USS Grunion (SS-216) was a Gato-class submarine that sank at Kiska, Alaska, during World War II. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be...
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on 19 July 1942 to proceed with USS S-32, USS Triton and USS Tuna, to patrol an area approaching Kiska harbor, Grunion and the three boats were to make...
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Lincoln Abele, USN. His father was the commanding officer of the submarine USS Grunion when the vessel was lost in the Aleutians on July 31, 1942, presumably...
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Global Explorer ROV (section 2007 USS Grunion)
2007, Global Explorer ROV was instrumental in locating the submarine USS Grunion, which, with 70 men on board, disappeared during World War II and had...
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the others, killing or wounding 200 Japanese sailors. Ten days later, Grunion was attacked by three Japanese submarine chasers in Kiska Harbor, with...
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Stevens, Peter F., Fatal Dive: Solving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion, Regnery History, 2012 "Albacore II (SS-218)". Dictionary of American...
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loss of 19 lives on November 3, 1942. On August 22, 2007, the submarine USS Grunion, which disappeared with a crew of 70 during World War II, was found in...
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Date found USS Lagarto May 4, 1945 Depth charged by Japanese escort ships while attacking a convoy in the Gulf of Thailand May 2005 USS Grunion July 30,...
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single bloodiest engagement during the operations on and around Kiska. USS Grunion was attacked by three Japanese submarine chasers while patrolling Kiska...
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TAW-7, but was soon diverted to New Orleans along with the submarine chaser USS PC-566. At 22:37, a single torpedo was fired at the ship by U-166. The torpedo...
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military transport during World War II. It was sunk by the American submarine USS Sturgeon on 1 July 1942, drowning 1,054 people, mostly Australian prisoners...
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Peter F. Stevens. Fatal Dive: Solving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion, Regnery History, 2012 Blair 1975, pp. 575–576 and 767–768 Kurak, Steve...
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widow of Chief Torpedoman Graham, who was lost aboard the submarine USS Grunion (SS-216) in late July 1942, and commissioned on 15 March 1943, Lieutenant...
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Jul: USS Grunion, U-213, U-588, U-754 Other incidents 5 Jul: RFA Aldersdale, Argo, Pan Kraft 7 Jul: J. A. Moffett Jr. 9 Jul: El Capitan 13 Jul: USS S-16...
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of 5 July 1942 she was hit amidships by a torpedo fired by the submarine USS Growler, exploded and sank, with loss of 104 lives. Commander Ogata was among...
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24°25.207′N 82°02.393′W / 24.420117°N 82.039883°W / 24.420117; -82.039883 USS S-16 (SS-121) was a second-group (S-3 or "Government") S-class submarine...
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Amchitka Island. On 4 July 1942, Nenohi was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Triton while escorting seaplane tender Kamikawa Maru southeast of Attu, near...
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Lyndonia (1920) (redirect from USS Southern Seas (PY-32))
the U.S. Navy, repaired in New Zealand, commissioned 23 December 1942 as USS Southern Seas and designated as a Patrol Yacht (PY-32). Lyndonia was named...
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in Lake Superior Bay". Twin Cities. 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2023-04-27. "U.S.S. Essex". Lake Superior Shipwrecks. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved...
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AM-398) USS Groves (DE-543) USS Growler (1812 schooner, 1812 sloop, SS-215, SSG-577) USS Grumium (AK-112/IX-174/AVS-3) USS Grundy (APA-111) USS Grunion (SS-216)...
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Jul: USS Grunion, U-213, U-588, U-754 Other incidents 5 Jul: RFA Aldersdale, Argo, Pan Kraft 7 Jul: J. A. Moffett Jr. 9 Jul: El Capitan 13 Jul: USS S-16...
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Alaska (52°02′N 177°42′E / 52.033°N 177.700°E / 52.033; 177.700) by USS Grunion ( United States Navy). She was lost with all hands. CH-27 Imperial Japanese...
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December 1941 Sunk by USS Burns at west of Truk, 17 February 1944. 192 No.25 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 29 December 1941 Sunk by USS Grunion at Kiska, 15 July...
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and killing 276 civilians. 29 bombers were lost. American submarine USS Grunion was sunk at Kiska. Driving for pleasure was banned in Britain. Died:...
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SS El Capitan (redirect from USS El Capitan)
the ship over to the United States Navy which placed her in commission as USS El Capitan (ID-1407) from 1918 to 1919. El Capitan was returned to commercial...
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from the entrance to the Panama Canal, by the United States Navy destroyer USS Lansdowne (DD-486). Kemp 1999, p. 84. Gannon, Michael - Operation Drumbeat...
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may have struck a German mine), at least three more – Tulibee, Tang, and Grunion – to defective torpedoes, and six to accident or grounding. Another eight...
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HMCS Brandon and taken to St. John's. The ship was taken in tow by the fleet tug USS Cherokee, but sank at 06:00 on 28 July 1942. U-boats. "SS Broompark (+1942)"...
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Jul: USS Grunion, U-213, U-588, U-754 Other incidents 5 Jul: RFA Aldersdale, Argo, Pan Kraft 7 Jul: J. A. Moffett Jr. 9 Jul: El Capitan 13 Jul: USS S-16...
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Jul: USS Grunion, U-213, U-588, U-754 Other incidents 5 Jul: RFA Aldersdale, Argo, Pan Kraft 7 Jul: J. A. Moffett Jr. 9 Jul: El Capitan 13 Jul: USS S-16...
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