Memorial erected by the members of Reading Base, USSVI in the Veteran's Grove area of City Park in Reading, PA.
In Memory of those we lost..
FEBRUARY
2/11/1942 USS Shark (SS174) Lost with all hands (59 men) Sunk by Japanese surface craft off Menado, Celebes
2/16/1943 USS Amberjack (SS219) Lost with all hands (74 men) Sunk by Japanese off Rabaul in the Solomon Sea.
2/27/1944 USS Grayback (SS208) Lost with all hands (80 men) Japanese air and surface attack off Okinawa.
2/29/1944 USS Trout (SS202) Lost with all hands (81 men) Japanese surface attack in the Philippine Sea.
2/4/1945 USS Barbel (SS316) Lost with all hands (81 men) Japanese air attack off entrance to Palawan Passage.
MARCH
3/25/1915 USS F-4 Skate (SS23) Lost with 19 men when she foundered off Honolulu.
3/12/1920 USS H-1 Seawolf (SS28) Lost with 4 men after grounding off Baja California, Mexico
3/3/1942 USS Perch (SS176) Lost, sunk by Japanese off Java. 8 men died as POW’s. 52 survived the war.
3/5/1943 USS Grampus (SS207) Lost with all hands (71 men) Sunk by Japanese off Solomon Islands.
3/15/1943 USS Triton (SS201) Lost with all hands (74 men) Sunk by Japanese off New Guinea
3/26/1944 USS Tullibee (SS284) Lost with 79 men one man survived. Sunk by her own torpedo north of Palau.
3/1945 USS Kete (SS369) Lost with all hands (87 men) Unknown cause. Between Okinawa and Midway.
3/28/1945 USS Trigger (SS237) Lost with all hands (89 men) Japanese air and surface attack. East China Sea.
20 June 2009
Submarine Veterans Memorial, City Park, Reading, PA
Memorial erected by the members of Reading Base, USSVI in the Veteran's Grove area of City Park in Reading, PA.