Spend a moment in silence for these departed shipmates.
Sailor, Rest Your Oars!
(This list is open to all boats on Eternal Patrol. If you have a list from your country, please email me at [email protected])
United States of America
The following is a listing of submarines on Eternal Patrol with their entire crews:
USS SEALION (SS-195) 10DEC41 4 LOST Japanese Air Attack, Cavite Navy Yard, Manila Bay, P.I.
USS SHARK (SS-174) 11FEB42 58 LOST Japanese Surface Attack, Makassar Strait, Celebes Island
USS GRUNION (SS-216) 30JUL42 70 LOST Unknown causes off Kiska Island, Aleutians
USS ARGONAUT (SS-166) 10JAN43 105 LOST Japanese Surface Attack in Java Sea
USS AMBERJACK (SS-219) 16FEB43 74 LOST Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Solomon Sea
USS GRAMPUS (SS-207) 5MAR43 71 LOST Japanese Surface Attack, Solomon Islands
USS TRITON (SS-201) 15MAR43 74 LOST Japanese Surface Attack Off New Guinea
USS PICKEREL (SS-177) 3APR43 74 LOST Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan
USS RUNNER (SS-275) JUN43 78 LOST Possible Japanese Mine between Midway Island and Japan
USS POMPANO (SS-181) SEP43 76 LOST Possible Japanese Mine off Honshu, Japan
USS GRAYLING (SS-209) 12SEP43 76 LOST Unknown causes along approaches to Manila, P.I.
USS CISCO (SS-290) 28SEP43 76 LOST Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Sulu Sea
USS DORADO (SS-248) 12OCT43 76 LOST Air Attack in S.W. Atlantic Friendly Fire USS WAHOO (SS-238) 11OCT43 80 LOST Japanese Air/Surface Attack in La Perouse Strait off Japan
USS CORVINA (SS-226) 16NOV43 82 LOST Japanese Submarine Attack off Truck Island
USS CAPELIN (SS-289) 2DEC43 78 LOST Unconfirmed Japanese Surface Attack in Celebes Sea
USS SCORPION (SS-278) 5JAN44 76 LOST Possible Japanese Mine in Yellow Sea off China
USS GRAYBACK (SS-208) 27FEB44 80 LOST Japanese Air/Surface Attack off Okinawa
USS TROUT (SS-202) 29FEB44 81 LOST Japanese Surface Attack in Philippine Sea
USS GUDGEON (SS-211) 12MAY44 78 LOST Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Northern Marianas
USS HERRING (SS-233) 1JUN44 84 LOST Japanese Shore Battery off Matsuwa Island, Kuriles
USS S-28 (SS-133) 4JUN44 50 LOST Foundered off Hawaiian Islands
USS GOLET (SS-361) 14JUN44 82 LOST Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan
USS ROBALO (SS-273) 26JUL44 78 LOST Possible Japanese Mine off Palawan 4 POWs
USS HARDER (SS-257) 24AUG44 79 LOST Japanese Depth Charge Attack off Luzon, P.I.
USS SEAWOLF (SS-197) 30OCT44 99 LOST
Mistakenly Sunk by the USS ROWELL off Morotai Island
USS ESCOLAR (SS-294) 17OCT44 82 LOST Possible Japanese Mine in Yellow Sea off China
USS SHARK (SS-314) 24OCT44 87 LOST Japanese Depth Charge Attack off Formosa
USS ALBACORE (SS-218) 7NOV44 86 LOST Possible Japanese Mine between Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan USS GROWLER (SS-215) 8NOV44 85 LOST Possible Japanese Surface Attack in South China Sea
USS SCAMP (SS-277) 11NOV44 83 LOST Japanese Surface Attack in Tokyo Bay area
USS SWORDFISH (SS-193) 12JAN45 89 LOST Possible Japanese Surface Attack or Mine off Okinawa
USS BARBEL (SS-316) 4FEB45 81 LOST Japanese Air Attack off entrance to Palawan Passage
USS KETE (SS-369) MAR45 87 LOST Unknown causes between Okinawa and Midway
USS TRIGGER (SS-237) 28MAR45 89 LOST Japanese Air/Surface Attack in East China Sea
USS SNOOK (SS-279) 8APR 45 84 LOST Unknown causes off Formosa
USS LAGARTO (SS-371) 4MAY45 85 LOST Japanese Surface Attack in Gulf of Siam
USS BONEFISH (SS-223) 18JUN45 85 LOST Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan
USS BULLHEAD (SS-332) 6AUG45 84 LOST Japanese Air Attack off Bali Coast
USS THRESHER (SSN-593) 10APR63 129 LOST Operational off New England Coast
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) 22MAY68 99 LOST Possible Torpedo Detonation off Azores
The following is a listing of boats lost taking portions of their crews on Eternal Patrol:
USS F4 (SS-23) 25MAR15 21 LOST Battery Explosion off Honolulu
USS F1 (SS-20) 16DEC17 19 LOST Rammed off Honolulu
USS G2 (SS-27) 30JUL19 3 LOST Foundered in Long Island Sound
USS H1 (SS-28) 12MAR20 4 LOST Foundered off Santa Margarita Island, CA USS O5 (SS-66) 20OCT23 3 LOST Rammed in Limon Bay, Canal Zone
USS S51 (SS-162) 25SEP25 33 LOST Rammed off Block Island, Rhode Island
USS SQUALUS (SS-192) 23MAY39 26 LOST Foundered off Portsmouth, NH (boat salvaged and recommissioned as the USS Sailfish)
USS O9 (SS-70) 20JUN41 33 LOST Foundered off Isle of Shoals
USS S26 (SS-131) 24JAN42 46 LOST Collision in Gulf of Panama
USS R12 (SS-89) 12JUN43 42 LOST Foundered off Key West, Florida
USS S44 (SS-155) 7OCT43 55 LOST Japanese Surface Attack is Sea of Okhotsk
USS SCULPHIN (SS-191) 19NOV43 12 LOST Japanese Surface Attack off Truk 51 POWs
USS TULLIBEE (SS-284) 26MAR44 79 LOST Circular run of own Torpedo off Palau Islands
USS FLIER (SS-250) 13AUG44 78 LOST Japanese Mine in Balabac Strait
USS TANG (SS-306) 24OCT44 78 LOST Circular run of own Torpedo in Formosa Strait
The following boats have crewmembers on Eternal Patrol as a result of incidents which did not result in the direct loss of the boat:
USS S49 (SS-160) 40APR26 4 LOST Battery Explosion, SubBase New London, Boat survived
USS S4 (SS-109) 17DEC27 40 LOST Rammed off Provincetown, Massachusetts, Boat salvaged
USS SEADRAGON (SS-194) 10DEC41 1 LOST Japanese Air Attack, Cavite Navy Yard, Manila Bay P.I., Boat survived
USS BASS (SS-164) 1942 25 LOST Flooding off Panama Canal, Boat survived USS PERCH (SS-176) 3MAR42 6 POWs Scuttled after Japanese Depth Charge Attack
USS GRENADIER (SS-210) 22APR43 4 POWs Scuttled after Japanese Air Attack, Malay Peninsula
USS GROWLER (SS-215) )7Feb 1943 1 LOST Howard W. Gilmore Surface action with Japanese vessel
USS TUSK (SS-426) 26AUG49 6 LOST Assisting USS COCHINO off Norway, Boat survived
USS COCHINO (SS-345) 26AUG49 1 LOST Battery Explosion off Norway
USS BONEFISH (SS-582) 24APR88 3 LOST Fire and Explosion off Florida, Boat decommissioned