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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
Date found 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
Grunion SS-216 1 Mar 1941 22 Dec 1941 [1] 11 Apr 1942 Lost due likely to circular run of own torpedo, 30 Jul 1942 [10] [12] [13] Guardfish SS-217 1 Apr 1941 20 Jan 1942 8 May 1942 25 May 1946 PT 1948-1960; struck 1 Jun 1960, sold for scrap [10] 18 Jun 1948 1 Jun 1960 Albacore SS-218 21 Apr 1941 17 Feb 1942 1 Jun 1942 —
Aug. 11—Famous for finding gold-filled shipwrecks and sunken submarines, a Spokane firm's latest discovery may have come from the cosmos. Williamson & Associates, a deep-sea engineering firm ...
A magnetometer gives serious evidence that the Alligator Jr., a prototype craft that led to the U.S. submarine fleet, may have been found.
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]
The wreck of one of the most storied US Navy submarines of World War II has been found in the South China Sea eight decades after its last patrol, the Navy’s History and Heritage Command said ...
Grunion was lost a few weeks later off Kiska on 30 July with all hands; she is suspected of being sunk after one of her own torpedoes circled back when she attacked the Kano Maru. On 8 August, the Japanese cargo ship Kano Maru was sunk at Kiska Harbor by PBY Catalinas. Days before, the cargo ship was damaged by one of Grunion ' s torpedoes.