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). 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. "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 Japanese 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. "Chub" put into 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 into 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.