Cisco
| Country | United States |
| Ship Class | Balao-class Submarine |
| Hull Number | SS-290 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States |
| Laid Down | 29 Oct 1942 |
| Launched | 24 Dec 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 May 1943 |
| Sunk | 28 Sep 1943 |
| Displacement | 1,550 tons standard; 2,453 tons submerged |
| Length | 312 feet |
| Beam | 27 feet |
| Draft | 17 feet |
| Machinery | Four General Motors Model 16-248 V16 diesel engines (5,400shp), four high-speed General Electric electric motors (2,740shp), two 126-cell Sargo batteries, two propellers |
| Bunkerage | 94,400 gallons of fuel |
| Speed | 20 knots |
| Range | 11,000nm at 10 knots surfaced, 48 hours at 2 knots submerged |
| Crew | 80 |
| Armament | 6x533mm forward torpedo tubes, 4x533mm aft torpedo tubes, 24 torpedoes, 1x102mm 50cal deck gun, 1x40mm Bofors gun, 2x .50cal machine guns |
| Submerged Speed | 8.75 knots |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseUSS Cisco was commissioned into service in mid-1943 and arrived at Australia on 1 Sep 1943. She departed Darwin, Australia for her first war patrol on 20 Sep, from which she never returned. After studying Japanese records after the war, it was realized that USS Cisco was sunk off Mindanao, Philippine Islands on 28 Sep by bombs and depth charges from a Type 97 aircraft of the Japanese 954th Naval Air Squadron and the river gunboat Karatsu.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia
Last Major Revision: May 2012
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Cisco Operational Timeline
| 29 Oct 1942 | Submarine Cisco was laid down at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States. |
| 24 Dec 1942 | Submarine Cisco was launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, sponsored by Mrs. A. C. Bennett through her proxy Mrs. N. Robertson. |
| 10 May 1943 | USS Cisco was commissioned into service, Commander James W. Coe in command. |
| 7 Aug 1943 | USS Cisco departed the Panama Canal Zone. |
| 1 Sep 1943 | USS Cisco arrived at Brisbane, Australia. |
| 18 Sep 1943 | USS Cisco arrived at Darwin, Australia. |
| 20 Sep 1943 | USS Cisco departed Darwin, Australia for her first and only war patrol. |
| 28 Sep 1943 | The US submarine Cisco was sunk by Japanese aircraft west of Mindanao, Philippine Islands. |
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4 Nov 2019 02:04:38 PM
I have a silver tone tie clip of this submarine. Do you know the value of the pin? I would like to sell it. Thank You
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30 May 2016 09:51:47 PM
Thank you very much for this information. I had a second cousin who served on the Cisco, but never more information. His name was Donald Frank Anderson and served as Chief Motor Machinist's Mate. I never got to know him and this site helped me know where and when he served, albeit a short time.