Radio call signs

[razark]

I'm working on a little project, and I've been trying to find the four letter radio call signs of some submarines. I've managed to find most of the ones I'm looking for, but I can't seem to find a few. I'm hoping someone here might have these, or be able to point me somewhere I can find them.

I've tried here: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/CallSigns/index.html and here: http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/04idx.htm, and poked into Google a few times, but I still haven't found these.

The boats I'm missing are:
S-44 (SS-155)
Grampus (SS-207)
Amberjack (SS-219)
Wahoo (SS-238)
Runner (SS-275)
Capelin (SS-289)

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

[magic452]

Sorry, can't help you with any of those but I would like to know if you have the call sign for the USS Shark, my personal favorite boat.
She was sunk on the day I was born.

Magic

[razark]

There were two Sharks, SS-174 and SS-314. Both were lost in WWII.
SS-174 was NAZB (http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08174.htm)
SS-314 was NZFO (http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08314.htm)

[Jan Kyster]

S-44 (SS-155) n/a
Capelin (SS-289) n/a

Grampus (SS-207) NYKE
Amberjack (SS-219) NYJT
Wahoo (SS-238) NPWI
Runner (SS-275) NYDK
Shark (SS-314) NZFO

[razark]

From what I have found, those call signs were assigned to post war boats of the same name.

For example, Wahoo was assigned NPWI, but that was SS-565 (http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08565.htm), launched in 1951.

I do appreciate the info, though. If I can't turn up anything else, those will work.

[magic452]

There were two Sharks, SS-174 and SS-314. Both were lost in WWII.
SS-174 was NAZB (http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08174.htm)
SS-314 was NZFO (http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08314.htm)

Thank you, Forgot about SS-314. I was referring to SS-174.

Magic

[convoy hunter]

Sorry, can't help you with any of those but I would like to know if you have the call sign for the USS Shark, my personal favorite boat.
She was sunk on the day I was born.

Magic
Wow. LOL

[razark]

Thank you, Forgot about SS-314. I was referring to SS-174.

Magic

For some reason, I thought you were referring to the first one...
Not sure where I got that idea from, though. :hmm2:
http://i32.tinypic.com/qqzofs.jpg

:D

Also, does anyone know what station at Pearl Harbor the boats would be communicating with? I've come across references to a "NPM" and a "NPY" radio station.

[virtualpender]

NPM was Pearl Harbor. I think (but am far from certain) that NPY did not come into service until after the war. In every first-person narrative by submariners I've come across they mention guarding the NPM frequency and I've never read anything about NPY. Here are a few others used by subs during the war:

NPG = San Francisco
NPN = Guam
NPO = Cavite
NPR = Dutch Harbor
NKN = NAVGROUP China
VHM = Brisbane
VHF = Fremantle

Not sure if you've found this site before but it is fascinating and detailed reading about submarine communications procedures and the Fox schedules:

http://www.ka8vit.com/subops/subop5.htm

[razark]

Not sure if you've found this site before but it is fascinating and detailed reading about submarine communications procedures and the Fox schedules:

http://www.ka8vit.com/subops/subop5.htm


Thanks for the information. I hadn't run across that site. Bookmarked for detailed reading later.