Geletka, Michael Christopher, ENC

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer

Last Primary NEC
EN-0000-Engineman

Last Rating/NEC Group
Engineman

Primary Unit
1953-1957, EN-0000, USS Greenling (SS-213)

Service Years
1937 - 1957

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Personal Details

Home State

Ohio

Year of Birth
1921

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Home Town Not Specified	Last Address Scarborough, Maine

Date of Passing May 10, 2008
Location of Interment Not Specified	Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified

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	0, Submarine Veterans of WW II
	0, United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. (USSVI), Thresher Base (Member) (New Hampshire) [Verified] - Chap. Page

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USS HARDER (SS-257) 5th War Patrol
From Month/Year May / 1944	To Month/Year July / 1944
Description This was the split patrol. Basically 5(a) and 5(b). She patrolled in the Celebes Sea and the Flores Sea. Sank the following: destroyer Minazuki, destroyer Hayanami, destroyer Tanikaze

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year May / 1944	To Month/Year July / 1944

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

Personal Memories
Memories 26 May, 1944 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) departs Fremantle for her 5th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Celebes Sea. 6 Jun, 1944 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese destroyer Minazuki (1500 tons, offsite link) some 120 nautical miles east-north-east of Tarakan, Borneo in position 04�05'N, 119�30'E. (see map) 7 Jun, 1944 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese destroyer Hayanami (2080 tons, offsite link) south-east of the Sibitu Passage, Borneo in position 04�43'N, 120�03'E. (see map) 8 Jun, 1944 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) evacuates 6 British coast-watchers from northeast coast of North Borneo. 9 Jun, 1944 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese destroyer Tanikaze (2035 tons, offsite link) in the Sibitu Passage about 90 nautical miles south-west of Basilan Island in position 05�42'N, 120�41'E. (see map) 21 Jun, 1944 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) enters Darwin, Australia for fuel and torpedo's and then resumes her 5th war patrol. She now went to the Flores Sea. 3 Jul, 1944 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) ends her 5th war patrol at Darwin.