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Submarines on Eternal Patrol

with their entire crews

Submarines Lost

with portions of their crews on Eternal Patrol

Shipmates on Eternal Patrol

as a result of accidents which did not result in loss of the boat

USS SHARK I (SS-174)
11/FEB/1942- 58 Lost

Japanese Surface Attack, MAkassar Straight, Celebes Island

USS S-28 (SS-133)
4/JUN/1944 -50 Lost

Foundered off Hawaiian Islands

USS F4 (SS-23)
25/MAR/15  -21 Lost

Battery Explosion off Honolulu

USS S49 (SS-160)
26/APR/1940 -4 Lost

Battery explosion, SubBase New London, boat survived

USS GRUNION(SS-216) 30/JUL/1942 – 70 Lost

Unknown causes off Kiska Island, Aleutians

USS GOLET (SS-361) 14/JUN/1944 -82

LostJapanese surface attack off Honshu, Japan

USS F1 (SS-20) 16/DEC/17 -19 LostRammed off Honolulu USS S4 (SS-109)
17DEC27 -40 Lost

Rammed off Provincetown, Massachusetts, boat salvaged

USS ARGONAUT I(SS-166) 10/JAN/1943 -103 Lost

Japanese surface attack in Java Sea

USS ROBALO (SS-273) 26/JUL/1944 -78 Lost

Possible Japanese mine off Palawan 4 POW’s

USS G2 (SS-27)
30/JUL/19 -3 Lost

Foundered in Long Island Sound

USS SEADRAGON(SS-194) 10/DEC/41 – 1 Lost

Japanese air attack, Cavite Navy Yard, P.I., boat survived

USS AMBERJACK I (SS-219) 16/FEB/1943 -74 Lost

Japanese air / surface attack in Solomon Sea

USS HARDERI (SS-257) 24/AUG/1944 -79 Lost

Japanese depth charge attack off Luzon, P.I.

USS H1 (SS-28)
12/MAR/20 -4 Lost

Foundered off Santa Margarita Island, CA

USS GRENADIER I (SS-210) 22/APR/1943 – 4 POW’s

Scuttled after Japanese air attack, Malay Peninsula

USS GRAMPUS I(SS-207) 5/MAR/1943 -71 Lost

Japanese surface attack, Solomon Islands

USS SEAWOLF II(SS-197) 30/OCT/1944 -99 Lost

USS ROWELL off Morotai Island

USS O5 (SS-66)
20/OCT/23 -3 Lost

Rammed in limon Bay, Canal Zone

USS GROWLER(SS-215)
date unknown – 1 Lost

Surface action with Japanese vessel

USS TRITON I (SS-201) 15/MAR/1943 -74 Lost

Japanese surface attack off New Guinea

USS ESCOLAR (SS-294) 17/OCT/1944 -87 Lost

Possible Japanese mine in Yellow Sea off China

USS S51 (SS-162) 20/OCT/23 -33 LostRammed off Block Island, Rhode Island USS TUSK (SS-426)
26/AUG/1949 -6 Lost

Assisting USS COCHINO off Norway, boat survived

USS PICKEREL I (SS-177) 3/APR/1943 -74 Lost

Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan

USS SHARK II (SS-314) 24/OCT/1944 -87 Lost

Japanese depth charge attack off Formosa

USS SQUALUS(SS-192) 23/MAY/1939 -26 Lost

Foundered off Portsmouth, New Hapshire (boat salvaged and recommissioned under a new name)

USS BONEFISH II(SS-582) 24/APR/1988 -3 Lost

Fire and explosion off Florida, Boat decommissioned

USS RUNNER I (SS-177) JUN/1943 – 78 Lost

Possible Japanese mine between Midway Island and Japan

USS ALBACORE I (SS-218) 7/NOV/1944 -86 Lost

Possible Haoanese mine between Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan

USS O9 (SS-70) 20/JUN/1941 -33LostFoundered off Isle of Shoals
USS POMPANO I (SS-181) SEP/1943 – 76 Lost

Possible Japanese Mine off Honshu, Japan

USS GROWLER I(SS-215) 8/NOV/1944 -85 Lost

Possible Japanese surface attack inSouth China Sea

USS SEALION I(SS-195) 10/DEC/1941 – 46 LostJ

apanese Air Attack, Cavite Navy Yard, P.I.

USS GRAYLUNG I (SS-209) 12/SEP/1943 – 76 Lost

Unknown causes along approaches to Manila, P.I.

USS SCAMP I (SS-277) 11/NOV/1944 -83 Lost

Japanese sruface attack in Tokyo Bay area

USS S26 (SS-131)
24/JAN/1942 -46 Lost

Collision in Gulf of Panama

USS CISCO (SS-290) 28/SEP/1943 -76 Lost

Japanese air/surface attack in Sulu Sea

USS SWORDFISH I (SS-193) 12/JAN/1945 -89 Lost

Possible Japanese surface attack or mine off Okinawa

USS R12 (SS-89)
12/JUN/1943 -42 Lost

Foundered off Key Wests, Florida

USS DORADO I (SS-238) 12/OCT/1943 -76 Lost

Air attack in S.W. Atlantic

USS BARBELL I (SS-316) 4/FEB/1945 -81 Lost

Japanese air attack off entrance to Palawan Passage

USS S44 (SS-155)
7/OCT/1943 -55 Lost

Japanese surface attack in Sea of Okhotsk

USS WAHOO I (SS-238) 11/OCT/1943 -80 Lost

Japanese air/surface attack in La Perouse Straight off Japan

USS KETE (SS-369)
MAR/1945 -87 Lost

Unknown causes between Okinawa and Midway

USS SCULPHIN I(SS-191) 19/NOV/1943 – 12 Lost

Japanese surface attack off Truk 51 POW’s

USS CORVINA(SS-226) 16/NOV1943 -82 Lost

Japanese submarine attack off Truk

USS TRIGGER I(SS-237) 28/MAR/1945 -89 Lost

Japaneseair/surface attack in East China Sea

USS TULLIBEE I(SS-284) 26/MAR/1944 -79 Lost

Circular run of own Torpedo off Palau Islands

USS CAPELIN (SS-289) 2/DEC/1943 -78 Lost

Unconfirmed Japanese surface attack in Celebes Sea

USS SNOOK I (SS-279) 8/APR/1945 -84 Lost

Unknown causes off Formosa

USS FLIER (SS-250) 13/AUG/1944 – 78 Lost

Japanese Mine in Balbac Straight

USS SCORPION I(SS-278) 5/JAN/1944 76 Lost

Possible Japanese mine in Yellow Sea off China

USS LAGARTO(SS-371) 4/MAY/1945 -85 Lost

Japanese surface attack in Gulf of Siam

USS TANG I (SS-306) 24/OCT/1944 -78 Lost

Circular run of own Torpedo in Formosa Straight

USS GRAYBACK I(SS-208) 27/FEB/1944 -80 Lost

Japanese air/surface attack off Okinawa

USS BONEFISH I(SS-332) 18/JUN/1945 -85 Lost

Japanese surface attack off Honshu, Japan

USS COCHINO(SS-345) 26/AUG/1949 – 1 Lost

Battery explosion off Norway

USS TROUT I (SS-202) 29/FEB/1944 -81 Lost

Japanese surfave attack in Philippine Sea

USS BULLHEAD(SS-332) 6/AUG/1945 -84 Lost

Japanese air attack off Bali Coast

USS GUDGEON I(SS-221) 12/MAY/44 -78 Lost

Japanese air/surface attack in Northern Marianas

USS THRESHER II (SSN-593) 10/APR/1963 -129 Lost

Operational off New England Coast

USS HERRING (SS-223) 1/JUN/1944 -84 Lost

Japanese shore batteryoff Matsuwa Island, Kurlies

USS SCORPION II (SSN-589) 22/MAY/1968 -99 Lost

Possible torpedo detonation off Azores