Portsmouth in Rockingham County, New Hampshire — The American Northeast (New England)

USS Albacore SS 218 Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 12, 2021

1. USS Albacore SS 218 Memorial

Inscription.
This memorial is dedicated to the 86 men who lost their lives serving their country on the submarine USS Albacore (SS-218) 7 November 1944

Barber, Walter H. Jr. • Baumer, Kenneth R. • Bigelow, Henry F. • Blackmon, Edward B. • Bower, W.W. • Brannam, Allan R. • Burch, Herbert H. • Cado, Nicholas J. • Carano, John J. • Carpenter, Charles L. • Carpenter, James L. • Carracino, Pasquale C. • Chapman, David S. • Child, Frederick H. Jr. • Childress, Douglas • Collom, Perry A. • Crayton, Audrey C. • Cugnin, Jack E. • Culbertson, John W. • Davis, Phillip H. • Davis, Roy E. • Day, Fred W. • Delfonso, Julius • DeWitt, James L. • Dunlop, James T. • Eskew, Carl H. • Fortier, J.F. Jr. • Fullilove, Gordon H. Jr. • Gant, John W. • Gennett, John P. • Gibson, William H. • Gilkeson, J.F. • Hall, Charles C. • Harrell, James K. • Hill, Robert D. • Hudgins, Allen D. • Hughes, Donald P. • Hutchinson, Eugene E. • Johnson, Burton P. • Jones, Sheridan P. • Kaplafka, George • Kelley, Nelson Jr. • Kincaid, Morris K. • Kinon, Victor E. • Krizanek, Joseph M.

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• Kruger, Arthur S. • Lang, W.E. Jr. • Little, Jack A. • Manful, Kenneth W. • McKenna, Patrick K. • McNeill, Willie A. • Mercer, Joseph N. • Moss, Leonard D. • Naudack, Richard J. • Nevarez, Eneamacion • Northam, Joseph H. • Nystrom, Frank R. • O'Brien, Robert J. • Peterson, Elmer H. • Pieringer, Charles F. Jr. • Porter, J.T. • Reed, Jerrold W. Jr. • Riley, Francis A. • Rimmer, Hugh R. • Roberts, A.B. • Rowe, James E. • Shoenthal, Philip • Sisk, George M. • Spratt, Joe L. • St. Clair, Harold W. • Stanton, Arthur L. • Starace, Robert J. • Stephensen, John H. • Strattan, Maurice C. • Tanner, Earl R. • Tesser, William G. • Tomich, Paul R. • Traynor, C.E. Jr. • Walker, Theodore T. • Weisenfluh, Elmer • Welch, James D. • West, Richard A. • Willians, Wesley J. • Wilmott, Leslie A. • Wood, David R. • Wright, Sylvester M.

Erected by the Friends of Albacore.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 43° 4.908′ N, 70° 46.07′ W. Memorial is in

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 12, 2021

2. USS Albacore SS 218 Memorial

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County. It can be reached from Submarine Way north of Bypass U.S. 1, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 600 Market St, Portsmouth NH 03801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on New Hampshire’s Seacoast. It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: New Hampshire's Lost Boat (here, next to this marker); CMoMM (SS) Arthur L. Stanton Chief of the Boat (COB) (a few steps from this marker); James Baxter Sergeant (a few steps from this marker); Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Dedicated to the men of the USS Thresher (SSN 593) (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); U.S.S. Albacore (about 300 feet

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away); U.S.S. O9 SS-70 (about 300 feet away); U.S.S. Squalus SS-192 (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portsmouth.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 19, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 488 times since then and 21 times this year. Last updated on August 22, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 19, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.