Heres some information ive been able to find:
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SubRon 50
- Participant in Operation Torch
-Between December 1942 and March 1943, the submarines searched for blockade runners out of neutral Spanish ports
-In April 43 , they patrolled off Norway, Iceland, and then the mid-Atlantic, searching for enemy U-boats and waiting in case the German surface fleet broke out from its Scandinavian bases.
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Tender:
USS Beaver (AS-5),
- On 3 September 1942, Beaver and six submarines formed SubRon 50 at New London,
- sometime on or after 1 Nov 42, arrived at the naval operating base at Rosneath, Scotland, near Glasgow, where she established a temporary submarine base for SubRon 50.
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Six boats were assigned to SubRon 50. The following are the patrols done in the atlantic.
USS Barb (SS-220) - com. 8 July 1942
Code:
No: Captain: From: Date: Duration: Score (WT): JANAC Return:
1 John R. Waterman Roseneath 10/42 36 0/0 0/0 Roseneath
2 John R. Waterman Roseneath 12/42 31 0/0 0/0 Roseneath
3 John R. Waterman Roseneath 2/43 37 0/0 0/0 Roseneath
4 Nicholas Lucker, Jr. Roseneath 4/43 44 0/0 0/0 Roseneath
5 John R. Waterman Roseneath 6/43 41 0/0 0/0 Roseneath
USS Blackfish (SS-221) - Comm. 22 July 1942
Code:
No: Captain: From: Date: Duration: Score (WT): JANAC Return:
1 John F. Davidson Britain 10/42 37 0/0 0/0 Britain
2 John F. Davidson Britain 12/42 29 0/0 0/0 Britain
3 John F. Davidson Britain 2/43 22 0/0 0/0 Britain
4 John F. Davidson Britain 4/43 39 0/0 0/0 Britain
5 Eliot Olsen Britain 6/43 48 0/0 0/0 Britain
USS Herring (SS-233) - Comm. 4 May 1942
Code:
No: Captain: From: Date: Duration: Score (WT): JANAC Return:
1 Raymond W. Johnson Britain 10/42 35 1/7,000 0/0 Britain
2 Raymond W. Johnson Britain 12/42 58 0/0 0/0 Britain
3 John Corbus Britain 3/43 37 1/500 0/0 Britain
4 Raymond W. Johnson Britain 5/43 35 0/0 0/0 Britain
5 Raymond W. Johnson Britain 7/43 19 0/0 0/0 Britain
USS Shad (SS-235) - Comm. 12 June 1942
Code:
No: Captain: From: Date: Duration: Score (WT): JANAC Return:
1 Edgar J. MacGregor III Britain 10/42 35 0/0 0/0 Britain
2 Edgar J. MacGregor III Britain 12/42 44 2/600 0/0 Britain
3 Edgar J. MacGregor III Britain 3/43 37 0/0 0/0 Britain
4 Roland F. Pryce Britain 5/43 43 0/0 0/0 Britain
5 Edgar J. MacGregor III Britain 7/43 19 0/0 0/0 Britain
USS Gunnel (SS-253) - Comm. 20 August 1942
Code:
No: Captain: From: Date: Duration: Score (WT): JANAC Return:
1 John S. McCain, Jr. Britain 10/42 49 0/0 0/0 Britain
USS Gurnard (SS-254) - Comm 18 September 1942
Code:
No: Captain: From: Date: Duration: Score (WT): JANAC Return:
1 Charles H. Andrews Britain 11/42 30 0/0 0/0 Britain