Mount Pleasant in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

World War II Submarine Lost Boat Memorial

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011

1. World War II Submarine Lost Boat Memorial Marker

Inscription. Still On Patrol
–– • ––
U.S. Navy Submarines
paid heavily for
their success in
World War II.
A total of
374 Officers and
3131 men are on
board these 52
U.S. Submarines
still on "patrol."
(left column names)
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 •
( Right column names)
Pickerel • Pompano • Robalo • Runner • R-12 • Scamp • Scorpion • Sculpin • Sealion • Seawolf • Shark I • Shark II • Snook • S-26 • S-27 • S-28 • S-36 • S-39 • S-44 • Tang • Trigger • Triton • Trout • Tulibee • Wahoo •

We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds.
Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz, U.S.N.
I can assure you that they went down fighting and that their brothers who survived them took a grim toll of our savage enemy to avenge their deaths. Vice Admiral C.A. Lookwood, Jr., U.S.N.
Commander Submarine Force 1943-1946

(Lower plaque)
U.S.S. Amberjack (SS 219)
(Lower Plaque)
Commanding
John Archibald Bole, Jr.

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Left column )
Name      Rate
Allmon, M.W.      Momm1• Baker, W.A., Jr.       RM3 • Bannister, P.S.     Momm2 • Barr, L.V.     F1 •     Bartoli, R.(n)     S1 • Blauvelt, R.P.      LT • Bole, J.A., Jr.      LCDR • Bolze, J.F.      FC1 • Brant, H.J.      SC2 • Brossy, H.E.      LCDR • Brousseau, M.J.      SC2 • Buchan, W.N.      EM1 • Cacciato,D.,Jr.(n)      TM3 • Caldwell, L.J.D.      SD2 • Chaffin, E.E.     F2 • Cheney, J.F.      LT • Clark, B.L.     TM1 • Coleman, J.L.     GM2 • Coultas, W.E.     Momm2 • Davis, E.S. Davis, L.C.      EM3 • De Groot, J. (n)     F2 • Demler, A.M.     ENS • Ducharme, D. ((n)      QM3 • Eastman,A.G.H.     TM2 • Everett, E.J.     RT1 • Gillard, G.H. Jr     F3 • Gosciniak, T. (n)     Momm2 • Hamilton, J.W.     Momm2 • Henderson, L.G.      EM2 • Hiatt, D.L.      EM3 • Hill, W.M.O.    F2 • Jackson, V.T.     Momm2 • James, H.E.      EM2 • Jeter, W.L.      SM3 • Jewell, T.E.      CSM •
( Right column )
Name      Rate
Kingston, F.P.     Momm2 • Koreyva, V.J.     Momm1 • Lester, R.L.     S2 • Levesque, R.A.      EM2 • Lewellyn, J.E.     ENS • Lord, H.S.,Jr      LTJG

Still On Patrol Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011

2. Still On Patrol Marker

• Lucas, J.B.,Jr Momm2 • Macy, M.R. RM2 • Massey, A.R. MA2 • McDaniel, R. (n) S1 • McLean, R.A. TM1 • Montague, W. (n) MA1 • Muir, C.R. CTM • Ogilvie, H.B. TM2 • Ouzts, C.M.,Jr. Momm1 • Pavlin, B.F. EM2 • Pisarski, H. (n)Ranger, J.A. RM2 • Rakyta, J.G. S1 • Runkowski, C.L. TM3 • Ryall, L.R. Momm1 • Sallee, C.K. SC1 • Seidell,D.R. ENS • Smorol, P.P. F2 • Spierer, E.R. S1 • Springsteen, C.A. S1 • Stern, R.G.,Jr. LTJG • St. John, F.T. Y1 • Taylor, H.A. EM2 • Thurman, I.H. F1 • Tobin, W.J. EM2 • Trask, P.B. TM2 • Ullstrom, J.H. S2 • Ward, A.G. EM3 • Wilson, E.L. F3 • Winquist, H.C.A. Momm1 •

(Reverse side)
Lost But Not Forgotten
Positions of United States Submarine Losses in World War II
List of 52 Lost Boats and Date

(Lower Plaque)
This Plaque is Dedicated to the Wives and Mothers for the Hardships They Endured as They Served with Us in World War II

Swampfox Chapter of South Carolina, United States Submarine Veterans of World War II, 1988

Topics and series. This

World War II Submarine Lost Boat Memorial Marker, reverse side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 22, 2011

3. World War II Submarine Lost Boat Memorial Marker, reverse side

historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Still On Patrol series list.

Location. 32° 47.597′ N, 79° 54.271′ W. Marker is in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is on Point Pleasant Road. Located at the Cold War Submarine Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mount Pleasant SC 29464, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in the Lowcountry.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

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 the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

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: In Memoriam • USS Thresher and USS Scorpion

USS Amberjack image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 22, 2011

4. USS Amberjack

(here, next to this marker); USS Pollack (SSN 603) USS Haddo (SSN 604) (a few steps from this marker); Cold War Submarine Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); USS Yorktown (CV~10) (about 500 feet away); South Carolina Gold Star Families Memorial Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); In Memory of the Men on the USS Laffey DD-724 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Talos Missile (approx. 0.2 miles away); Combat Wounded Veterans (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Pleasant.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Informational list of 52 lost ships included with links pertaining to individual ships

Dept. Of The Navy , Naval Historical Center

5. USS Amberjack

NH# 98486 USS Amberjack (SS-219) off Groton CT, 30 May 1942

Positions of United States Submarine Losses in World War II image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 22, 2011

6. Positions of United States Submarine Losses in World War II

Dedicated to the Wives and Mothers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 22, 2011

7. Dedicated to the Wives and Mothers

Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 22, 2011

8. World War II Submarine Lost Boat Memorial Marker

USS Albacore (22-218) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

9. USS Albacore (22-218)

USS <i>Argonaut</i> (SM-1) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

10. USS Argonaut (SM-1)

USS Bonefish (SS-223) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

11. USS Bonefish (SS-223)

USS Bullhead (SS-332) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

12. USS Bullhead (SS-332)

USS Capelin (SS-289) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

13. USS Capelin (SS-289)

USS Cisco (SS-290) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

14. USS Cisco (SS-290)

USS Corvina (SS-226) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

15. USS Corvina (SS-226)

USS Darter (SS-227) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

16. USS Darter (SS-227)

USS Dorado (SS-248) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

17. USS Dorado (SS-248)

USS Escolar (SS-294) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

18. USS Escolar (SS-294)

USS Flier (SS-250) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

19. USS Flier (SS-250)

USS Golet (SS-361) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

20. USS Golet (SS-361)

USS Grampus (SS-207) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

21. USS Grampus (SS-207)

USS Grayback (SS-208) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

22. USS Grayback (SS-208)

USS Grayling (SS-209) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

23. USS Grayling (SS-209)

USS Grenadier (SS-210) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

24. USS Grenadier (SS-210)

USS Growler (SS-215) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

25. USS Growler (SS-215)

USS Grunion (SS-216) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

26. USS Grunion (SS-216)

USS Gudgeon (SS-211) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

27. USS Gudgeon (SS-211)

USS Harder (SS-257) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

28. USS Harder (SS-257)

USS Herring (SS-233) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

29. USS Herring (SS-233)

USS Kete (SS-369) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

30. USS Kete (SS-369)

USS Lagarto (SS-371) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

31. USS Lagarto (SS-371)

USS Perch (SS-176) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

32. USS Perch (SS-176)

USS Pickerel (SS-177) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

33. USS Pickerel (SS-177)

USS Pompano (SS-181) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

34. USS Pompano (SS-181)

Ussr-12 (ss-89) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

35. Ussr-12 (ss-89)

USS Scamp (SS-277) image. Click for full size.

United States Navy

36. USS Scamp (SS-277)

USS Scorpion (SS-278) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by US Navy

37. USS Scorpion (SS-278)

USS Sculpin (SS-191) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by US Navy Photo # NH 97309, 1943

38. USS Sculpin (SS-191)

USS Sealion (SS-195) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by PD-USGov-Military-Navy, 1939

39. USS Sealion (SS-195)

USS Seawolf (SS-197) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by US Navy photo # NH 99549., 1943

40. USS Seawolf (SS-197)

USS Shark (SS-314) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by US Navy, circa 1943

41. USS Shark (SS-314)

USS Shark SS-174) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by US Navy Photo # NH 42075, 1935

42. USS Shark SS-174)

USS Snook (SS-279) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 98380, circa 1943

43. USS Snook (SS-279)

Uss S-26 (ss-131) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Wikipedia

44. Uss S-26 (ss-131)

Uss S-28 (ss-133) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by PD-USGov-Military-Navy

45. Uss S-28 (ss-133)

Photographed by US Navy, 1943

46. Uss S-28 (ss-133)

Uss S-36 (ss-141) image. Click for full size.

Naval Historical Center Photo # NH 51827, 1923

47. Uss S-36 (ss-141)

Uss S-39 (ss-144) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by PD-USGov-Military-Navy, 1935

48. Uss S-39 (ss-144)

Uss S-44 (ss-155) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by US Navy

49. Uss S-44 (ss-155)

USS Tang (SS-306) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by US Navy, 1943

50. USS Tang (SS-306)

USS Trigger (SS-237) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by US Navy, 1942

51. USS Trigger (SS-237)

USS Triton (SS-201) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by US Navy, circa 1940

52. USS Triton (SS-201)

USS Trout (SS-202) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by US Navy, 1942

53. USS Trout (SS-202)

USS Tullibee (SS-284) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by US Navy, 1943

54. USS Tullibee (SS-284)

USS Wahoo (SS-238) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by PD-USGov-Military-Navy, 1943

55. USS Wahoo (SS-238)

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