Shipmates
on Eternal Patrol
and submarine losses during
WW2: |
| BOAT |
DATE |
LOST |
| USS SEALION I
(SS-195) |
10 DEC 1941 |
4 |
| Scuttled after
Japanese Air Attack, Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines |
| USS SEADRAGON
(SS-194) |
10 DEC 1941 |
1 |
| Damaged during
Japanese Air Attack, Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines |
| USS S26 (SS-131) |
24 JAN 1942 |
46 |
| Sunk after
collision in Gulf of Panama |
| USS SHARK I
(SS-174) |
11 FEB 1942 |
59 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Surface Attack, Makassar Strait, Celebes
Island |
| USS PERCH I
(SS-176) |
3 MAR 1942 |
6 |
| Scuttled after
Japanese Depth Charge Attack, 6 crew died in POW
camp |
| USS GRUNION
(SS-216) |
31 JUL 1942 |
70 |
| Lost to unknown
causes off Kiska Island, Aleutians |
| USS ARGONAUT I
(SS-166) |
10 JAN 1943 |
104 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Surface Attack in Java Sea |
| USS AMBERJACK I
(SS-219) |
14 FEB 1943 |
74 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Solomon Sea |
| USS GRAMPUS I
(SS-207) |
5 MAR 1943 |
71 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Surface Attack, Solomon Islands |
| USS TRITON I
(SS-201) |
15 MAR 1943 |
74 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Surface Attack off New Guinea |
| USS PICKEREL I
(SS-177) |
3 APR 1943 |
74 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan |
| USS GRENADIER I
(SS-210) |
22 APR 1943 |
4 |
| Scuttled after
Japanese Air Attack, Malay Peninsula. 4 crew
died in POW camp |
| USS R12 (SS-89) |
12 JUN 1943 |
42 |
| Foundered and
sunk off Key West, Florida |
| USS RUNNER I
(SS-275) |
JUN 1943 |
78 |
| Sunk after
possible Japanese Mine between Midway Island and
Japan |
| USS POMPANO I
(SS-181) |
SEP 1943 |
77 |
| Sunk after
possible Japanese Mine off Honshu, Japan |
| USS GRAYLING I
(SS-209) |
9 SEP 1943 |
76 |
| Sunk after
unknown causes along approaches to Manila,
Philippines |
| USS CISCO (SS-290) |
28 SEP 1943 |
76 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Sulu Sea |
| USS S44 (SS-155) |
7 OCT 1943 |
55 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Surface Attack is Sea of Okhotsk |
| USS WAHOO I
(SS-238) |
11 OCT 1943 |
80 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in La Perouse Strait off
Japan |
| USS DORADO I
(SS-248) |
12 OCT 1943 |
77 |
| Sunk after Air
Attack in S.W. Atlantic |
| USS CORVINA
(SS-226) |
16 NOV 1943 |
82 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Submarine Attack off Truk |
| USS SCULPHIN I
(SS-191) |
19 NOV 1943 |
12 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Surface Attack off Truk 51. 12 crew
died in POW camp |
| USS CAPELIN
(SS-289) |
2 DEC 1943 |
78 |
| Sunk after
unconfirmed Japanese Surface Attack in Celebes Sea |
| USS SCORPION I
(SS-278) |
5 JAN 1944 |
77 |
| Sunk after
possible Japanese Mine in Yellow Sea off China |
| USS GRAYBACK I
(SS-208) |
27 FEB 1944 |
80 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Air/Surface Attack off Okinawa |
| USS TROUT I
(SS-202) |
29 FEB 1944 |
81 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Surface Attack in Philippine Sea |
| USS TULLIBEE I
(SS-284) |
26 MAR 1944 |
79 |
| Sunk after
circular run of own Torpedo off Palau Islands |
| USS GUDGEON I
(SS-211) |
12 MAY 1944 |
79 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Northern Marianas |
| USS HERRING
(SS-233) |
1 JUN 1944 |
83 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Shore Battery off Matsuwa Island, Kuriles |
| USS S-28 (SS-133) |
4 JUN 1944 |
50 |
| Sunk during ASW
Exercise off Hawaiian Islands |
| USS GOLET (SS-361)
|
14 JUN 1944 |
82 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan |
| USS ROBALO (SS-273) |
26 JUL 1944 |
78 |
| Sunk after
possible Japanese Mine off Palawan. 4 POWs |
| USS FLIER (SS-250) |
13 AUG 1944 |
78 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Mine in Balabac Strait |
| USS HARDER I
(SS-257) |
24 AUG 1944 |
79 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Depth Charge Attack off Luzon, Philippines |
| USS SEAWOLF II
(SS-197) |
3 OCT 1944 |
99 |
| Accidently sunk
by USS RICHARD M. ROWELL (DE 403) and aircraft from
USS MIDWAY (CVE 63) off Morotai Island |
| USS ESCOLAR
(SS-294) |
17 OCT 1944 |
82 |
| Sunk after
possible Japanese Mine in Yellow Sea off China |
| USS DARTER (SS-227) |
24 OCT 1944 |
0 |
| Abandoned after
running aground on Bombay Shoal, Palawan Passage |
| USS SHARK II
(SS-314) |
24 OCT 1944 |
87 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Depth Charge Attack off Formosa |
| USS TANG I (SS-306) |
24 OCT 1944 |
78 |
| Sunk after
circular run of own Torpedo in Formosa Strait |
| USS ALBACORE I
(SS-218) |
7 NOV 1944 |
86 |
| Sunk after
possible Japanese Mine between Honshu and Hokkaido,
Japan |
| USS GROWLER I
(SS-215) |
8 NOV 1944 |
85 |
| Sunk after
possible Japanese Surface Attack in South China Sea |
| USS SCAMP I
(SS-277) |
11 NOV 1944 |
83 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Surface Attack in Tokyo Bay area |
| USS SWORDFISH I
(SS-193) |
12 JAN 1945 |
89 |
| Sunk after
possible Japanese Surface Attack or Mine off Okinawa |
| USS BARBEL I
(SS-316) |
4 FEB 1945 |
81 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Air Attack off entrance to Palawan Passage |
| USS KETE (SS-369) |
20 MAR 1945 |
87 |
| Sunk after
unknown causes between Okinawa and Midway |
| USS TRIGGER I
(SS-237) |
28 MAR 1945 |
89 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in East China Sea |
| USS SNOOK I
(SS-279) |
8 APR 1945 |
84 |
| Sunk after
unknown causes off Formosa |
| USS LAGARTO
(SS-371) |
4 MAY 1945 |
85 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Surface Attack in Gulf of Siam |
| USS BONEFISH I
(SS-223) |
18 JUN 1945 |
85 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan |
| USS BULLHEAD
(SS-332) |
6 AUG 1945 |
84 |
| Sunk after
Japanese Air Attack off Bali Coast |
Shipmates on Eternal
Patrol and Submarines lost
through accidents during peacetime: |
| BOAT |
DATE |
LOST |
| USS F4 (SS-23) |
25 MAR 1915 |
21 |
| Sunk after
battery explosion off Honolulu, Hawaii |
| USS F1 (SS-20) |
16 DEC 1917 |
19 |
| Sunk after
being rammed off Honolulu, Hawaii |
| USS G2 (SS-27) |
30 JUL 1919 |
3 |
| Foundered and
sunk in Long Island Sound |
| USS H1 (SS-28) |
12 MAR 1920 |
4 |
| Foundered and
sunk off Santa Margarita Island, CA |
| USS O5 (SS-66) |
20 OCT 1923 |
3 |
| Rammed and sunk
in Limon Bay, Canal Zone |
| USS S51 (SS-162) |
25 SEP 1925 |
33 |
| Rammed and sunk
off Block Island, Rhode Island |
| USS S4 (SS-109) |
17 DEC 1927 |
39 |
| Rammed and sunk
off Provincetown, Massachusetts, Boat salvaged |
| USS SQUALUS
(SS-192) |
23 MAY 1939 |
26 |
| Foundered off
Portsmouth, New Hampshire (boat salvaged and
recommissioned under a new name) |
| USS O9 (SS-70) |
20 JUN 1941 |
33 |
| Foundered and
sunk during deep submergence tests off New London,
Connecticut |
| USS COCHINO
(SS-345) |
26 AUG 1949 |
1 |
| Floundered and
sunk after battery Explosion off Norway |
| USS THRESHER II
(SSN-593) |
10 APR 1963 |
129 |
| Sunk after deep
submergence tests off New England Coast |
| USS SCORPION II
(SSN-589) |
22 MAY 1968 |
99 |
| Lost off Azores
to unknown causes |
Shipmates on Eternal Patrol as a result of accidents
which did not result in the loss of the boat: |
| BOAT |
DATE |
LOST |
| USS GRAMPUS (later
A3) |
10 DEC 1910 |
1 |
| Main engine
fuel explosion |
| USS E2 (SS-25) |
15 JAN 1916 |
4 |
| Cause unkown |
| USS S37 (SS-142) |
10 OCT 1923 |
3 |
| Battery
explosion in harbor at San Pedro, California |
| USS S49 (SS-160) |
20 APR 1926 |
4 |
| Battery
explosion, SubBase New London |
| USS S34 (SS-139) |
11 JAN 1934 |
1 |
| Accidental
signal cartridge explosion |
| USS BASS I (SS-164) |
1942 |
26 |
| Flooding off
Panama Canal |
| USS TUSK (SS-426) |
26 AUG 1949 |
6 |
| Assisting USS
COCHINO off Norway |
| USS SARGO (SSN-583) |
14 JUN 1960 |
1 |
| Oxygen feedline
fire and explosion in after torpedo room, Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii |
| USS GRAYBACK
(SSG-574) |
16 JAN 1982 |
6 |
| Navy divers in
the starboard chamber when a vacuum was rapidly
drawn. |
| USS BONEFISH II
(SS-582) |
24 APR 1988 |
3 |
| Fire and
explosion off Florida, boat decommissioned |
| USS BARBEL (SS-580) |
1 MAY 1989 |
2 |
| Washed
overboard in heavy seas off Kyushu, Japan |
| USS SAN FRANCISCO
(SSN 711) |
9 JAN 2005 |
1 |
| Crash with sea
mound, 364NM SE of Guam |
| USS
MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL (SSN 708) |
29 DEC 2006 |
2 |
| Washed
overboard by heavy seas leaving Plymouth Sound,
England |
