Part of our focus in Sub Vets is to “Preserve the honor: the memory, values and legacy of Submariners who served before us”. Accordingly we stop to think of those boats and crews lost in service.
SEPTEMBER
BETWEEN WARS
1 September 1920 SS 110 No loss of life
25 September 1925 SS 162 33 killed
WORLD WAR TWO
9 September 1943 SS 209 Grayling 77 killed – all hands lost
17 September 1943 SS 181 Pompano 77 killed – all hands lost
28 September 1943 SS 290 Cisco 76 killed – all hands lost (pictured)
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Next Hawkbill Base meeting is September 16th at the Blackfoot Elks Lodge – 123 N. Ash St. Social gathering at noon, meeting at 1 p.m.