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United States of America

The following is a listing of submarines on Eternal Patrol with their entire crews:

USS SHARK (SS-174) 11FEB42 59 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack, Makassar Strait, Celebes Island

USS GRUNION (SS-216) 30JUL42 70 LOST
Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru off Kiska Island, Aleutians
(The wreck of GRUNION was found in 2006, and analysis of the sinking strongly
suggests that the boat was sunk by the armed freighter Kano Maru)

USS ARGONAUT (SS-166) 10JAN43 102 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack in Java Sea

USS AMBERJACK (SS-219) 16FEB43 72 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Solomon Sea
(One man was killed by enemy gunfire 12 days before the boat was lost
on the same patrol. If he is included, the number of men lost
with Amberjack would be 73.)

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 77 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 77 LOST
Air Attack in S.W. Atlantic

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 Truk

USS CAPELIN (SS-289) 2DEC43 78 LOST
Unconfirmed Japanese Surface Attack in Celebes Sea

USS SCORPION (SS-278) 5JAN44 77 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 79 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Northern Marianas

USS HERRING (SS-233) 1JUN44 83 LOST
Japanese Shore Battery off Matsuwa Island, Kuriles

USS S-28 (SS-133) 4JUN44 49 LOST
Foundered off Hawaiian Islands

USS GOLET (SS-361) 14JUN44 82 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan

USS ROBALO (SS-273) 26JUL44 77 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine off Palawan 4 POWs(also LOST)

USS HARDER (SS-257) 24AUG44 79 LOST
Japanese Depth Charge Attack off Luzon, P.I.

USS SEAWOLF (SS-197) 30OCT44 100 LOST

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 85 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine between Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan

USS GROWLER (SS-215) 8NOV44 86 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 86 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

Ex-USS G2 (SS-27) 30JUL19 3 LOST
Foundered in Long Island Sound (decommissioned at the time of her loss)

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, New Hampshire (boat salvaged and recommissioned under a new name)

USS O9 (SS-70) 20JUN41 33 LOST
Foundered off Isle of Shoals

USS SEALION (SS-195) 10DEC41 4 LOST
Japanese Air Attack, Cavite Navy Yard, P.I.

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 56 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack is Sea of Okhotsk

USS SCULPIN (SS-191) 19NOV43 12 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack off Truk 51 POWs
(Note: For clarity's sake, 63 killed (12 killed in action prior to sinking, 30 killed in the sinking,
one man killed in captivity (not officially a POW), 20 POWs later died), and 21 POWs survived

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

USS COCHINO (SS-345) 26AUG49 1 LOST
Battery Explosion off Norway

The following boats have crewmembers on Eternal Patrol as a result of incidents which did not result in the direct loss of the boat:
Note that numerous (well over 100) other boats have suffered personnel losses since 1900.
See our "Additional Losses" pages for further information.

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 2 LOST
Japanese Air Attack, Cavite Navy Yard, P.I., Boat survived

USS BASS (SS-164) 1942 26 LOST
Flooding off Panama Canal, Boat survived

USS PERCH (SS-176) 3MAR42 6 POWs
Scuttled after Japanese Depth Charge Attack(boat LOST)

USS GRENADIER (SS-210) 22APR43 4 POWs
Scuttled after Japanese Air Attack, Malay Peninsula(boat LOST)

USS GROWLER (SS-215) 7FEB43 3 LOST
Surface action with Japanese vessel

USS TUSK (SS-426) 26AUG49 6 LOST
Assisting USS COCHINO off Norway, Boat survived

USS BONEFISH (SS-582) 24APR88 3 LOST
Fire and Explosion off Florida, Boat decommissioned

The figures for submarine personnel losses on our site have been accepted by the Naval History and Heritage Command (NCHH),
and are now used in the United States Submarine Losses section of the NHHC website. The National Office of USSVI and at least eight
other USSVI bases that have "Lost Boat" pages on their sites have been updated using our suggestions, and are entirely consistent with
On Eternal Patrol research statistics on lost submarines and their crews.