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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 ascending Service Branch
EM 2c Bruce Pavlin USN
MOMM 1c Clevland Ouzts USN
TM 2c Harold Ogilvie USN
CTM Charles Muir USN
StM 1c Wallace Montague USN
TM 1c Robert Mclean USN
Sea 1c Ray Mcdaniel USN
StM 2c Arthur Massey USN
RM 2c Marvin Macy USN
MOMM 2c Joseph Lucas USN
Lt(jg) Henry Lord USN
Ens James Lewellyn USN
EM 2c Raymond Levesque USN
Sea 2c Robert Lester USN
MOMM 1c Victor Koreyva USN
MOMM 1c Francis Kingston USN
CSM Thomas Jewell USN
SM 3c William Jeter USN
EM 2c Homer James USN
MOMM 2c Vernon Jackson USN

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