North Little Rock in Pulaski County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
USS Snook (SS-279)
Photographed by John D. Trolinger, August 2, 2021
1. USS Snook (SS-279) Marker
Launched August 15, 1942 at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Naval Shipyard.
Snook fought well during her first eight war patrols
before her loss on her ninth.
Her Score:
17 Ships Confirmed Sunk
7 Ships Damaged
2 Small Ships Sunk with deck gun
1 Mine field laid
1 American Pilot Rescued
Snook Earned 7 Battle Stars
Erected 1999 by U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Still On Patrol series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 8, 1945.
Location. 34° 45.183′ N, 92° 15.983′ W. Memorial is in North Little Rock, Arkansas, in Pulaski County. It is on State Highway 100. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: North Little Rock AR 72114, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Little Rock Metropolitan Area and in the Quapaw Homeland. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: C.S.S. Pontchartrain (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Huntersville (approx. 0.2 miles away); Witness to Removal (approx. Ό mile away); It is River City (approx. Ό mile away); The "Little Rock" (approx. Ό mile away); The Big Rock and the Little Rock (approx.
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Additional commentary.
1. Ship's Company When Lost
Robert Brown Adams Stephen Partridge Gardner Charles Morgan
Erven Eugene Jack Bagby Jack Junior Glass John Lawrence Morgan
Russell Leigh Baum Victor Gregorini George Charles Olson
Richard Stanley Billingsley, Jr. Andrew Grindzak Glen Colbert Page
Kenneth Patrick Bolger Jack Eugene Groat John Shelton Parker
Ben Alvin Branum, Jr. Paul Henry Grupp Norman Phillips
Ned Erskine Browning Andrew Thomas Guthrie John Bernard Regan
Sidney Brownstein Raymond Lloyd Hughes Martin Lambuth Register
Robert Karl Burdick David John Hurley Walter Joseph Rehbit
Leo Burger Robert Ralph Ingram William James Rodney
Claude Robert Busby Harold Malcolm Johnson Arthur Malone Russell, Jr.
Danford Anthony Byron Joseph Johnston, Jr. Richard Louis Schoen
John Edward Cave Harry Fenner Julian William Clarence Schramm
Benedict Anthony Cesare Paul Frederick Keiser, II Ronald Leroy Schwendemann
James Durward Choate William Ernest Kellogg John Francis Scully
Edward Perkins Clark, II Francis Joseph Klosterman William Everett Shelton
Delmer Lemar Crawford Norman Thomas Kramer Ben Silvia
George Loren Crawford Thomas William Lamont, II John Calvin Sloan
James Anthony Cross William Thomas Lang Ernest Leopold Spence
William Lory Dolph Lawrence Wilbur Lundgren Robert R. Sukola
Charles John Eckenrode Isadore Irving Lunken Howard Thomas Toulson
Clarence Foster Edmunds Francis Raymond Maney Harold K. Wagner
Warren Preston Ellis John Gordon Manley John Franklin Walling
Harry Robert Etkin, Jr. Ones William McEntyer Andrew Williams Welch, Jr.
William Stanley Farrel James Edward McGahan James Albert Will
John Courtland Felabom Ralph Marion McGuire, Jr. Robert Emmett Wood, Jr.
Donald Wilson Fry Donald John McNeill Robert Eugene Wood
Anthony Gambardella Vincent Paul Mlynek James Nichols Wright
— Submitted August 5, 2021, by John D. Trolinger of Hunt, Texas.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2021, by John D. Trolinger of Hunt, Texas. This page has been viewed 826 times since then and 26 times this year. Last updated on August 14, 2021, by John D. Trolinger of Hunt, Texas. Photo 1. submitted on August 5, 2021, by John D. Trolinger of Hunt, Texas. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
