spadefish|SS-411|2}} joined the [[wolf pack (submarines)|wolfpack]] and scored hits on two of the surviving transports.

''Rasher'' counted sixteen detonations from the eighteen torpedoes fired on 18 August and five detonations for the six fired on 5 August.<ref name="ruhe"/> With all torpedoes expended, ''Rasher'' set course for [[Midway Atoll|Midway]].<ref name="ruhe"/> Munson was called into a secret conference at Midway to compare his observations with decrypted Japanese message traffic.<ref name="ruhe"/> Postwar accounting verified ''Rasher'' had sunk the highest tonnage of any World War II U.S. submarine patrol to that date.<ref name="ruhe"/> That record would be exceeded only once, when {{USS|Archerfish|SS-311}} sank the Japanese [[aircraft carrier]] [[Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano|''Shinano'']] three months later.{{sfnp|Blair|1975|p=964}} ''Rasher'' proceeded to [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] via [[Hawaii]] for overhaul at [[Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard]] on 11 September. She was given a new 5-inch deck gun, ST radar, and many other upgrades.<ref name="Sasgen" />

=== Sixth, seventh, and eighth war patrols, January – August 1945 ===
Benjamin Ernest Adams Jr. replaced Munson for the sixth war patrol. ''Rasher'' departed San Francisco on 20 December 1944, arriving at Midway via Pearl Harbor in early January 1945. Her sixth patrol, as a unit of a wolfpack with {{USS|Pilotfish|SS-386|2}} and {{USS|Finback|SS-230|2}}, commenced on 29 January, and was conducted in the southern sector of the [[East China Sea]]. ''Rasher'' attacked a pair of ships on 15 February but missed, and approached a convoy the next day but was unable to get in position to attack. A later attack on another convoy also ended in misses.<ref name="Sasgen" /> No other suitable targets were found, only small patrol craft, hospital ships, and ubiquitous patrol aircraft. The patrol ended on 16 March 1945 at [[Guam]].

[[File:USS Rasher;0826912.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Battleflag of the ''Rasher'' (SS-269), 1945.]]
Charles Derick Nace replaced Adams for the seventh and eighth patrols. ''Rasher's'' seventh patrol, 17 April to 29 May 1945, was little more rewarding than the sixth. On lifeguard station off [[Honshū]], she riddled two small craft with gunfire. No aircraft came down in her area, and she returned to Midway on 29 May.

''Rasher'' departed Midway 23 June 1945 to take lifeguard station off southern [[Taiwan|Formosa]]. No Allied planes were downed in her area before orders arrived to proceed to the [[Gulf of Siam]]. While she was en route the war ended, and ''Rasher'' returned to the [[Philippines]]. She departed [[Subic Bay]] on 31 August arriving [[New York, New York|New York]] on 6 October, via Pearl Harbor and the [[Panama Canal]]. Following deactivation overhaul, she was decommissioned 22 June 1946 and was placed in the [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]] at [[Naval Submarine Base New London|New London, Connecticut]].

''Rasher'' was credited with sinking 99,901&nbsp;tons of Japanese shipping, the third highest total for US submarines in World War II. However, a Japanese destroyer credited as sunk by sister ship {{USS|Flasher|SS-249}} is given a name that never existed and may have been a case of mistaken identity. If the tonnage credited for this ship is removed from the record of ''Flasher'', then ''Rasher'' becomes the second highest-scoring US submarine for tonnage.{{sfnp|Blair|1975|p=989}}

=== Service as radar picket submarine, 1953–1960 ===
She was placed in commission in reserve at [[Philadelphia Naval Shipyard]] 14 December 1951, Lt. V. D. Ely in command. After being reclassified as a [[radar picket]] submarine, '''SSR-269''', she commenced conversion which continued after she decommissioned 28 May 1952. After extensive hull and interior alterations at Philadelphia Navy Yard, she was recommissioned 22 July 1953, Lt. Comdr. R. W. Stecher in command. She departed New London on 12 November, arriving [[San Diego]] 17 December via [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|Guantanamo Bay]] and the Panama Canal.

The following two years were spent off the west coast in operations from [[Washington (state)|Washington state]] to [[Acapulco]]. On 4 January 1956, she deployed to the [[United States|7th Fleet]], where she operated with U.S. and [[SEATO]] naval units. She returned to San Diego 3 July 1956. Prior to and following a second WestPac deployment from 4 March to 4 September 1958, SSR-269 served in Fleet exercises as an early warning ship, and in [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]] training operations.

On 28 December 1959, ''Rasher'' departed the continental United States for the Far East. While attached to the 7th Fleet, she participated in exercise "Blue Star", a large-scale American-Nationalist Chinese amphibious exercise. In May 1960, she took part in the [[Black Ship]] Festival at [[Shimoda, Shizuoka|Shimoda, Japan]], commemorating Commodore [[Matthew C. Perry]]'s landing. She returned to San Diego on 20 June 1960.

=== Vietnam War service ===
[[File:USS Rasher AGSS 269 ship logo.jpg|thumb|USS ''Rasher'' (AGSS 269) ship's logo.]]
''Rasher'' was reclassified as an auxiliary submarine, '''AGSS-269''', on 1 July 1960, with conversion being accomplished at [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]]. Involved in maintaining fleet readiness until mid-August 1962 when she deployed to WestPac, ''Rasher'' continued to exhibit her usual high standards of performance. She returned to San Diego on 15 February 1963, and was overhauled that summer.

During the next year, AGSS-269 was engaged in strike exercises involving other American and [[Canada|Canadian]] ships. Her next deployment, beginning on 3 August 1964, involved support of 7th Fleet operations off [[Vietnam]], as well as ASW exercises with SEATO allies.

After returning to San Diego on 5 February 1965, she had ASW and amphibious training. Her next WestPac deployment, from 3 January to 17 July 1966, included amphibious and ASW training support for [[Republic of Korea]], [[Taiwan|Nationalist Chinese]], and [[Thailand|Thai]] units, as well as operations with the 7th Fleet off Vietnam.

''Rasher'' spent the remainder of her commissioned career providing training services off the coast of California to [[U.S. Navy SEALs|UDT]] and [[anti-submarine warfare|ASW]] units.

==Decommissioning and disposal==
''Rasher'' was decommissioned 27 May 1967, and later was reclassified "unclassified miscellaneous submarine" '''IXSS-269''', was towed to [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], where she served as a training submarine for Naval reservists until struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy List]], 20 December 1971.

==Honors and awards==

* [[File:United States Navy Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg|106px]] [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] for outstanding performance in combat during [[World War II]] patrols 1, 3, 4, and 5.
* {{ribbon devices|number=7|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] with seven [[battle star]]s for World War II service
* {{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Vietnam Service Medal]] with two [[service star]]s for [[Vietnam War]] service

==See also==
*[[List of most successful American submarines in World War II]]

== References ==
===Citations===
{{reflist}}
{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/r3/rasher.htm}}
===Bibliography===
* {{cite book | last = Blair | first = Clay Jr. | authorlink = Clay Blair | title = Silent Victory | publisher = [[J. B. Lippincott & Co.]]| year = 1975 | place = Philadelphia | url = | doi = | isbn = 978-0-397-00753-0}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=hkupDwAAQBAJ&dq=LApon+raton&pg=PA181 Hinman, Charles R., and Douglas E. Campbell. ''The Submarine Has No Friends: Friendly Fire Incidents Involving U.S. Submarines During World War II''. Syneca Research Group, Inc., 2019.] {{ISBN|978-0-359-76906-3}}.

==Further reading==
* Sasgen, Peter. 1995. ''Red Scorpion: The War Patrols of the USS Rasher.'' Pocket Star Books. {{ISBN|0-7434-8910-1}} (The author's father served on all eight of the Rasher's patrols during World War II)

== External links ==
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*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08269.htm navsource.org: USS ''Rasher'']

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