In October 1930, the Chewink sailed west and joined Submarine Division 4 at Pearl Harbor where it served as a submarine tender. It was decommissioned at Pearl Harbor in 1933 and then sent to Mare Island in San Francisco Bay.
With war clouds on the horizon, it was recommissioned 12 November 1940 and sailed from San Diego to London, Connecticut, where the ship served for the rest of its career.
During the war, the Chewink trained Navy divers, did submarine search and rescue exercises, was station ship and was a target ship for submarine torpedoes. It operate from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Argentina, Newfoundland and was in Key West several times.
Decommissioning came at Brooklyn 4 February 1947. It was used as target practice and sunk off New London, Connecticut 31 July 1947.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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