USS Pomfret ( SS - 391 ) USS " Pomfret " ( SS - 391 ) , a " Balao " - class submarine , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the pomfret , a fish of the seabream family ; a powerful and speedy swimmer , capable of operating at great depths . " Pomfret " was laid down 14 July 1943 and launched 27 October 1943 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard , in Kittery , Maine , sponsored by Miss Marilyn Maloney , daughter of Senator Francis Maloney ; and commissioned 19 February 1944 , Commander Frank C . Acker in command . World War II . After training , the new submarine arrived Pearl Harbor 1 June 1944 . She departed Pearl Harbor 23 June and proceeded via Midway to her first patrol area — the east coast of Kyūshū and Bungo Suido . On 6 July she made an emergency dive when attacked by a Japanese plane . On 12 July she allowed a Japan ese hospital ship to proceed in peace . After attempting an attack on a battleship , she arrived at Midway 16 August . On 10 September she departed Midway for the Luzon Straits - South China Sea area to conduct her second patrol . She sighted two enemy battleships on 26 September , but their speed and the presence of an enemy submarine prevented an attack . On 2 October " Pomfret " sank " Tsuyama Maru " , a 6 , 962 - ton passenger - cargo vessel . After the usual depth charging , she departed for Saipan and moored in Tanapag Harbor 12 October . After refit and training , " Pomfret " reentered the same patrol area 1 November as part of a wolf pack , with Cdr . John B . Hess now commanding . " Pomfret " sank " Atlas Maru " , 7 , 347 - tons and " Hamburg Maru " , 5 , 271 - tons . On 25 November , she sank Japanese " Patrol Boat No . 38 " and cargo ship " Shōhō Maru " , 1 , 356 - tons . " Pomfret " departed the area and proceeded via Midway to Pearl Harbor . The ship began her fourth patrol 25 January 1945 in another wolf pack . The mission was a picket boat sweep ahead of a carrier task force soon to strike the Tokyo - Nagoya area . After completing the sweep without encountering any picket boats , she moved south of Honshū for lifeguard work . On 16 February she rescued a pilot from . The next day , she saved a pilot from . The incident was described in " Silent Victory " by Clay Blair ( Lippincott , 1975 ) as follows : That day she also captured two prisoners . Unsuccessfully attacked by a Japanese destroyer on 10 March , she departed the area 23 March and arrived at Midway on 30 March . Departing Midway 26 April for the Kuril Islands - Okhotsk Sea area , she entered the area 5 May . On 26 May she fired torpedo es at an enemy anti - submarine hunter - killer group , but scored no hits . She returned to Midway 7 June . On 2 July she departed for her sixth war patrol . After lifeguard duty south of Honshū , she began patrol in the East China Sea . On 19 July she sank the first of 44 floating mines . On 24 July , she shelled the Kuskaki Jima lighthouse and radio installations and , on 26 July , she destroyed a threemasted junk and a small schooner . On 8 August she rescued the entire five - man crew of a B - 25 bomber . " Pomfret " continued to shell small craft and pick up Japanese and Korean survivors until the cessation of hostilities 15 August 1945 . The following day she headed for Guam . On 9 September she arrived at San Francisco . Post - war service . On 2 January 1946 " Pomfret " departed Mare Island Naval Shipyard for Guam , arriving 22 January 1946 . She proceeded to Subic Bay , Philippine Islands 9 March , and from there steamed to Tsingtao , China where for six weeks she acted as target for U . S . antisubmarine warfare vessels based at Tsingtao . On 18 May she returned to Pearl Harbor , her new homeport . During the next three years , she made two tours of duty in Western Pacific : the first , April to August 1947 , and the second , December 1948 to April 1949 . Jimmy Carter , future President of the United States ( 1977 – 1981 ) , served aboard " Pomfret " from 17 December 1948 to 1 February 1951 , and is the only U . S . president to have " qualified in submarines . " In 1950 " Pomfret " arrived in San Diego . She operated along the United States West Coast until February 1951 , participated in the Korean War until September and returned to San Diego to operate locally . " Pomfret " decommissioned in April 1952 for conversion at Mare Island to a Guppy IIA submarine . After conversion , she recommissioned 5 December and in the ensuing years alternated between coastal operations off San Diego and Western Pacific deployments . She departed for Far Eastern waters 7 July 1967 on a cruise which included anti - submarine warfare exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin off Vietnam . She returned to San Diego 23 January 1968 and spent most of that year in exercises off San Diego . TCG " Oruçreis " ( S 337 ) . In 1971 , transfers to the Turkish Navy were resumed , starting with " Pomfret " . After three months of training , she was transferred on 1 July in San Diego , and renamed TCG " Oruçreis " ( S 337 ) , after the great Ottoman seaman Oruç Reis . Her new crew sailed to the Philadelphia Naval Yard for an overhaul , and then , before sailing to Turkey , she took part in ASW training in Key West , Florida between 27 February – 22 March 1972 . " Oruçreis " was commissioned on 3 May 1972 . Ex - " Pomfret " was purchased outright by Turkey and simultaneously struck from the US Naval Register , 1 August 1973 . She served in the Turkish Navy until 1987 . " Pomfret " received five battle star s for World War II service . The bell from the " Pomfret " can be found located in the officer ' s club of Dugway Proving Ground .