U.S.S. Robalo (SS 273)
Launched 9 May 1943
Commissioned 28 September 1943
On 8 January 1944 the U.S.S. Robalo began her first patrol west of the Philippines. During her first 2 patrols, she earned the Asiatic-Pacific Area Service [sic – Campaign] Medal and 2 Battle Stars and was credited with sinking 1 vessel. The Robalo left Fremantle, Australia, on 22 June 1944 on her third and last patrol. She was sunk on 26 July 1944. It is believed that an enemy mine caused the sinking. Seventy-seven brave submariners perished in the Robalo. One officer and 3 enlisted men survived the sinking and swam to shore where they were captured by Military Police. On 15 August 1944 the Robalo survivors were put aboard a Japanese destroyer and were never heard from again. Fifty-two American submarines were lost during World War II. The U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II have assigned one of these lost submarines to each state. (Two were assigned to both California and New York.) The U.S.S. Robalo was designated the North Dakota state boat.
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Erected by Veterans and Concerned Citizens.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters
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Location. 44° 5.553′ N, 87° 39.329′ W. Memorial is in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in Manitowoc County. It can be reached from Maritime Drive. Marker is part of The Manitowoc Company 28 Boat Memorial Walk, adjacent to the submarine USS Cobia, at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 75 Maritime Drive, Manitowoc WI 54220, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is on Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. 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 and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: U.S.S. Peto (SS 265) (here, next to this marker); U.S.S. Pogy (SS 266) (here, next to this marker); U.S.S. Pompon (SS 267) (here, next to this marker); U.S.S. Puffer (SS 268) (here, next to this marker); U.S.S. Rasher (SS 269) (here, next to this marker); U.S.S. Raton (SS 270) (here, next to this marker); U.S.S. Ray (SS 271) (here, next to this marker); U.S.S. Redfin (SS 272) (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manitowoc.
Also see . . .
1. USS Robalo (SS 273).
2. Robalo (SS-273). NavSource Online website entry (Submitted on October 13, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. USS Robalo (SS 273) - On Eternal Patrol. (Submitted on October 16, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
who constructed the 28 freshwater
submarines during World War II.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 588 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 13, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on July 30, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4. submitted on October 3, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5, 6. submitted on October 16, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
