menu-header-menu

Follow Us

Follow us   

The United States Navy Memorial

Navy Memorial Honoring the Men & Women of the Sea Services

Donate

Amberjack

Ship Designation: 
SS-219
Date Lost: 
Tuesday, February 16, 1943
Lost at Sea
As was common with most of the submarine casualties in the Pacific, the specific details of Amberjacks loss are unknown. ... After departing Brisbane on January 26, 1943, she reported sinking a 5000 ton freighter in a two hour night surface attack. Her last message was transmitted on February 14, reporting an attack by two destroyers. Nothing further was heard from the ship and her crew of 74, and she was declared lost on 22 March 1943. ... Post-war analysis indicates that the most probable cause was a depth charge attack by IJN torpedo boat Hiyodoi and Subchaser Number 18 on February 16, following an attack on the same target by a patrol aircraft. Oil, debris and parts of the hull came to the surface after the attack. ... This determination is not conclusive, however, since Grampus was lost in the same area at about the same time.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 72

Namesort descending Service Branch
MOMM 2c William Coultas USN
EM 3c Leroy Davis USN
Sea 1c Edward Davis USN
F 2c James Degroot USN
TM 2c Alton Eastman USN
RT 1c Ernest Everett USN
F 2c George Gillard USN
MOMM 2c Thaddeus Gosciniak USN
MOMM 2c John Hamilton USN
EM 2C Lloyd Henderson USN
EM 3c Don Hiatt USN
F 1c William Hill USN
MOMM 2c Vernon Jackson USN
EM 2c Homer James USN
SM 3c William Jeter USN
CSM Thomas Jewell USN
MOMM 1c Francis Kingston USN
MOMM 1c Victor Koreyva USN
Sea 2c Robert Lester USN
EM 2c Raymond Levesque USN

Pages

Prepared by: J.P.O'Hara, CDR, USN (Ret.)