In Memory of those we lost..

"We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds." Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz

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.


27 August 2009

Wyomissing July 4th Parade 2007

(l to r) Base Commander Fernley Wagner, Robert Moyle, Bruce Wood and Bob Knies

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