Manitowoc in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
U.S.S. Peto (SS 265)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 28, 2016
1. U.S.S. Peto (SS 265) Marker
Launched 30 April 1942
Commissioned 21 November 1942
The U.S.S. Peto was the first submarine built by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company. On 2 April 1943 she left Brisbane, Australia, to begin her first patrol. By the end of the war Peto had completed 10 patrols and was credited with sinking 7 ships totalling 29,139 tons. She earned the Asiatic-Pacific Area Service [sic - Campaign] Medal and 8 Battle Stars during these patrols. In March 1946 the Peto was put in reserve, and in 1960 was stricken from the Naval Register.
[Names Not Transcribed]
Erected by Veterans and Concerned Citizens.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is April 30, 1942.
Location. 44° 5.553′ N, 87° 39.329′ W. Memorial is in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in Manitowoc County. It can be reached from Maritime Drive. Marker is part of The Manitowoc Company 28 Boat Memorial Walk, adjacent to the submarine USS Cobia, at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 75 Maritime Drive, Manitowoc WI 54220, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is on Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
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Also see . . .
1. USS Peto (SS 265). Wisconsin Maritime Museum website entry (Submitted on October 3, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. SS 265 USS Peto, First Freshwater Built Submarine. Military History of the Upper Great Lakes website entry (Submitted on October 3, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. Peto (SS-265). NavSource Online website entry (Submitted on October 3, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 28, 2016
2. U.S.S. Peto (SS 265) Crew
via NavSource Online, November 1942
3. U.S.S. Peto (SS 265)
Returning to Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co, Manitowoc, WI. November 1942 after first day of trials under trial crew of Electric Boat Company.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 28, 2016
4. Manitowoc Submarines Memorial Markers at USS Cobia
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 28, 2016
5. The Manitowoc Company 28 Boat Memorial Walk
of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
who constructed the 28 freshwater
submarines during World War II.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 28, 2016
6. The Manitowoc Company 28 Boat Memorial Walk
Credits. This page was last revised on August 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 3, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 765 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 3, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on October 4, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on August 14, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4. submitted on October 3, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5, 6. submitted on October 16, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
