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Marathon

Ship Designation: 
APA-200
Date Lost: 
Sunday, July 22, 1945
Kaiten Attack at Buckner Bay, Okinawa
On July 22, 1945 while at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Marathon's hull trembled with a force of a violent explosion. ... Postwar examination of Japanese records indicates that the explosion, which resulted in extensive damage, was caused by a kaiten one-man suicide Japanese submarine, launched by submarine I-53.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 35

Namesort ascending Service Branch
Sea 1c John Tullo USN
Sea 1c Donald Tew USN
MM 1c William Terwilliger USN
SF 3c George Stewart USN
Sea 1c Robert Steen USN
Sea 1c Joseph Serappo USN
Sea 1c Robert Schuller USN
Sea 1c Herman Rosner USN
Sea 1c Leonard Ricci USN
Sea 1c Daniel Regan USN
Sea 1c Nicholas Procyk USN
CM 2c Homer Page USN
Sgt Donald North USMCR
PhM 3c Robert Luett USN
Y 2c Robert Lorton USN
SF 1c Richard Grieve USN
SF 3c Sylvester Fortin USN
Sea 1c Thomas Flores USN
Sea 1c John Fantasia USN
BM 2c Wallace Ewing USN

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