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During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered one of the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners. [3] Some 16,000 submariners served during the war, of whom 375 officers and 3,131 enlisted men were killed, resulting in a total fatality rate of around 22%.
The Lost 52 Project is a private organization founded by Tim Taylor to do research on the 52 U.S. Navy submarines lost on patrol during the Second World War, performing discovery, exploration, and underwater archeology where possible. [1] [2] Found, so far: [3] [4] [5]
USS Grayback (SS-208), a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lake herring, Coregonus artedi.She ranked 20th among all U.S. submarines in total tonnage sunk during World War II, with 63,835 tons, and 24th in number of ships sunk, with 14.
The wreck of one of the most storied US Navy submarines of World War II has been found in the South China Sea eight decades after its last patrol, ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail ...
Japanese submarine I-11; Japanese submarine I-20; Japanese submarine I-21; Japanese submarine I-23; Japanese submarine I-32; Japanese submarine I-38; Japanese submarine I-39; Japanese submarine I-40; Japanese submarine I-44; Japanese submarine I-46; Japanese submarine I-54 (1943) Japanese submarine I-55 (1943) Japanese submarine I-72; Japanese ...
USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, the sixth vessel and second submarine to carry that name. Scorpion sank on 27 May 1968. She is one of two nuclear submarines that the U.S. Navy has lost, the other being USS Thresher . [ 4 ]
Sunk by Japanese aircraft; last US submarine loss of the war. Capelin: SS-289 Balao class: Celebes Sea: Lost after 2 December 1943: Fate unknown: Possibly sunk by naval mine or Japanese minelayer Wakataka. Cisco: SS-290 Balao class: off Mindanao: 28 September 1943: Sunk by Japanese aircraft and gunboat Karatsu (ex-USS Luzon). Corvina: SS-226 ...
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