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Delaware & New Jersey WWII Submariners Memorial

Dedicated to those who serve in Submarines of the U.S. Navy

— The Silent Service ~ Pride Runs Deep —

 
 
Delaware & New Jersey WWII Submariners Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith S Smith, August 9, 2013
1. Delaware & New Jersey WWII Submariners Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Left Side of Marker
U.S. Submarine Veterans
World War II

52 United States Submarines
On Eternal Patrol

U.S. Navy Submarines Paid Heavily for their success in World War II.

374 Officers and 3131 Men are on board these 52 U.S. Submarines still on patrol


Albacore – Amberjack – Argonaut – Barbel – Bonefish – Bullhead – Capelin – Cisco – Corvina – Darter – Dorado – Escolar – Flier – Golet – Grampus – Grayback – Grayling – Grenadier – Growler – Grunion – Gudgeon – Harder – Herring – Kete – Lagarto – Perch – Pickerel – Pompano – Robalo – Runner – R-12 –Scamp – Scorpion – Sculpin – Sealion – Seawolf – Shark I – Shark II – Snook – Swordfish – S-26 – S-27 – S-28 – S-36 – S-39 – S-44 – Tang – Trigger – Triton – Trout – Tullibee – Wahoo

3600 U.S. Submariners gave their lives in World War II
Right Side of marker
On Eternal Patrol ~ USS Kete ~ SS-369
2nd Patrol – 87 Fatalities
Lost – Off Japan – March 20th 1945

~ LeRoy Albert Abts ~ Edward Ackerman ~ John Clausel Adams, Jr. ~ John David Apking ~ Donald Lee Bergadine ~ Leonard Eugene Blodgett ~ Francis William Braniger ~ Carl Brooks ~ William
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Henry Burnside, Jr. ~ Perry Charles Callahan ~ Bernard Cobrin ~ Hugh Mack Cole ~ Edward Cooper ~ Robert William Crowley ~ Charles Randolph Crutchfield, Jr. ~ William Howard Dawson ~ Frederick Robert Deininger ~ Harold William Derrah ~ Helmut Otto Dietrich ~ Calvin Frederick Dortche ~ Donald Lincoln Drake ~ Willis Dul ~ Manuel Lawrence Efferson ~ Donald Paul Egen ~ Douglas Grant Fenton ~ Hugh French ~ Ben Friesen ~ Robert Stephan Fuller ~ John Francis Glynn, Jr. ~ Fred Joseph Griswold ~ Joseph Henry Gunzinger ~ Elmer Ellsworth Gwinn, Jr. ~ Bernard Henry Haag ~ Robert Arthur Hart ~ Glenn Edwin Hartbank ~ Paul O'Bryan Hayden ~ Earl Henderson ~ James Lowell Hines ~ James Russell Holshouser ~ Stanton Lee Hooper ~ Abraham Joseph Katz ~ Norbert William Kelly ~ Elmer Neil Kensler ~ Walter Ernest Kotelman ~ Richard Paul Kraut ~ Jack Lee Lasiter ~ Frank Litzenburger, Jr. ~ Earl Logsdon ~ Billie Barton Lowery ~ Charles Wesley Lynn, Jr. ~ Glenn Raymond Malko ~ Anthony Thomas Marsico ~ Frank Martini ~ Bernard Eugene McLendon ~ Grant Richard Messenger ~
Delaware & New Jersey WWII Submariners Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith S Smith, August 9, 2013
2. Delaware & New Jersey WWII Submariners Memorial Marker
Samuel Arnold Moccabee ~ Charleton L. Moore ~ Henry Fredrick Morrison ~ Archie Vernon Newton ~ Joseph Albert O'Brien ~ Mark Angello O'Connor ~ George Thomas Page ~ Clair Junior Peterson ~ Irving Victor Piper ~ Glenn Owen Price ~ Donald Calvin Pushee ~ Robert Russell Racer ~ Frederick Fay Reimers ~ Francis Albert Richards ~ George Joseph Schemm ~ Maxium Daniels Schenavar ~ Paul Francis Schumacher ~ Oliver Harry Simpson ~ James Irwin Snyder ~ Russell Henry Spikes ~ Jacob Granville Starr, Jr. ~ French Lee Thomas, Jr. ~ Gordon Ray Thompson ~ Keith Thorn ~ Peter Charles VanDam ~ Salomon Hernandez Villalba ~ James Stanley Waggoner ~ Russel Andrew Wallick ~ Floyd Stewart Walling ~ Joseph Allen Westphall ~ Gordon Weaver Wilson ~ Galen Irvin Woodward ~
Delaware State Boat Memorial

Dedicated May 26, 2001
In Honor of the Delaware and New Jersey Submariners

 
Erected 2001 by DRBA ~ Delaware River and Bay Authority.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: HeroesPatriots & PatriotismWar, World IIWaterways & Vessels. In addition,
U.S.S. Kete image. Click for full size.
Public Domain
3. U.S.S. Kete
Sunk off the Sea of Japan
it is included in the Still On Patrol series list.
 
Location. 39° 41.678′ N, 75° 33.036′ W. Memorial is near New Castle, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in New Castle Hundred. It can be reached from the intersection of Cherry Lane and New Castle Avenue (Delaware Route 9). Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: New Castle DE 19720, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Wilmington and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Delmarva Peninsula. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Delaware Memorial Bridge (a few steps from this marker); Delaware - Desert Shield / Desert Storm Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Wounded Combat Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Delaware River and Bay Authority Vietnam Memorial
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Gold Star Families Memorial Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Korean War Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Garrett E. Lyons (within shouting distance of this marker); Delaware River and Bay Authority Veterans Dedication (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Castle.
 
More about this memorial. Personnel names are given as: last name first, followed by commas and initials; rank is provided on the marker but omitted here.

Donald Lincoln Drake is listed as Drake, K. L.
John Francis Glynn, Jr. is listed as Glenn, J. F.
Elmer Ellsworth Gwinn, Jr. is listed as Gwinn, E. F., Jr.
Mark Angello O'Connor is listed as O'Conner, M. A.
Clair Junior Peterson is listed as Peterson, C., Jr.
French Lee Thomas, Jr. is listed as Thomas, F. I., Jr.
Floyd Stewart Walling is listed as Walling, S. F.
 
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.
 
Also see . . .
1. Submarine - USS Kete - Wikipedia. (Submitted on September 9, 2013, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania.)
2. USS Kete – on Eternal Patrol. (Submitted on September 9, 2013, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania.)
 
Additional keywords. Submarine, Navy, Kete,
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 9, 2013, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 2,918 times since then and 100 times this year. Last updated on March 3, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 9, 2013, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 10, 2026