Talk:USS Tambor

Latest comment: 11 years ago by Trekphiler in topic When was first war patrol?

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A torpedoman who served on the Tambor has published a memoir about his time on the USS Tambor. It would be interesting to get a copy and use it to flesh out this page... Were Pirates: A Torpedoman’s Pacific War NGC1976 (talk) 06:28, 9 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

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need an actual picture 71.161.41.63 01:55, 21 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

When was first war patrol? edit

The article seems to say her first war patrol started just after Pearl Harbor and ended before she went to Mare Island. Then later it says her first war patrol started after she returned from Mare Island. Which is it? Kendall-K1 (talk) 15:37, 7 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

The second is correct, but arguably, they both are. Tambor was on simulated war patrol in November '41 & was off Wake when the Japanese attacked. Her first "sailed on war patrol" was in March '42. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 18:38, 7 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
I've re-worded it, see if you think it's accurate. I changed "when WWII broke out" because the war had been going on for a couple of years before 1941, just not between the US and Japan. Kendall-K1 (talk) 22:38, 7 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
You're fine there. Good catch, too; I hadn't noticed that one. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 01:55, 8 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Link to tambor edit

The link to tambor is obviously wrong. DANFS says the ship was named for "the red rock fish of the Pacific coast," so I'm going to link it to Sebastes, although I can't find anything that says there is a species in this genus known as the "tambor." Kendall-K1 (talk) 22:50, 7 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Just found an entry in Fishes of the Pacific Coast: From Alaska to Peru (p. 41) that says the Yelloweye Rockfish, Sebastes ruberrimus, is also known as the tambor. Kendall-K1 (talk) 22:55, 7 January 2013 (UTC)Reply