sentences:  After serving in and , he assumed command of 15 February 1941.Appointed Lieutenant Commander 2 January 1942, Pierce on 22 June took command of , a transport submarine, which participated with "Nautilus" in carrying out the famed, diversionary Makin Raid from 17 to 19 August.On her third war patrol in the Southwest Pacific, "Argonaut" sighted an enemy convoy protected by planes and destroyers.