Manitowoc in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
U.S.S. Lagarto (SS 371)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 28, 2016
1. U.S.S. Lagarto (SS 371) Marker
Launched 28 May 1944
Commissioned 14 October 1944
On 24 January 1945 the U.S.S. Lagarto departed Pearl Harbor to begin her first patrol. During this patrol she sank 2 vessels totalling 1,845 tons. One of these vessels was a Japanese submarine. The Largarto's second and final patrol began on 12 April 1945 when she departed Subic Bay, Philippines, for the South China Sea. On 4 May 1945 no further contact was made with the Lagarto and she was presumed lost. It is believed that she was sunk by enemy mine-layers on 4 May 1945. Eighty-six brave submariners perished on the Largarto. 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. Lagarto was designated the Wisconsin state boat.
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Erected by Veterans and Concerned Citizens.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II
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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 Lagarto (SS 371). Wisconsin Maritime Museum website entry (Submitted on October 16, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 28, 2016
2. U.S.S. Lagarto (SS 371) Crew
2. Lagarto (SS-371). NavSource Online website entry (Submitted on October 16, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. USS Lagarto (SS-371) - On Eternal Patrol. (Submitted on October 16, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
via NavSource Online, 1944
3. U.S.S. Lagarto (SS 371)
With her crew lining her deck and lookouts in the periscope shears, the Lagarto (SS-371) passes between the two sections of an open draw bridge as the crowd from a Sears Roebuck and Co. building in Manitowoc watch the boat head off to the war, circa October - December 1944.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
4. Manitowoc Submarines Memorial Markers at USS Cobia
Photographed by John D. Trolinger, August 1, 2021
5. U.S.S. Lagarto (SS 371) Marker
USS Lagarto Story and sailing list May 3, 2006 found inside the Manitowoc Maritime Museum lower level.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
6. The Manitowoc Company 28 Boat Memorial Walk
of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
who constructed the 28 freshwater
submarines during World War II.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
7. The Manitowoc Company 28 Boat Memorial Walk
Credits. This page was last revised on August 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 16, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 610 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 16, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on August 6, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4. submitted on October 3, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5. submitted on August 5, 2021, by John D. Trolinger of Hunt, Texas. 6, 7. submitted on October 16, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
