History for the SS-196, U.S.S. Searaven
| Launched: | Builder: | Sponsor: | Commissioned: | First Captain: | Stricken/Lost: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Target 1948 |
| Patrols | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No: | Captain: | From: | Date: | Duration: | Score (WT): | JANAC | Return: |
| 1 | Theodore C. Aylward | Manila | 12/41 | 41 | 0/0 | 0/0 | Darwin |
| 2 | Theodore C. Aylward | Darwin | 1/42 | 43 | 1/1,500 | 0/0 | Fremantle |
| 3 | Hiram Cassedy | Fremantle | 4/42 | 23 | 0/0 | 0/0 | Fremantle |
| 4 | Hiram Cassedy | Fremantle | 6/42 | 40 | 0/0 | 0/0 | Fremantle |
| 5 | Hiram Cassedy | Fremantle | 9/42 | 58 | 2/21,900 | 0/0 | Fremantle |
| 6 | Hiram Cassedy | Fremantle | 12/42 | 55 | 1/5,900 | 1/5,700 | Pearl Harbor |
| 7 | Hiram Cassedy | Pearl Harbor | 6/43 | 43 | 0/0 | 0/0 | Pearl Harbor |
| 8 | Hiram Cassedy | Pearl Harbor | 8/43 | 47 | 0/0 | 0/0 | Pearl Harbor |
| 9 | Melvin H. Dry | Pearl Harbor | 11/43 | 49 | 1/10,000 | 1/10,000 | Pearl Harbor |
| 10 | Melvin H. Dry | Pearl Harbor | 1/44 | 47 | 0/0 | 0/0 | Pearl Harbor |
| 11 | Melvin H. Dry | Pearl Harbor | 3/44 | 45 | 2/6,500 | 0/0 | Pearl Harbor |
| 12 | Melvin H. Dry | Pearl Harbor | 8/44 | 52 | 1/5,100 | 1/4,700 | Pearl Harbor |
| 13 | Raymond Berthrong | Pearl Harbor | 11/44 | 52 | 2-½/25,800 | 0/0 | Pearl Harbor |
During her first two war patrols in December of 1941 and the spring of 1942, the SS-196 Searaven ran supplies to the American and Filippino troops trapped on Corregidor Island and the Bataan Peninsula. On February 3rd, 1942, the SS-196 torpedoed and sank a Japanese destroyer and claimed her first victim of the war. Between April 2 – April 25, 1942, the Searaven conducted a third patrol around Timor Island and during that time, she rescued 33 Royal Australian Air Force men.