USS Razorback (SS-394) Ship's Log 



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YearDateHistorical Events
1943Sep 9Keel laid down by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.
1944Jan 27Launched.
 Apr 3Commissioned with LCDR. Albert M. Bontier in command.
 Aug 25Razorback departed from Pearl Harbor, HI. for her 1st war patrol East of Luzon as a member of an offensive group in support of the mid-September Palau landings.
 Oct 19Razorback arrived at Midway Island.
 Nov 15Razorback departed Midway for her 2nd war patrol in company with Trepang and Segundo, operating in the Luzon Straits.
 Dec 6Razorback damaged the 6933 ton freighter Kenjo Maru.
 Dec 30Razorback sank the old 820 ton destroyer Kuretake and damaged another freighter.
1945Jan 5Razorback arrived at Guam, Marianas Island for refit.
 Feb 1Razorback departed on her 3rd war patrol to the East China Sea along with Segundo and Seacat. She sank 4 wooden ships in 3 spearate surface gun actions and deposited 3 Japanese prisoners at Guam before returning to Pearl Harbor, HI.
 Mar 26Razorback terminated her patrol at Pearl Harbor, HI.
 May 7Razorback departed on her 4th war patrol for lifeguard duty in the Nanpo Shoto and Tokyo Bay areas.
 May 25Razorback rescued Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Taylor, a P-51 fighter pilot from the 21st Fighter Group.
 Jun 5Razorback rescued four B-29 Superfortress crewmen shot down during an air raid over Kobe, Japan.
 Jun 27Razorback returned to Midway Island for refit.
 Jul 22Razorback departed Midway for her 5th war partol in the Okhotsk Sea where she sank 6 wooden cargo sea trucks and damaged 2 in surface gun action.
 Aug 31Razorback entered Tokyo Harbor with 11 other submarines to take part in the formal surrender of Japan.
 Sep 20Razorback arrived at San Diego, CA. after a stop in Pearl Harbor, Hi., where she remained active with the Pacific Fleet serving off Japan and China in early in 1948 and again in late 1949.
1952Aug 1Razorback was decommissioned for conversion to a Guppy IIA type submarine.
1954Jan 1Razorback was recommissioned and reported to SubRon 10 at New London, CT. for shakedown and training.
 May 24Razorback transferred to San Diego, CA, SubRon 3, providing antisubmarine training services for local surface and air units for the reaminder of 1954 and 1955.
1957Jun 24Razorback departed for her first extended Far East deployment since the forties.
1966Feb 1Razorback returned to San Diego, CA. after deployment to the South China Sea where she earned her first Vietnam Service Medal.
1970Jan 30Razorback departed on her last deployment to the western Pacific.
 Nov 30Razorback was decommissioned and transferred to the Turkish Navy.
1971Dec 17The submarine was recommissioned TCG Muratreis (S-336) on 17 December 1971, named after the great Ottoman admiral Murat Reis and served Turkey for 31 years, decommissioning in March 2002.
2004Mar 25Ex-Muratreis was purchased from Turkey by the city of North Little Rock, Arkansas on 25 March 2004 for $37,500
 Aug 29Razorback reached her berth in North Little Rock, at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum.
2005May 15Razorback officially opened to the public as a museum boat.