USS O-9 (SS-70) was lost on 20-Jun-1941 with the The first survivor, in a panic, knocked off Grossman's mask and Grossman gave up his own life preserver to calm the sailor down. After four months of operations in the Hawaiian Islands, the submarine headed for the Far East again in January 1964. A great many depth charges were dropped, and wood chips and oil were observed. it was sold for scrapping. Sources: R, D, Ros, SFLM, WDR Sources: R, D, Ros, SFLM, WDR [Note: The above USS BONEFISH (SS-582) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS BONEFISH (SS-582) or by other non . Commander Edge reported be had sunk one large transport and one medium freighter to date. for complete and accurate listing of men lost on USS crew were taken prisoner, only 21 survived the war) Power cables in Bonefish 's forward battery. The salvageships USS Petrel and USS Hoist are assessing the safety and manner of towing the ship back to port, he said. She entered the Flores Sea on 28 November and, the next day, intercepted two enemy ships. With her crew refreshed and her provisions and ammunition replenished, Bonefish got underway on 5 September for the Sibuyan Sea. USS S-36 (SS-141) was lost on 20-Jan-1942 when it was destroyed after Equipped with a new mine-detecting device, the submarines were ordered to penetrate the Sea of Japan to sever the last of the Japanese overseas supply lines. No declared lost date found. spread is 11-23 to 12-9-43, Ships and Tonnage crew were taken prisoner, 57 survived the war. spread as 10-17-44 to 11-3-44 USS Astoria carried the ashes of former Japanese . Waickiwicz extracted more than twenty crewmembers over three hours using a rescue hoist despite dangerous flying conditions, at one point refusing an order to withdraw. Visibility nil, side scan sonar images Again in the South China Sea on her third patrol, BONEFISH sank a very large tanker, a medium freighter and a schooner, and damaged a second large tanker. Remarks: Dived and photographed by DSRV in 1997 Hearing the fire in the battery well was out of control and that submarines #3 diesel engine had quit when activated, Wilson finally gave the order to abandon ship. Bonefish conducted a submerged patrol of Sandakan Harbor, Borneo, from 4 6 December and then sailed for Tarakan. Remarks: Depth 400 feet. Provision was made in the operation order governing this patrol group for submarines in case of necessity to proceed to Russian waters to claim a 24 hour haven, or to submit to internment in extreme need, or for them to make their exit from the Japan Sea prior to or after 24 June. Undersea explorers find wreck of USS Nevada, the ship that almost escaped Pearl Harbor. See also Ed Howard's Final Patrol page on USS Bonefish (external link). After three days there without encountering any enemy ships, she departed those waters on 24 September. On the submarines slippery deck, the crew struggled to keep their balance and several fell overboard. On 11 August the submarine put to sea to participate in NATO exercises in the North Atlantic. The world's deepest known shipwreck, a World War II US Navy destroyer, has been fully mapped and filmed by a US-based crew. Remarks: Sunk by IJN submarine. Deep water Three crewmembers Lieutenant Ray Everts, Radioman First Class (RM1) (SS) Bob Bordelon, and Yeoman Third Class (YN3) (SS) Marshal Lindgren died due to the fire. The next day, the boat made a submerged approach on an unidentified Japanese vessel and fired six torpedoes, scoring one hit; Bonefish never learned the fate of her target. Following seven months of operations out of Pearl Harbor, Bonefish departed that port on 9 February 1971 on her way back to the Far East. Remarks: Loss date could be as late as 6 February, however Japanese records indicate It was the factor that saved BONEFISH. walking speed) but that same battery would only last just 90 minutes at a flank speed of 18.5 knots. While operating in the vicinity of Makassar Strait on 22 January, Bonefish encountered a large sailing vessel. Lastly, I have never been quite as touched as I was by the general level of concern for their shipmates demonstrated by the men on the two frigates, the submarine rescue ship, and the carrier that were on scene. The repairs and modifications took nearly a year to complete. It has been located at a depth of 6,895 meters (22,621 feet) in the Philippine Sea -- more than . Others were lost when the sea Wilson ordered emergency surfacing. The Soviets sailors associated with the lost YANKEE and the MIKE may have found themselves in not too different a set of circumstances than what we found on BONEFISH. Two torpedoes struck the 806ton passenger/cargo ship amidships and aft, sinking her. sinking point. Indonesia, by USS Rowell; 02 32 N; 129 18E. The attack group was to depart the Sea of Japan via La Perouse Strait on the night of 24 June. the loss of 80 crew when it was sunk off Saipan near Maug Island. The submarine crash-dived to a depth of . loss of 76 crew when it was sunk in Sulu Sea west of Mindinao, 9 47N; Bonefish managed to evade the escorts, and her crew heard explosions which they interpreted as at least two hits on the oiler and one on the cargo ship. At roughly 3:40 PM on April 24, however, Bonefish had just completed recharging her batteries when her engineers noticed one of her batteries had groundedbut couldnt determine which due to an operator error. She had a busy career in the Pacific against Japanese shipping after being launched and commissioned in May 1943. Power cables in Bonefishs forward battery well were sparking and glowing cherry red, small flames and electrical arcs licking across the battery bus. The contract to build her was awarded on 29 June 1956 to the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey and her keel . The flooding was later traced back to a leaky seal in the Bonefishs Trash Disposal Unit used to eject waste into the water, as detailed in the Navys investigation. Mike Wilson, praised the heroism of his crew. Click here BONEFISH made scheduled rendezvous with TUNNY on 16 and 18 June, but when TUNNY, SKATE, and the six other American subs that had been patrolling the area met up on the 24, World War II at 75: The Women at Iwo Jima, Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage in the Navy, Medal of Honor Recipient Samuel D. Dealey. the loss of 86 crew when it was sunk near 41 49N; 141 11E in channel The heat was so intense that it melted the soles of the shoes of the crewmembers in the space above. Explosions and fire tore through the diesel-power submarine Sunday, spewing toxic fumes and smoke and forcing the 92-member crew to flee. The importance of this effort was not only because of the salvage value of the submarine which was perhaps as high as 40 million dollars, and the recovery of the three fellows who had died in the fire, but also because of the obvious ramifications for the rest of the submarine force. Bonefish resumed normal operations after the post-deployment rest and upkeep period. Ros states an attack was made by IJN on 23 Nov and also a reported sighting by Bonefish of a US sub on 2 December. and utterly contaminated atmosphere, were the factors that resulted in saving the ship. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. There, she engaged in 7th Fleet training evolutions and made port visits at Hong Kong, in the Philippines, and in Japan. In September, the submarine entered the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for her regular overhaul. Copyright 2023 Center for the National Interest All Rights Reserved. The contract to build Bonefish was awarded on 29 June 1956 to the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, and her keel was laid down on 3 June 1957. while being towed off. She gained fame as an aggressive and highly successful submarine after Lieutenant Commander Dudley Walker "Mush" Morton became her skipper. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM; 1 PM TO 3:45 PM loss of 80 crew when it was sunk in Balabac Strait near Mantangule Island. On occasion, the sea wins. The submarine next trained her torpedo tubes on a convoy of 13 ships which she contacted on 9 February in Camranh Bay. BONEFISH successfully transited Tsushima Strait, and made rendezvous with TUNNY on 16 June 1945, in position 36 40'N, 135 24'E. near the Gulf of Siam 7 55N; 102 00E. I have never been more impressed with basic submarining than I was with those young fellows. made after leaving Darwin around 17 Novemeber 1943. Normal operations out of Charleston occupied Bonefish for the remainder of 1982 and during the first three weeks of 1983. 12 144E Bonefish conducted training out of Pearl Harbor until early November. Edge, departed Guam on 28 May 1945 to conduct her eighth war patrol. be put to sea. USS Bonefish (SS-223) was lost on 18-Jun-1945 with Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. loss of 56 crew when it was sunk on 5th patrol off Paramushiru, Kuriles On the afternoon of April 24, 1988, all was not well in the USS Bonefish amongst the last remaining diesel-electric submarines in the U.S. Navy. On 3 August, she damaged a tanker with one torpedo hit. loss of 83 crew when it was sunk off Inubo Saki near Tokyo Bay. Bonefish was on fire from the inside outand she was still underwater. Remarks: Location not known, cause not known, date of loss not known. Sources: R, D, Ros, SFLM USS Lagarto (SS-371) was lost on or shortly after I want to tell you about an event which has deepened my conviction of the importance of the people and the training we have developed in the submarine force over the years. sufficient to preclude removal to home waters when Phillipines were surrendered. Sbastien Roblin holds a Masters Degree in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China. All the crew escaped through a hole cut in hull in the tiller In July, the submarine went to sea for refresher training. USS Grampus . Unable to open the hatch, Everts climbed back down and collapsed on the command centers floor, whereupon Wilson noticed and placed an EAB on his face. with the loss of 79 crew when it was sunk near 22 40N; 131 45 E, middle of Diveable water. She was sunk in June 1945 after sinking a ship on its eighth cruise. Once again, she made the usual port visits and conducted exercises with units of friendly navies. A Navy salvage crew boarded the submarine Tuesday but had to pump out toxic gases swirling through the hull before they could enter the ship, which had been adrift since Sunday. The Bonefish was submerged and operating on two massive batteries when, according to initial reports, an explosion occurred in the battery compartment at about 4:30 p.m., a spokesman said. the loss of 72 crew when it was sunk off Rabaul; Last Contact at 5 05S; However, she took two Japanese prisoners from a downed enemy plane, and performed reconnaissance work on the southern end of Korea. The warship arrived back in Pearl Harbor on 15 May. She again sighted and reported the same task force on the 17th, this time anchored in Tawitawi Bay. Remarks: The Wahoo has been found and verified by the US Navy. In moments, jet black smoke poured across the ship, blinding the crew and making breathing poison. The safety procedure, now essential for survival, was to don an Emergency Air Breather (EAB)an enclosed face mask with an air hose that could be hastily plugged into fittings across the ship as pictured here. (AKA Shiranuka Light) The Navy decommissioned Bonefish on 28 September 1988, struck her from the Naval Vessel Registry on 28 February 1989, and disposed of her by scrapping on 17 August 1989. USS Sealion (SS-195) was lost on 25-Dec-1941 when it Four men trapped in torpedo room survived for possibly 60 hours. At the end of those operations, she visited Hamburg, West Germany, and Portsmouth, England, before returning to Charleston on 9 October. All the crew were rescued. Sources: R, D, Ros, SFLM USS Barbel (SS-316) was lost on or after 4-Feb-1945 Later that same day, the boat fired eight torpedoes at a small cargo ship, scoring several hits. "On Eternal Patrol - Marshal Todd Lindgren", "Investigation into the circumstances surrounding a fire onboard USS Bonefish (SS-582)", Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Bonefish_(SS-582)&oldid=1145324892, This page was last edited on 18 March 2023, at 14:44. My understanding of the way they operate and train is reconfirmed by the fact that their efforts to save their two ships were unsuccessful while ours was successful. Photographs and personal information are needed as indicated in the column at right. She fired the other two bow tubes at a cargo ship and then tried to swing her stern into position to fire her after tubes. NH, 42 59' 48N - 20 20' 27W The Navy would neither confirm nor deny that the submarine was charging its batteries at the time. Hokkaido. The Kaga shipwreck (Image credit: Courtesy of Vulcan Inc. ) After weeks spent surveying an area of ocean about the size of Houston, historians aboard the research vessel Petrel spotted the . Any person or company interested in promoting the importance of submarines to the national defense is eligible to apply for membership. Personnel began pouring out of Bonefishs hatches in the torpedo room (where most personnel had evacuated), bridge, mid-ship, and engine room. Sources: R, D, Ros, SFLM, WDR Ros and On 24 May 1974, she stood out of Pearl Harbor for yet another assignment with the 7th Fleet in Far Eastern waters. She was never seen or heard from again. This undoubtedly was the attack which sank BONEFISH. She sighted a Japanese task force consisting of three battleships, one aircraft carrier, three heavy cruisers, and one light cruiser, screened by eight destroyers. Sources: R, D,SFLM Bonefish's keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut on 25 June 1942. loss of 80 crew when it was sunk within shore battery range of Point Tagan, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Saturday and Sunday, Operation Hours: While in the Sulu Sea on 3 May, Bonefish approached a convoy but was forced to dive when an enemy plane dropped two depth bombs which exploded close aboard. According to fellow crewmember William Baker, Everts was likely dead set on one thing: verifying on the periscope that Bonefish was clear to surface so she didnt accidentally collide with the Carr nearby. On the 8th, she put to sea for San Diego, her new home port, and reached her destination on 18 November. Sources: R, D, SFLM Remarks: Ros discusses date discrepancy. USS Dorado (SS-248) was lost on 12-Oct-1943 with the But new to Bonefish, he wasnt aware that the hatch suffered from a defect in her lugs, long reported but ignored, and required a reverse quarter-turn to open. Sources: R, D, Ros, SFLM, WDR A private dive team has found the last American warship sunk off the US east coast in WWII - solving a 75-year-old naval cold case. loss of 82 crew when it was sunk near 41 04N - 14 13E Compiled by Paul W. Wittmer and Charles R. Hinman. R: Roberts, Stephen, et al, Registry of US Warships Remarks: No known reports of wreckage being salvaged or sighted. Ros: Roscoe, Theodore, Submarine Operations of WWII Sources: R, D, Ros, SFLM, WDR The temperature in the battery space reached 1,200 Fahrenheit (650 Celsius). Recognizing that the ship was taking on water and that the conditions inside the submarine were unbelievably difficult for salvage, I arrived on the scene and was helo-ed out with my party to one of our frigates in the KENNEDY battlegroup which was steaming in the vicinity. She was sunk in June 1945 after sinking a ship on its eighth cruise. Less than two months later she was on her way to her new homeport in Brisbane, Australia; her first war patrol began on 16 September. Sources: R, D, Ros, SFLM, WDR She emerged from the shipyard on 25 June 1977 to begin post-overhaul refresher training. Theyre pumping air through the ship to get the toxic gases to leave, he said. Mail call on the deck of the submarine Flying Fish (SS-229) in the Pacific, circa 1944-45. a muster of the frigate crew at two oclock in the morning. On 6 February, the submarine sighted a convoy composed of at least 17 ships. USS Squalus (SS-192) was lost on 23-May-1939 with a Sailing aboard submarines is a hazardous business. Remarks: Possibly diveable water. But unlike nuclear-powered peers then beginning to enter service, the Barbels were constrained by the life of their 506 lead-acid battery cells. BONEFISH was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for the period of her first and third through sixth patrols. Then, after a thorough overhaul and the installation of much new equipment in San Francisco, BONEFISH made her seventh patrol in the East China Sea. On 14 October the Bonefish sank a Japanese sailing vessel in the Makassar Strait. On 6 December 1977, the submarine began operations along the California coast. I will never forget, after two days on station. Sources: R, D, Ros, SFLM, WDR The destroyers converged on Bonefish for counterattack, but she escaped into the depths. I had to answer to no one else. After refit and training, the submarine got underway on 22 November for the South China Sea and her second war patrol. The explosion at 4:39 PM cast a dense fog of choking smoke into the submarines command center. On 11 December, she surfaced to engage small cargo vessel Toyohime Maru [7] with gunfire, scoring several hits before a mechanical problem put her gun out of action. Seventy-five years after a U.S. Navy submarine sank in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, the family members of its 80 lost sailors are finally getting closure as to where their loved ones. the loss of 80 crew when it was sunk near 25 47N 128 45E. This ship went to the Celebes and Sulu Seas for her fourth patrol and sank two freighters, a transport and a tanker, while she damaged a sub chaser. During that tour of duty, she participated in exercises with units of the Korean and Taiwanese navies as well as with elements of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. In company with TUNNY and SKATE, BONEFISH (SS-223), commanded by CDR L. L. Edge, departed Guam on 28 May 1945 to conduct her eighth war patrol. Bonefish concluded her first tour of duty with the 7th Fleet on 13 March 1961 when she arrived back in San Diego. The next day, Bonefish fired a spread of four torpedoes at a cargo ship headed for Davao Gulf but, in spite of three hits, failed to sink the target. A Sea King helicopter from the carrier Kennedy piloted by Lt. Cdr. She was launched on 22 November 1958, sponsored by Mrs. Lawrence L. Edge, widow of Commander Lawrence Edge, who was lost with his ship, the first Bonefish, in 1945. This vessel's fifth patrol was in the same area as her fourth, and she sank two small freighters, a large tanker and five miscellaneous small craft, while she damaged a second tanker. with the loss of 78 crew when it was sunk somewhere between Midway and Shipwrecked Remains of U.S.S. Water <700' deep near island; ( 27 00 N; 128 40 E). USS Wahoo (SS-238) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the wahoo.Construction started before the U.S. entered World War II, and she was commissioned after entry. On 24 April 1988, a fire on board USS Bonefish (SS-582) off the coast of Florida killed three crewmen. Despite thorough coverage of the waters assigned her, she made few contacts and each of these was a small antisubmarine vessel. Sources: R, D, Ros, SFLM, WDR The submarine maneuvered into a position suitable to attack Tokiwa Maru, launched four torpedoes, and then turned to evade the escorts.
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