U.S.S. DENTUDA
SS-335
BALAO CLASS FLEET SUBMARINE

USS Dentuda (SS-335) being launched	USS Dentuda (SS-335) Launch Cover dated Sept. 10, 1944	USS Dentuda (SS-335) pulling into Hunters Point 1946

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SS-335, originally named Capidoli, was renamed Dentuda on 24 September 1942, launched 10 September 1944, by Electric Boat Co., Groton Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. T.W. Hogan, wife of CDR Hogan, and commissioned 30 December 1944, CDR J.S. McCain Jr., in command.

Dentuda's shakedown was extended by two months of experimental duty for the Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet.  She sailed 5 April 1945 for the Pacific, arriving at Pearl Harbor 10 May 1945.  From 29 May 29 July she conducted her first war patrol in the East China Sea and the Taiwan Straits, damaging a large freighter, and sinking two patrol craft.

Dentuda  remained at Pearl harbor until 3 January 1946 when she sailed for the west coast, arriving in San Francisco 5 days later.

Dentuda was assigned to JTF 1 as a test vessel for Operation "CROSSROADS," a series of Atomic bomb tests on the Bikini Islands. Dentuda returned to Pearl Harbor 14 February 1946, and on 22 May sailed for Bikini Atoll. Dentuda underwent both atomic weapons tests (ABLE, an Airburst; and Baker, a submerged burst) with her crew safely removed from the submarine. It was reported that Dentuda was on the bottom after the BAKER test. She was raised after a few days along with Searaven and was found to be essentially undamaged.

The crew got underway to Kwajalein and then returned to Pearl Harbor 5 September 1946.  On 7 October 1946 Dentuda got underway for Mare Island Naval Shipyard, arriving 14 October.  Dentuda was de-commissioned 11 December 1946 and stationed in the 12th Naval District (HUNTER's POINT NAVAL SHIPYARD) for use as a Naval Reserve Training Boat.

Dentuda was stricken and sold for scrap February 12, 1969 to Zidell Explorations of Portland Or. for $55,459.00.
  

Information taken from Ships history, DANFS, and "The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy" by John Alden.

My sincere thanks to John Parker RMCS(SS) USN RET. for providing the above information.