Boat History

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

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