USS Chub ( SS - 329 ) USS " Chub " ( SS - 329 ) , a " Balao " - class submarine , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the chub , a game fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean . The name is also given locally to a wide variety of American fishes . She was later transferred to Turkey where she served as TCG " Gür " ( S 334 ) . Operational history . USS " Chub " . SS - 329 , originally named " Bonaci " , was renamed " Chub " on 24 September 1942 and launched 18 June 1944 by Electric Boat Co . , Groton , Conn . ; sponsored by Mrs . T . A . Risch ; and commissioned 21 October 1944 , Commander C . D . Rhymes , Jr . , in command . First war patrol , February – April 1945 . " Chub " reached Pearl Harbor from New London 24 January 1945 , and after final training , put to sea for action waters 13 February . Her first war patrol , in Tonkin Gulf and the Java and South China Seas , found her skill and determination tried in four hairbreadth escapes from destruction . On 3 March , she was attacked by an enemy submarine whose torpedoes she evaded . On 29 March , she began a long surface chase after an escort group , which she carried through the next day , even though forced six times to go deep by enemy aircraft . On their last pass , they dropped bombs , a clear indication that " Chub " ' s chase must be broken off . The next day she was off Yulikan Bay , and while American and Japan ese planes fought in the skies above , " Chub " rescued three downed pilots as they and she were strafed . With two Japanese patrol craft looming out of the harbor , " Chub " raced away . On 12 April , " Chub " was bombed by an enemy patrol plane as the submarine dove . Bomb damage caused a temporary loss of power , and with depth control lost , " Chub " broached . Fortunately , the aircraft had apparently dropped its entire load on the first run . Second and third war patrols , May – August 1945 . " Chub " put in to Fremantle , Australia to repair and refit from 18 April 1945 to 14 May , and then sailed for the Java Sea and her second war patrol . During this patrol , she attacked two freighters , and sank the minesweeper " W - 34 " which had come out hunting for her . The damage already done to Japanese shipping made targets few by this time , and " Chub " put in to Subic Bay from 21 June to 15 July to refit . Her third war patrol found her again in the Java Sea , sinking a number of small craft , although again and again attacked by the remnant of Japanese air strength . Returning to Fremantle 17 August , she sailed on to Subic Bay for training through the remainder of 1945 , then returned to the West Coast . 1946 – 1947 . During 1946 , " Chub " operated from Pearl Harbor , her new home port , visiting the west coast for necessary overhaul . Between 12 November 1946 and 14 February 1947 , she served in the Far East , making a simulated war patrol , and training with the 7th Fleet . During late 1947 , she joined in a training cruise in Alaskan waters , and voyaged from Seattle to San Francisco with reservists on board for training . After overhaul at San Francisco she put to sea 4 March 1948 to call at New London , then crossed the $ 3 and Mediterranean to İzmir , Turkey , arriving 11 May . She was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register 23 May 1948 . Honors and Awards . " Chub " received three battle star s for World War II service by reason of her three " successful " war patrols . She is credited with having sunk a total of 4 , 200 tons of shipping . TCG " Gür " . The ex - " Chub " was transferred to Turkey on 25 May 1948 , and was commissioned in the Turkish Navy as TCG " Gür " ( S 334 ) . In 1953 , she was converted to a GUPPY Fleet Snorkel Submarine , the work being done first in Turkey ' s Gölcük Navy Yard and completed in the United States . Ultimately , " Gür " was decommissioned , returned to US custody , and sold for scrapping .