Lost Boats - January
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died...rather we should thank God that such men lived...
~ George S. Patton
Lost with no loss of life on her second war patrol.
She ran hard aground on a reef and radioed for help.
The entire crew was rescued by a Dutch ship after they scuttled her.
Lost with all hands except three, including 46 officers and men in the Gulf of Panama on her second war patrol.
She was rammed by the USS PC-460 and sunk within seconds.
The CO, XO, and one lookout on the bridge were the only survivors.
Lost with a total of 105 officers and men, off Rabaul on her third war patrol.
While attacking a convoy, she torpedoed a Japanese destroyer, who along with two other destroyers depth charged her.
As she tried to surface, she was sunk by destroyer gun fire.
Lost with a total of 77 officers and men in the East China Sea on her fourth war patrol.
It is assumed she was sunk by a mine.
Lost with a total of 83 officers and men, somewhere near Okinawa on her thirteenth war patrol.
It is assumed she was lost to a mine.