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Buzzards Bay in Barnstable County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Still on Patrol

 
 
Still on Patrol Front Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bryan Simmons, July 2012
1. Still on Patrol Front Marker
Inscription.
(Front of Marker)
In memory of all
U.S. Submarines that
are still on patrol.

U.S.S. Trout
State Boat of
Massachusetts lost in action
February 29th 1944

(Rear Marker)
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."

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. Lockwood, JR., U.S.N.
Commander Submarine Force 1943-1946

Pickerel • Pompano • Robalo • Runner • R-12 • Scamp • Scorpion • Sculpin • Sealoin • Seawolf • Shark I • Shark II • Snook • Swordfish • S-26 • S-27 • S-28 • S-36 • S-39 • S-44 • Tang • Trigger • Tirton • Trout • Tullibee • Wahoo
 
Erected by U.S. Submarine Veterans World War II Bay State Chapter.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War, World II

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Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Still On Patrol series list. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1909.
 
Location. 41° 46.456′ N, 70° 33.527′ W. Marker is in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, in Barnstable County. Marker is on Scenic Highway (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling north. Located in the Herring Run Scenic Overlook. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Buzzards Bay MA 02532, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Burying Hill (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cape Cod Canal (approx. Ύ mile away); August Belmont (approx. Ύ mile away); William Barclay Parsons (approx. Ύ mile away); Monica Dickens Stratton (approx. Ύ mile away); a different marker also named The Cape Cod Canal (approx. 1.1 miles away); Edmund Freeman Saddle & Pillion Burial Ground (approx. 2.1 miles away); Sagamore Hill Trail (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Buzzards Bay.
 
Still on Patrol Rear Plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bryan Simmons, July 2012
2. Still on Patrol Rear Plaque
Still on Patrol Full Rear Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bryan Simmons, July 2012
3. Still on Patrol Full Rear Marker
Massachusetts Submariners Lost During World War II image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bryan Simmons, July 2012
4. Massachusetts Submariners Lost During World War II
Top of Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bryan Simmons, July 2012
5. Top of Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 922 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 11, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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