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On Eternal Patrol: USS Grunion; The USS Grunion may have been Found — a story at NPR.org; ABCNews.com, 3 October 2006."Object Off Alaska Coast May Be WWII Sub" viewed 3 October 2006. After 64 years, relatives may have answers in sub sinking viewed 5 October 2006 Defunct site prior to January 2011; Detroit sailor only one of WWII crew whose ...
Seventy-seven Gato-class submarines were built during World War II, commissioned from November 1941 through April 1944. [1] The class was very successful in sinking Japanese merchant ships and naval vessels: the top three US submarines in tonnage sunk were Gatos, along with three of the top seven in number of ships sunk. [2]
This is a list of submarines of the United States Navy, ... repaired and re-commissioned as USS Sailfish on 15 May 1940. ... Grunion: Sunk 30 Jul 1942, cause unknown ...
The class of ships had numerous crew comforts including showers, air conditioning, refrigerated storage for food, generous freshwater distilling units, clothes washers, and bunks for nearly every crew member; these were luxuries virtually unheard of in other navies. The bureau designers felt that if a crew of 60–80 men were to be expected to ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) Balao-class submarine ... USS Grunion; USS Guardfish (SS-217) USS Guavina; USS Gudgeon (SS-211) USS Guitarro ...
USS S-36 21 January 1942 Scuttled after striking Taka Bakang reef near Sulawesi 13 May 2001 USS Lagarto: 4 May 1945 Depth charged by Japanese escort ships while attacking a convoy in the Gulf of Thailand: May 2005 USS Grunion: 30 July 1942 Sank after torpedo and dive plane malfunction near Kiska: August 2006 USS Wahoo: 11 October 1943
On August 22, 2007, the submarine USS Grunion, which disappeared with a crew of 70 during World War II, was found in 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) of water off Kiska. [13] [14] There were no alterations to the landscape since World War II including the traces of the war. Unexploded ammunition is scattered throughout the landscape. [10]
USS Tarpon was decommissioned on 15 November 1945 and sold for scrap 8 June 1957. The Tarpon foundered in deep water, south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, on 26 August 1957, while under tow to the scrap yard. USS Guitarro flooded and sank pier-side prior to commissioning at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 15 May 1969. Two shipyard teams ...