United States Submarine Veterans Inc. Charleston Base
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To
perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the
pursuit of duties while serving their country that their
dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifice may be a constant source
of motivation toward greater accomplishments, and to pledge loyalty and
patriotism to the United States of America and its Constitution.
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LOST BOATSNational Lost Boat Link
| Boat | Date | Loss |
| USS F-4 [ex-SKATE] (SS23) | 21-Mar-1915 | 21 officers and men. |
| USS F-1 [ex-CARP] (SS-20) | 17-Dec-1917 | 19 officers and men. |
| USS H-1 (SS-28) | 12-Mar-1920 | 4 officers and men. |
| USS S-5 (SS-110) | 1-Sep-1920 | No loss of life. |
| USS O-5 (SS-66) | 11-Oct-1923 | 3 officers and men. |
| USS S-51 (SS-162) | 25-Sep-1925 | 33 officers and men. |
| USS S-4 (SS-109) | 17-Dec-1927 | 30 officers and men. |
| USS Squalus (SS-192) | 23-May-1939 | 26 officers and men. |
| USS O-9 (SS-70) | 20-Jun-1941 | 33 officers and men. |
| USS Sealion (SS-195) | 25-Dec-1941 | 3 officers and men; 1 POW died. |
| USS S-36 (SS-141) | 20-Jan-1942 | No loss of life. |
| USS S-26 (SS-131) | 24-Jan-1942 | 46 officers and men. |
| USS Shark (SS-174) | 11-Feb-1942 | 59 officers and men. |
| USS Perch (SS-176) | 3-Mar-1942 | 59 officers and men taken POW; 53 survived the war; 6 POWs died. |
| USS S-27 (SS-132) | 19-Jun-1942 | No loss of life. |
| USS Grunion (SS-216) | 1-Aug-1942 | 70 officers and men. |
| USS S-39 (SS-144) | 14-Aug-1942 | No loss of life. |
| USS Argonaut (SS166) | 10-Jan-1943 | 102 officers and men. |
| USS Amberjack (SS-219) | 16-Feb-1943 | 72 officers and men. |
| USS Grampus (SS-207) | or after 5-Mar-1943 | 71 officers and men. |
| USS Triton (SS-201) | 15-Mar-1943 | 74 officers and men. |
| USS Pickerel (SS-177) | 3-Apr-1943 | 74 officers and men. |
| USS Grenadier (SS-210) | 22-Apr-1943 | 61 officers and men prisoner; 57 survived; 4 POWs died. |
| USS R-12 (SS-89) | 12-Jun-1943 | 42 officers and men. |
| USS Runner (SS-275) | 1-Jul-1943 | 78 officers and men. |
| USS Pompano (SS-181) | 1-Sep-1943 | 77 officers and men. |
| USS Grayling (SS-209) | 9-Sep-1943 | 76 officers and men. |
| USS Cisco (SS-290) | 28-Sep-1943 | 76 officers and men. |
| USS S-44 (SS-155) | 7-Oct-1943 | 56 officers and men. |
| USS Wahoo (SS-238) | 11-Oct-1943 | 80 officers and men. |
| USS Dorado (SS-248) | 12-Oct-1943 | 77 officers and men. |
| USS Corvina (SS-226) | 16-Nov-1943 | 82 officers and men. |
| USS Sculpin (SS-191) | 19-Nov-1943 | 42 officers and men; 42 officers and men taken prisoner, 21 survived the war; 21 POWs died. |
| USS Capelin (SS-289) | or after 1-Dec-1943 | 76 officers and men. |
| USS Scorpion (SS-278) | 5-Jan-1944 | 77 officers and men. |
| USS Grayback (SS-208) | 26-Feb-1944 | 80 officers and men. |
| USS Trout (SS-202) | or after 29-Feb-1944 | 81 officers and men. |
| USS Tullibee (SS-284) | 26-Mar-1944 | 79 officers and men. 1 man taken sprisoner and survived the war. |
| USS Gudgeon (SS-211) | 18 April-1944 | 79 officers and men. |
| USS Herring (SS-233) | 1-Jun-1944 | 83 officers and men. |
| USS Golet (SS-361) | 14-Jun-1944 | 82 officers and men. |
| USS S-28 (SS-133) | 4-Jul-1944 | 49 officers and men. |
| USS Robalo (SS-273) | 26-Jul-1944 | 77 officers and men; 4 POWs died. |
| USS Flier (SS-250) | 13-Aug-1944 | 78 officers and men. |
| USS Harder (SS-257) | 24-Aug-1944 | 79 officers and men. |
| USS Seawolf (SS-197) | 3-Oct-1944 | 100 officers and men. |
| USS Escolar (SS-294) | or after 17-Oct-1944 | 82 officers and men. |
| USS Shark (SS-314) | 24-Oct-1944 | 87 officers and men. |
| USS Darter (SS-227) | 24-Oct-1944 | No loss of life. |
| USS Tang (SS-306) | 25-Oct-1944 | 78 officers and men; 9 POWs survived. |
| USS Albacore (SS-218) | 7-Nov-1944 | 85 officers and men. |
| USS Growler (SS-215) | 8-Nov-1944 | 86 officers and men. |
| USS Scamp (SS-277) | 16-Nov-1944 | 83 officers and men. |
| USS Swordfish (SS-193) | or after 12-Jan-1945 | 89 officers and men. |
| USS Barbel (SS-316) | or after 4-Feb-1945 | 81 officers and men. |
| USS Kete (SS-369) | sometime on or after 20-Mar-1945 | 87 officers and men. |
| USS Trigger (SS-237) | 28-Mar-1945 | 89 officers and men. |
| USS Snook (SS-279) | sometime after 8-Apr-1945 | 84 officers and men. |
| USS Lagarto (SS-371) | or shortly after 4-May-1945 | 86 officers and men. |
| USS Bonefish (SS-223) | 18-Jun-1945 | 85 officers and men. |
| USS Bullhead (SS-332) | 6-Aug-1945 | 84 officers and men. |
| USS Cochino (SS-345) | 26-Aug-1949 | One man from Cochino and 6 men from USS Tusk were lost in the rescue operation. |
| USS Stickleback (SS-415) | 30-May-1958 | No loss of life. |
| USS Thresher (SSN-593) | 10-Apr-1963 | 129 officers and men. |
| USS Scorpion (SSN-589) | 27-May-1968 | 99 officers and men. |
There is a port of no return, where ships
May ride at anchor for a little space
And then, some starless night, the cable slips,
Leaving an eddy at the mooring place . . .
Gulls, veer no longer. Sailor, rest your oar.
No tangled wreckage will be washed ashore.
by Leslie Nelson Jennings
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