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Capelin

Ship Designation: 
SS-289
Date Lost: 
Wednesday, November 17, 1943
Lost at Sea
Following repairs, Capelin departed Darwin for the Celebes Sea on November 17. USS Bonefish (SS-223) reported sighting a US submarine in Capelin's area on December 2, and made tentative contact by underwater telephone. Although post-war analysis of Japanese records indicated an ASW attack on November 23, off Halamahera, in Capelin's area, the records did not report a sinking and further indicated that the attack was broken off. In view of the sighting by Bonefish on December 2, this attack probably was not directed at Capelin. ... There were minefields in the area, but the most probable cause of her loss was a continuing mechanical failure of the upper hatch or, more remotely, her bow planes.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 78

Namesort descending Service Branch
FC 3c Lester Eklund USN
PHM 1c Charles Everhart USN
CMOMM John Ganley USN
MOMM 2c Phillip Gillen USN
SC 2c Peter Grabnickas USN
EM 2c Melvin Hicks USN
CEM James Holt USN
F 1c Dick Jacobs USN
TM 3c Loyle Keaton USN
EM 1c Denver Kennedy USN
EM 2c Isidore Klein USN
F 2c John Koziol USN
EM 1c Eugene Krall USN
Sea 1c William Lafferty USN
CMOMM Leo Landers USN
Sea 1c Donald Lange USN
MOMM 1c Edwin Lester USN
RM 3c William Lewitt USN
F 1c John Lutley USN
TM 3c John Maddox USN

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