US Stamp Sc# 805 on USS TAUTOG Naval Cover Shakedown Cruise Sept 2, 1940

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Condition:Fine Naval Cover of one of the most successful submarines of WWII.US Stamp Sc# 805 on USS TAUTOG  Naval Cover Shakedown Cruise Sept 2, 1940

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USS _TAUTOG_ (SS-199)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other ships of the same name, see USS Tautog.

Career
Builder:

Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1]

Laid Down:

1 March 1939[1]

Launched:

27 January 1940[1]

Commissioned:

3 July 1940[1]

Decommissioned:

8 December 1945[1]

Struck:

1 September 1959[1]

Honors and
Awards:
14 battle stars, 7 Navy Unit Commendations

Fate:

Sold for scrap, 1 July 1960[1]

General Characteristics

Class & Type:

_Tambor_ class diesel-electric submarine[2]

Displacement:

1,475 long tons (1,499 t) standard, surfaced[3]

2,370 tons (2,408 t) submerged[3]

Length:

307 ft 2 in (93.62 m)[3]

Beam:

27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[3]

Draft:

14 ft 7 1⁄2 in (4.458 m)[3]

Propulsion:

4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators[2][4]

2 × 126-cell _Sargo_ batteries [3]

4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears [2]

two propellers [2]

5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced[2]

2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged[2]

Speed:

20.4 knots (38 km/h) surfaced[3]

8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged[3]

Range:

11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)[3]

Endurance:

48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged[3]

Test Depth:

250 ft (76 m)[3]

Complement:

6 officers, 54 enlisted[3]

Armament:

10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

 (six forward, four aft)

 24 torpedoes[3]

1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun[3]

Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

USS _TAUTOG_ (SS-199), a _Tambor_-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tautog, a small edible sport fish, which is also called a blackfish.

One of the most successful submarines of World War II, _Tautog_ was credited with sinking 26 Japanese ships,[5] for a total of 72,606 tons, scoring first by number of ships and eleventh by tonnage[6] earning her the nickname "The Terrible T."

Contents
* 1 Construction
* 2 Operational history
* 3 First patrol
* 4 Second patrol
* 5 Third patrol
* 6 Fourth patrol
* 7 Fifth patrol
* 8 Sixth patrol
* 9 Seventh patrol
* 10 Eighth patrol
* 11 Ninth patrol
* 12 Tenth patrol
* 13 Eleventh patrol
* 14 Twelfth patrol
* 15 Thirteenth patrol
* 16 Fate
* 17 Awards
* 18 Notes
* 19 References
* 20 External links

Construction
Her keel was laid down on 1 March 1939 at Groton, Connecticut, by the Electric Boat Company. She was launched on 27 January 1940 (sponsored by Mrs. Richard S. Edwards), and commissioned on 3 July 1940 with Lieutenant Joseph H. Willingham (Class of 1926)[6] in command.

Operational History
Following brief training in Long Island Sound, _Tautog_ got underway for the Caribbean Sea on her shakedown cruise which lasted from 6 September 1940 to 11 November 1940. She returned to New London, Connecticut and operated from that base until early February 1941 when she was ordered to the Virgin Islands.

Late in April, she returned to New London, Connecticut, loaded supplies, and sailed with two other submarines for Hawaii on 1 May. After calls at Coco Solo, Canal Zone, and San Diego, California, they arrived at Pearl Harbor on 6 June 1941. _Tautog_ operated in the Hawaiian area until mid-October. On 21 October, she and _Thresher_ (SS-200) stood out to sea, under sealed orders, to begin a 45-day, full-time, simulated war patrol in the area of Midway Island. For 38 consecutive days, the two submarines operated submerged for 16 to 18 hours each day. _Tautog_ returned to Pearl Harbor on 5 December 1941.

Two days later, on Sunday, 7 December, _Tautog_ was at the Submarine Base when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Within minutes of the first Japanese bomb explosions on Ford Island, _Tautog'_s gun crews went into action and, with the help of _Narwhal_ (SS-167) and a destroyer, shot down a Japanese torpedo bomber as it came over Merry Point.

_Tautog'_s first patrol, into the Marshall Islands in late 1941
and early 1942, produced reconnaissance information but no sinkings.
However, on her second visit to that area, in the spring of 1942, she
torpedoed the Japanese submarines RO-30 and I-28, plus a freighter.
Operating out of Australia between July 1942 and May 1943, _Tautog_
went into the waters of the East Indies and Indochina on five patrols
that cost the enemy the destroyer Isonami and seven merchantmen. She
also laid mines off Haiphong and suffered through a depth charge attack
in November 1942.

Following an overhaul at San Francisco, California, _Tautog_
resumed operations from Pearl Harbor in October 1943, sinking Submarine
Chaser # 30 and damaging a tanker and three freighters during this
cruise, her eighth of the war. Her next four patrols, in December 1943 -
August 1944, took her to the Japanese home islands, including the
chilly northern Pacific. This period was a very productive one, with the
destroyer Shirakumo and eleven Marus falling victim to _Tautog'_s
torpedoes. A stateside overhaul followed, with the submarine's
thirteenth war patrol, into the East China Sea, beginning in December
1944. The next month she sank a landing ship and a motor torpedo boat
tender to conclude an extraordinary combat career.

Assigned to training duty in February 1945, _Tautog_ spent the
rest of World War II in that role and supporting developmental work off
Hawaii and the West Coast. She transferred to the Atlantic in November
1945, a few months after Japan's surrender, and was decommissioned in
December. In 1947 _Tautog_ went to the Great Lakes, where she was
employed as a stationary Naval Reserve training submarine at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, for nearly twelve years. USS _Tautog_ was removed from
service in September 1959. Sold some months later, she was scrapped at
Manistee, Michigan, during the early 1960s.

First Patrol
_Tautog'_s first war patrol began on 26 December 1941 and took her to the Marshall Islands for reconnaissance work. After 26 days in the area gathering information, particularly of Kwajalein, she reported no enemy activity at Rongelop, Bat, Wotho, or Bikini. On 13 January 1942, she launched three torpedoes at a small minelayer, receiving a depth charging in return. Plagued by a fogging periscope, she returned to Pearl Harbor on 4 February and was routed to Mare Island for upkeep.

Second Patrol
On 9 April 1942, _Tautog_ headed westward toward Hawaii and
started her next war patrol upon leaving Pearl Harbor 15 days later. Her
assigned area was again in the Marshall Islands. Around 10:00 on 26
April near Johnston Island, while _en route_ to her station, _Tautog_ sighted the periscope of an enemy submarine, apparently maneuvering to reach a favorable firing position. _Tautog_ made a sharp turn and fired one stern torpedo, evidently exploding _above_ the target,[7] which sank _Ro-30_ (1,000 tons).[8]

Shortly after her arrival in the Marshalls, _Tautog_ was ordered to Truk to intercept ships returning from the Battle of the Coral Sea, especially the Japanese aircraft carriers _Zuikauku_ and _Shōkaku_ (the latter codenamed "Wounded Bear");[9] because Pearl Harbor underestimated _Shōkaku'_s speed, _Tautog_ and two compatriots arrived too late and did not see _Shōkaku_ depart, on 11 or 12 May.[10] South of the harbor, _Tautog_ launched two torpedoes at _Goyo Maru_, scoring one hit and suffering a circular run (typical of the erratic Mark XIV torpedo), forcing _Tautog_ deep.[10] (_Goyo Maru_ beached herself.)[11] Two days later, _Tautog_ was alerted by ULTRA of four Japanese submarines in the vicinity, also returning from battle.[10] She was caught by surprise by the first, and failed to attack.[10] She detected and fired two torpeodes at the second. Although the Japanese boat was not in sight when _Tautog_ surfaced, she was not officially credited with a sinking. Later in the morning, _Tautog_ sighted another submarine with the designation "I-28" clearly discernible on its conning tower.[12] Just as _I-28_ fired at _Tautog_, the American boat launched two torpedoes, then went to 150 feet (46 m) to avoid.[10] One torpedo missed,[10] the second sent the Japanese boat to the bottom,[12] making her the third sunk by Pacific Fleet submarines.[13]

_Tautog_ sighted two ships departing Truk on 22 May and made a
submerged sound attack on the larger. The American submarine's crew
thought they had sunk the target, but the 5,461-ton cargo ship _Sanko Maru_ had been only damaged. Three days later, _Tautog_ made an attack from periscope depth against a cargo ship. Her spread of torpedoes sent _Shoka Maru_ to the bottom. The patrol ended at Fremantle on 11 June. She was credited with six ships sunk for 19,500 tons; postwar, this was reduced to three for 7,500 tons.[14]

Third Patrol
Her third war patrol, conducted from 17 July to 10 September 1942, took _Tautog_ to the coast of Indochina, where (in part due to torpedo shortages) she laid mines. The hunting was poor, and she sank only one ship, _Ohio Maru_ (5,900 tons),[15] on 6 August.

Fourth Patrol
_Tautog_ was refitted by _Holland_ (AS-3) at Albany, south of Fremantle. Again loaded with mines,
the submarine put to sea 8 October 1942. On 20 October, her lookouts
spotted the dim outline of a ship through a rain squall. Quickly
submerging, the submarine determined that the ship was a 75-ton fishing schooner. _Tautog_
prepared for battle, surfaced, closed the range, and fired a shot from
her deck gun across the schooner's bow; the target hove to. The stranger
broke the Japanese colors and hoisted a signal flag. Investigation
revealed a Japanese crew and four Filipinos on board. The Filipinos swam
over to the submarine and later enlisted in the United States Navy.
The Japanese were ordered to take to their boats but refused to do so.
Three shells fired in the schooner's stern disabled her rudder and
propeller. The Japanese then launched a boat, were given water, and
directed to the nearest land. When _Tautog_ opened fire to sink the
ship, several more Japanese emerged and scrambled into the boat. Ten
more rounds left the schooner a burning hulk.

On 27 October, _Tautog_ tracked a passenger-cargo ship until
dark and launched two torpedoes into her. A fire started in the target
aft, her bow rose into the air, and the unidentified ship sank within a
few minutes.{Tentatively identified as the "Hokuango Maru" formerly
Chinese vessel "Pei An"}{[16]}
The next day, a spread of torpedoes fired at another merchantman turned
out to be duds; their impacts on the target which could be heard in the
sub.[17]
However, escort ships had seen their tracks, and the submarine received
a thorough depth charging which caused no serious damage. During the
night of 2 November, _Tautog_ laid mines off Haiphong, Indochina,
with several exploding as they were emplaced. On 11 November, she
launched a torpedo at another passenger/cargo ship. It missed and
alerted an escort which gave _Tautog_ a severe depth charge
attack. Five explosions close aboard caused extensive minor damage. The
submarine returned to Fremantle ten days later for repair and refit.
She was credited with one ship of 5,100 tons; postwar, it was reduced to
4,000 tons.[18]

Fifth Patrol
Her fifth war patrol, from 15 December 1942 to 30 January 1943, took _Tautog_ (now in the hands of William B. "Barney" Sieglaff, on his first war patrol)[19] to the Java Sea, near Ambon Island, Timor Island, and Celebes Island. She contacted a freighter in Ombai Strait on 24 December and tracked her until 03:06 the next morning when she fired three stern tubes. Two hits sent _Banshu Alaru Number 2_ to the bottom. _Tautog_ went deep and began retiring westward; enemy patrol boats kept her down for ten hours before they withdrew.

That night, _Tautog_ was headed for Alors Strait when she sighted a ship (thought to be a freighter) coming west, accompanied by an escort. The targets suddenly turned toward _Tautog_
and were recognized as an antisubmarine warfare team. The submarine
went deep but still received a severe pounding. On 5 January 1943, _Tautog_ sighted a sail off her port bow and promptly closed the ship. It turned out to be a native craft with a dozen Muslim sailors, four women, several babies, some chickens, and a goat on board. After he had examined the ship's papers, _Tautog'_s commanding officer allowed the vessel to resume its voyage. On 9 January at 08:38, _Tautog_ (relying on ULTRA) sighted a _Natori_-class cruiser off Ambon Island,
at a range of about 3,000 yards (2,700 m). Three minutes later, the
submarine fired her first torpedo. At 09:43, her crew heard a loud
explosion, and sonar reported the cruiser's screws had stopped. In the
next few minutes, as the cruiser got underway at reduced speed, _Tautog_
scored two more hits, while the cruiser opened fire on her periscope
with 5 in (127 mm) guns, preventing her from tracking the target for
another attack; the cruiser limped into Ambon.[20]

Later in the patrol, in the Salajar Strait, _Tautog_ spotted a second cruiser (again thanks to ULTRA), and launched four torpedoes in heavy seas; all missed.[21] She sighted a freighter on 22 January in the Banda Sea, and three of the submarine's torpedoes sent her to the bottom. The victim was later identified as _Hasshu Maru_, a former Dutch passenger-cargo ship which had been taken over by the Japanese. _Tautog_ then headed for Fremantle, where she was greeted warmly for her "extreme aggressiveness."[22] She was credited with two ships sunk for 6,900 tons; postwar, this was limited to two of 2,900.[23]

Sixth Patrol
_Tautog'_s next patrol was conducted in Makassar Strait and around Balikpapan (where she again laid mines)[24]
from 24 February 1943 to 19 April. On 17 March, she sighted a grounded
tanker with topside damage from an air attack. One torpedo, well placed
near the stern, produced a secondary explosion, and the ship settled by
the stern. _Tautog_ expended three additional torpedoes on a freighter, but missed.[25] On 9 April in the Celebes Sea off Boston Island, _Tautog_ contacted a convoy of five ships. She sank the 5,214-ton freighter _Penang Maru_ with three torpedoes, then the destroyer _Isonami_ (1,750 tons)[26] as it rescued crew from the _Penang Maru_ with three more and missed with three.[25] During this patrol, in four battle surfaces to test her new gun (only the third 5"/25 cal pirated from an old V-boat,[25]) _Tautog_
also sank a schooner, a sailboat, and a motor sampan. Despite five
torpedo and four gun attacks, however, she only sank two confirmed ships
for 7,000 tons (wartime, 6,800).[27]

Seventh Patrol
_Tautog_ stood out of Fremantle on 11 May 1943 and headed for a patrol area that included the Flores Sea, the Gulf of Boni, the Molucca Sea, the Celebes Sea, and the Moru Gulf. On 20 May, she sank a sampan with her deck guns. On 6 June, the submarine fired a spread of three torpedoes at a cargo ship off the entrance to Basalin Strait. The first torpedo scored a hit 20 seconds after being fired and a yellowish-green flash went up amidships of _Shinei Maru_ as she went down. _Tautog_ sank the 4,474-ton cargo ship _Meiten Maru_
on 20 June, prior to ending her 53-day patrol at Pearl Harbor. This
patrol was no more successful; despite six torpedo and three gun
attacks, she only sank two confirmed ships for 14,300 tons (reduced to
5,300 tons postwar).[27] The submarine was then routed back to the United States for an overhaul at Hunter's Point Navy Yard. She held refresher training when the yard work was completed and got underway for Hawaii.

Eighth Patrol
On 7 October 1943, _Tautog_ departed Pearl Harbor to patrol in waters near the Palau Islands. On 22 October, she surfaced near Fais Island to shell a phosphate plant. She sank _Submarine Chaser Number 30_ on 4 November.[28] and subsequently damaged a tanker and three cargo ships. With all torpedoes expended, _Tautog_ tracked a convoy for two days while radioing its position back to Pearl Harbor before she returned to Midway Island on 18 November.

Ninth Patrol
_Tautog'_s ninth war patrol began on 12 December 1943 and took her to Japanese home waters, southeast of Shikoku Island and along the southern coast of Honshū.
On 27 December, she fired a spread of three torpedoes at a freighter
and made a similar attack on a passenger ship. However, she never
learned the results of these attacks since enemy escorts forced her to
go deep and kept her down for four hours while they rained 99 depth
charges on her. On 3 January 1944, _Tautog_ tracked a cargo ship off the mouth of the Kumano Kawa River,
approximately one-half mile from the seawall. She fired a spread of
three torpedoes, turned, and headed for deep water. The submarine ran up
her periscope, but an explosion filled the air with debris and obscured
_Saishu Maru_ from view as the freighter sank. The sound of
approaching high-speed propellers and a closing patrol plane convinced
the submarine that it was time to depart.

The next day, _Tautog_ made radar
contact with a ship and tracked the target while working toward a good
firing position. A profligate spread of six torpedoes produced four hits
which broke _Usa Maru_ in half. When last seen, the cargoman's bow and stern were both in the air. On 11 January, _Tautog_
intercepted two freighters and launched three torpedoes at the first
and larger, and one at the second. Escorts forced the submarine deep,
but timed explosions indicated a hit on each ship. _Tautog_ was later credited with inflicting medium damage to _Kogyo Maru_. She returned to Pearl Harbor for a refit by _Bushnell_ (AS-15) on 30 January, credited with two ships for 9,700 tons (postwar, 6,000).[29]

Tenth Patrol
_Tautog'_s assignment for her tenth war patrol took her to the cold waters of the northern Pacific near the Kuril Islands, from Paramushiro south to the main islands of Japan and the northeast coast of Hokkaidō.
The submarine topped off with fuel at Midway and entered her patrol
area on 5 March 1944. Her only casualty of the war occurred that day.
While several members of her crew were doing emergency work on deck, a
giant wave knocked them all off their feet and swept one man, newly
assigned Motor Machinist's Mate R. A. Laramee, overboard; a search for him proved fruitless.[30]

On 13 March, _Tautog_ tracked a freighter until she reached a
good position for an attack and then launched three torpedoes from 1,500
yards (1,400 m), of which two hit and stopped _Ryua Maru_. The target refused to sink, even after _Tautog_ fired four more torpedoes into "the rubber ship".[31]
To avoid wasting more precious torpedoes, the submarine surfaced and
finished the job with her 5" gun. While she was attempting this, another
ship came over the horizon to rescue survivors.[25] Leaving the bait sitting, _Tautog_ dived and began a submerged approach, firing a spread of three torpedoes; cargo ship _Shojen Maru_ sank, more quickly than her inexplicably durable sister.[25] As the sub headed homeward on the night of 16 March, _Tautog_ made radar contact on a convoy of seven ships off Hokkaidō.
She maneuvered into position off the enemy's starboard flank so that
two ships were almost overlapping and launched four torpedoes. After
watching the first one explode against the nearer ship, _Tautog_
was forced deep by an escort, but heard two timed explosions and
breaking-up noises accompanied by more explosions. The American
submarine pursued the remaining ships and attacked again from their
starboard flank, firing three torpedoes at a medium-sized freighter and
four at another ship. A Japanese destroyer closed the submarine, forced her deep, and subjected her to a depth charge attack for one and one-half hours. _Tautog_ was officially credited with sinking _Shirakumo_ (1,750 tons)[32] and the passenger/cargo ship _Nichiren Maru_, bringing her total for the patrol to five ships for 17,700 tons (reduced postwar to four for 11,300),[33] one of the most aggressive, and successful, of the war. She returned to Midway on 23 March.

Eleventh Patrol
During her next patrol, from 17 April to 21 May 1944, _Tautog_ (handed over to Thomas S. Baskett, formerly of USS _S-37_ (SS-142)) returned to the Kuril Islands. On 2 May, she sighted a cargo ship in a small harbor between Banjo To and Matsuwa To. The submarine launched four torpedoes from a range of 2,000 yards (1,800 m). One hit obscured the target. An hour later, _Tautog_ fired two more and scored another hit. The 5,973-ton Army cargo ship _Ryoyo Maru_[31] settled in 24 feet (7.3 m) of water, decks awash. The next morning, _Tautog_
made radar contact in a heavy fog, closing the enemy ship and firing
four torpedoes; two hit the target. The submarine circled for a
follow-up shot, but this was difficult as the water was covered with
gasoline drums, debris, and life rafts. When _Tautog_ last saw _Fushimi Maru_ (5,000 tons)[31] through the fog, her bow was in the air. On 8 May, amid "swarms of ships"[31] the submarine contacted a convoy bound for Esan Saki. She fired torpedoes at the largest ship. One hit, slowed the target, and two more torpedoes left _Miyazaki Maru_ (4,000 tons)[31] sinking by the stern. Escorts forced _Tautog_ deep and depth charged her for seven hours without doing any damage. At dawn on 9 May, she fired on another freighter, missing.[31] Three days later, the submarine fired her last three torpedoes[31] at _Banei Maru Number 2_ (1,100 tons)[31] and watched her disappear in a cloud of smoke. When _Tautog_ returned to Pearl Harbor, she was credited with four ships sunk for 20,500 tons (postwar reduced to 16,100).[34]

Twelfth Patrol
On 23 June 1944, _Tautog_ departed Pearl Harbor for Japanese waters to patrol the east coasts of Honshū and Hokkaidō.
On 8 July, she stopped a small freighter dead in the water with one
spread of torpedoes and followed with another spread that sank the ship.
A lone survivor, taken on board the submarine, identified the ship as _Matsu Maru_ which was transporting a load of lumber from Tokyo to Muroran. The next day, _Tautog_ was patrolling on the surface near Simusu Shima,
when she sighted a ship coming over the horizon. She submerged, closed
the range, identified the ship as a coastal steamer. Surfacing, the sub
fired 21 5" shells into the target, starting a fire and causing an
explosion that blew off the target's stern. She then rescued six
survivors from a swamped lifeboat who identified their ship as the _Hokoriu Maru_, en route from the Bonin Islands to Tokyo laden with coconut oil.

On 2 August, _Tautog_ sighted several ships off Miki Saki.
She launched three torpedoes at a freighter from a range of 800 yards
(730 m). The first hit caused a secondary explosion which obscured the
target, and the second raised a column of black smoke. When the air
cleared, the cargo ship _Konei Maru_ had sunk. The submarine was briefly attacked by escorts but evaded them and set her course for Midway. _Tautog_ arrived there on 10 August, credited with a disappointing two ships for 4,300 tons (postwar reduced to 2,800);[35] she was routed to the United States for overhaul.

Thirteenth Patrol
_Tautog_ was back in Pearl Harbor in early December and, on 17
December 1944, began her 13th and last war patrol. She called at Midway
and Saipan before taking her patrol station (in company with _Silversides_)[36] in the East China Sea. On 17 January 1945, _Tautog_
sighted a ship heading toward her. She attained a position and fired a
spread of three torpedoes. One hit blew off the enemy's bow. She fired
another torpedo from a range of 700 yards (640 m); and the loaded
troopship, _Transport Number 15_, disintegrated. The bright moonlight of 20 January disclosed an enemy ship at a range of 10,000 yards (9,100 m). _Tautog_
maneuvered to silhouette the target against the moon and attacked with
two torpedoes and then watched the ship sink. The submarine approached
the wreckage and rescued one survivor who identified the ship as the motor torpedo boat tender _Shuri Maru_ (1,800 tons),[37] _en route_ from Tsingtao to Sasebo. The next day, _Tautog_
damaged a tanker but could not evaluate the damage as she had to evade
enemy escorts that were approaching. On her way back to Midway Island,
the submarine sank a wooden trawler with her deck guns. Her score for
the patrol was three ships for 8,500 tons (postwar, two for 3,300).[38]

_Tautog_ completed her patrol at Midway on 1 February 1945 and
was assigned to training duty. On 2 March, the submarine shifted her
operations to Pearl Harbor to assist aircraft in anti-submarine warfare
for one month before heading for the United States. She reached San
Diego on 9 April and operated in conjunction with the University of California's
Department of War Research in experimenting with new equipment which it
had developed to improve submarine safety. On 7 September, she headed
for San Francisco to join the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Her orders were
subsequently modified, and she got underway on 31 October for the East
Coast. _Tautog_ arrived at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 18 November and was decommissioned on 8 December 1945.

Fate
Plans to use _Tautog_ as a target during atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll
in 1946 were cancelled, and she was assigned to the Ninth Naval
District on 9 May 1947 as a reserve training ship. The submarine was
towed to Wisconsin and arrived at Milwaukee on 26 December 1947. She provided immobile service at the Great Lakes Naval Reserve Training Center for the next decade.

_Tautog_ was placed out of service and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 September 1959. On 15 November 1959, she was sold to the Bultema Dock and Dredge Company of Manistee, Michigan, for scrap.

Awards
* Navy Unit Commendation with one silver and one bronze star (7 awards)
* American Defense Service Medal with "FLEET" clasp
* Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two silver and four bronze battle stars (14 awards)
* World War II Victory Medal

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