Penn's Landing in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

U. S. S. Trigger - SS 237

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 26, 2025

1. U. S. S. Trigger - SS 237 Memorial

Inscription. Commissioned January 30, 1942
Lost on Patrol March 28, 1945

Still on Patrol Absher, Neal A. FC3 • Arsenault, Ernest A. S1 • Backer, Dewey G., Jr. EM3 • Ball, Robert B. MOMM1 • Barry, James V. F1 • Beranek, Rudolph C. EM3 • Bird, John B. MOMM1 • Boeding, Joseph M. TM3 • Bolz, Kenneth W. SM2 • Butts, Harold S1 • Cain, Vern W. F1 • Carter, Andrew J. STM1 • Coles, Hubert MOMM1 • Connole, David R. CDR-CO • Craig, William C. MOMM3 • Crutcher, Balous E. F1 • Curry, Perry P. TM1 • De Lone, Maurice V. MOMM3 • Derrick, Claude A. GM3 • Dodane, Robert L. LCDR • Dorries, Richard J. F1 • Dow, Willie E. S1 • Dunnam, James W. FC2 • Dusko, John P. BKR1 • Emmons, William L., Jr. S1 • Engle, Richard E. EM3 • Fisher, Joseph P. EM3 • Fiste, Harold L. CEM • Foster, Robert M. TM3 • Franks, Joseph A. MOMM3

Gleason, Howard R. LTJG • Greenwell, Robert H. LT • Hambright, Ralph E., Jr. MOMM2 • Hampton, George T. MOMM3 • Harrison, Ray J. RT2 • Householder, John R. EM1 • Iovino, Vincent T. EM3 • Irish, C.B. LT • Johanson, Lester A. RT2 • Johnson, S.G. ENS • Johnston,

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Richard F. TM2 • Kelly, Robert M. EM2 • Kemarsky, Rustislav N. RT1 • Kimmel, Murray S1 • Livingston, Karl A. EM3 • Maben, Charles G. RM2 • Macvane, Arthur L. SM2 • McDonough, G.W. RM1 • McHugh, Lawrence J., Jr. TMS • Melton, Robert N. CMOMM • Misner, Donald E. LT • Morgan, Harold P. S1 • Morin, Robert C. F1 • Murray, Robert W. S1 • Niles, Frank L. F1 • Olson, Donald T. Y1 • Oster, Laddie SC1 • Palmer, Gordon F. TM2 • Payne, Lewis R. TM1 • Pollack, Robert C. EM2

Pross, James L. QM1 • Rae, William H. TM3 • Reed, James A. MOMM1 • Roberts, Clifford J. LTJG • Robertson, Cecil C. MOMM1 • Rondeau, Normand N. RM2 • Scheidegger, Carl H. QM3 • Schenck Clarence E. MOMM2 • Shepherd, John E., III LCDR • Sincavich, John W. LT • Smith, Donald L. S1 • Stakich, Daniel R. MOMM2 • Stewart, John N. EM1 • Stock, Marvin N. S1 • Targosz, George S. GM3 • Thompson, Nathaniel E. CK2 • Thompson, Warren C. EM2 • Thornberry, Charles G. S1 • Turner, Harvey J. EM2 • Watson, Billy J. SC3 • Weeks, John R. CTM • Welch, Charles A. MOMM2 • Widdekind, Franklin H. F1 • Wildey, Jack T.

Memorials on display image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 26, 2025

2. Memorials on display

GM1 • Wilkens, Donald L. S1 • Wilkins, Lenard W. S1 • Williams, Charles A. CMOMM • Worrells, Charles M., Jr. MOMM2 • Zugecic, William M. CPHM

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

Location. 39° 56.625′ N, 75° 8.479′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Penn's Landing. It can be reached from South Christopher Columbus Boulevard south of Spruce Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 211 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia PA 19106, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking

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distance of this marker: Peace-Time Submariners Memorial (here, next to this marker); Still on Patrol (here, next to this marker); Local 8, Industrial Workers of the World (a few steps from this marker); The Casket of the American "Unknown Soldier" (a few steps from this marker); A Visit from the President (within shouting distance of this marker); Olympia's Guns & Turrets (within shouting distance of this marker); Sphere / Esfera (within shouting distance of this marker); Five Spouts, Frog and Lintel (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Cruiser Olympia - Submarine Becuna (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed).

Credits. This page was last revised on November 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 28, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 51 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 28, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.