Boat History

USS Swordfish (SS-193) departed Pearl Harbor on her thirteenth War Patrol on 22 December 1944. After topping off at Midway Swordfish sailed to near Okinawa where it was to conduct photographic reconnaissance. After acknowledging orders Swordfish was not heard from again. USS Kete (SS 369) did report

Harold Lomani Rolland GMC and Rolla Parsons, Jr. RM2 – January 10, 1943 – USS Argonaut (SS-166) Near Rabaul Sunk by surface attack and depth charges, Records show that One hundred Two hands were lost, the worst loss for a US Submarine in World War Two. Before

Rudolf James Rose EM3 – December 17, 1927 – USS S-4 (SS-109) Was conducting Speed and Maneuverability testing  off Provincetown, Massachusetts when it sank in 110 feet of water, after collision with USCG USS Paulding, which at 18 knots was chasing Rum Runners. Paulding spotted the S-4

Arnold Frank Moreton EM 1 – November 19, 1943 – USS Sculpin (SS-191) North of Oroluk Island near Truk. 63 killed 41 taken prisoner after absorbing 18 depth charges the boat was badly out of trim and surfaced. The CO Commander Cromwell was injured in the following

15 November 1969 USS Gato (SSN 615) Nicknamed the Black Cat, collided with the infamous, bad-luck Soviet K-19 when both were in the Barents Sea at a depth of 200 feet. Damage to the K-19 was extensive, destroying the Submarine’s bow sonar and deforming the torpedo tube

November 8, 1944 – Wallace Seth Manning MM2. along with shipmate Henry Edward Rhodes SN –  – USS Growler (SS-215) SS 215 left Freemantle on her eleventh and last war patrol on October 20, 1944 in a ‘wolf pack’ that included Hake SS 256 and Hardhead SS

Allan Rose Brannam MM2  – November 7, 1944 – USS Albacore (SS-218) After successfully torpedoing the Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho on June 18th. Albacore completed her patrol, in October she refueled in Pearl and set out on Patrol near the Oshima Peninsula, striking a mine on 7

7   Nov 1944 SS 218 Albacore After successfully torpedoing the Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho on June 18th. Albacore completed her patrol, in October she refueled in Pearl and set out on Patrol near the Oshima Peninsula, striking a mine on 7 November. Eighty-Five were killed all hands

Edwin Frederick Bergman RM 3  – October 25, 1944 – USS Tang (SS 306) While attacking targets on the surface in the Formosa Strait, a circular run of its own torpedo struck the aft torpedo room. Of the nine officers and men on the bridge, including O’Kane, three

Carl E Fackrell SM3 Boise, Idaho – entered Eternal Patrol October 12, 1943 while assigned to – USS Dorado (SS-248). Dorado suffered 77 killed, all hands lost while in route to Panama Canal Zone. Naval Court of Inquiry concluded it was highly likely Dorado was sunk by