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Corvina

Ship Designation: 
SS-226
Date Lost: 
Tuesday, November 16, 1943
Lost on Patrol near Truk
Covina departed on her first patrol on November 4, 1943. She was to proceed to an area south of Truk, patrolling as close to the island as possible to intercept Japanese surface units which might threaten amphibious operations in the Gilbert Islands. Despite repeated attempts to communicate with her, she was not heard from again after fueling at Johnston Island on November 6. ... Post-war analysis of Japanese records indicated that IJN submarine I-176 fired three torpedoes at a submarine south of Truk on 16 November, two of which hit the target. In all probability, this was Corvina, the only US submarine known to be sunk by a Japanese submarine during the war.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 82

Name Service Branchsort ascending
Lt William Chewning USN
SC 2c James Clark USN
MM 3c Glenn Curtiss USN
TM 1c Roy Sumners USN
RM 3c James Thomas USN
SC 3c Francis Thoben USN
QM 3c Defoie Allison USN
TM 2c Carl Trojan USN
MOMM 1c Theodore Toms USN
MM 3c Lawrence Wade USN
Lt Edmund Ocumpaugh USN
TM 3c Paul Oliver USN
EM 3c Randall Osburn USN
Sea 2c Daniel Murphy USN
EM 1c Harvey Nesbitt USN
Cox Soterios Pitarys USN
MM 3c John Redman USN
F 2c Robert Reardon USN
Y 1c Maxwell Roberts USN
Lt James Roak USN

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