Blower
Blower is a flsh of the Atlantic coast of the United States and the West Indies.
(SS~325 dp. 1526;~1. 311'9"; b. 27'3"; dr. 1Q'10"; s.20.3 k.; cult ff6; a. 1 5", 10 21" TT.; cl. Balao)
Blower (SS~325) was launched 28 April 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs Richard 3 F. J. Johnson, wife of Commander Johnson; and commixsioned 10 Auguit 1944, Lieutenant Commander J, El. Campbell in command.
Blower arrived at Pearl Harbor 16 December 1944 and,after undergoing voyage repairs and training exercises, got underway for her first war patrol 17 January 1945. She completed three war patrols before the termination of hostilities, all in the Java and South China Seas. All three patrols proved unprofltable for Blower and she arrived at Fremantle, Australia, from her last patrol 28 July 1945. Blower departed the Southwest Pacific in September 1945 and, after engaging in training exercises around the Marianas and Cnroline Islands for several months, proceeded to the United States via Pearl EIarbor, arriving at San Diego 29 January 1946.
From 1946 through 1949 Blower was attached to the submarine Force, Pacific Fleet. She operated mainly along the west coast on scheduled torpedo exercises, submerged sound school operations, and training pro. grams. During the latter part of 1946 she made a cruise to Japan, via Pearl Harbor and the Marianas. Larly In 1947 ehe participated in fleet operations near Pearl Harbor.
During August-53eptember 1948 Blower operated in Alaskan waters with Carp (SS 338) patrolling along the contour of the Arctic ice pack in the ChoRchi Sea, carrying out radar tracking and sonar exercises. Returning to San Diego, the ship continued scheduled operations until early 1950 when she departedfor the east coast to Join Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet. She arrived at Philadelphia 3 March and underwent repairs at the Naval ShipyArd until September. On 27 September she arrived at New London, Conn., where she trnined Turkish naval personnel.
Blower was decommissioned at the Submarine Base, New London, 16 November 1950 and transferred to Turkey under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. She was lost 4 April 1953 while serving in the Turkish Navy