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Grayback

Ship Designation: 
SS-208
Date Lost: 
Sunday, February 27, 1944
Attack in the East China Sea
On February 27, 1944, returning through the East China Sea, Grayback expended her last two torpedoes in sinking the cargo ship Ceylon Maru. She did not report this sinking, and was never heard from again. ... Post-war study of Japanese records indicated that an ASW aircraft spotted a surfaced submarine that same day on Grayback’s intended track and attacked with bombs. The reports note that the submarine exploded and sank immediately. Subsequent depth charge attacks by surface units brought up a trail of bubbles and a heavy oil slick. ... Grayback completed nine patrols before being lost on the tenth, her most successful. She accounted for a confirmed total 13 1/2 ships, (63,850 tons), including the IJN submarine I-18. This placed her number 20 in the list of high scoring Pacific submarines.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 79

Namesort descending Service Branch
EM 1c Raymond Parks USN
Lt(jg) Melvin Phillips USN
EM 3c Alfred Pinho USN
EM 3c Wilbur Ralston USN
Ens Vincent Rauber USN
Std 2c Vicente Rivera USN
Lt Williams Roy USN
Sea 2c George Schellinger USN
TM 1c Edward Sessler USN
CTM Ralph Shaw USN
RM 3c Isauro Silveira USN
Lt Carthel Smith USN
EM 3c Sidney Solomon USN
TM 3c August Southern USN
CMOMM Lee Stanford USN
Lt Jesse Stewart USN
Sea 2c Robert Stockman USN
SC 1c Stanley Waliszewski USN
GM 1c John Wyatt USN

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