Boat History

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

11 October 1943 Percy Neel TM2 of Grandview, Idaho entered Eternal Patrol while on the SS 328 Wahoo. While on her seventh War Patrol Wahoo was attacked while transiting the Soya (La Perouse) Strait between Japan and Russia 80 killed, all hands lost. The wreck was discovered

If you did not see this news when it first came out… Submarine USS F – 4 was located off Point Loma in California to see more follow link https://www.earth.com/news/submarine-uss-f1-lost-since-1917-is-found-under-more-than-1300-feet-of-water/

John R. Stephens RM1 – October 7, 1943 – SS 155 Sunk off Paramushiru – Craigmont, Idaho Courtesy of USSVI Eternal Patrol Search

28 October 1923 SS 66 3 killed after collision with Steam ship Abangarez at entrance to Panama Canal Zone 7 October 1943 SS 155 56 killed 2 survivors taken prisoner 11 October 1943 SS 328 Wahoo 80 killed all hands lost 12 October 1943 SS 248 Dorado

9 September 1943 – While on its 8th war patrol the USS Grayling (SS 209) left Freemantle for the Philippines. It sunk the passenger-cargo ship Meizan Maru on 27 August. On 9 September the Japanese passenger-cargo ship Houkan Maro reported spotting a submarine in shallow water off

1   September 1920 SS 110 No loss of life During a practice dive from the Boston Navy Yard on the USS S-5 (SS 110) an induction valve failed open and initiated flooding in the Forward Torpedo Room 25 September 1925 SS 162 33 killed 3 survived after

1 September 1920 – During a practice dive from the Boston Navy Yard on the USS S-5 (SS 110) an induction valve failed open and initiated flooding in the Forward Torpedo Room. The crew scrambled to shut water tight doors, especially at the battery room. Bow heavy,

30 August 1740 – Birthday of David Bushnell of Westbrook, Connecticut. Inventor of the ‘Turtle’ the first submarine to be used in combat. Like J.P. Holland, inventor of the first practical submarine, he was originally a teacher, but while studying at Yale in 1775, he came up

26 August 1949 – USS Cochino (SS 345) a Balao class submarine was assigned, along with the USS Tusk (SS 426), to sail along the Kola Peninsula to determine if the Soviet Union had detonated an Atomic Bomb. As Cochino transited to its designated area it ran