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Pompano

Ship Designation: 
SS-181
Date Lost: 
Saturday, September 25, 1943
Lost at Sea
Pompano departed Midway 20 August, 1943, intending to patrol the Japanese coast off Hokaido and Honshu. She was never heard from again, although Japanese records indicate two cargo ships were sunk in her area in September 1943. The records make no mention of any anti-submarine attacks in the area during this period. Since the Japanese coast in her patrol area was known to be heavily mined, the most probable cause for her loss was striking a mine.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 79

Name Service Branchsort ascending
RM 2c Martin Keesee USN
MOMM 2c William Dennis USN
Sea 1c Howard Page USN
F 1c Vincent Ritzenhein USN
TM 2c Carl Blum USN
EM 3c Eugene Laux USN
MOMM 2c Chester Delbridge USN
SC 1c Jay Owen USN
F 1c Peter Revotskie USN
Lt(jg) George Brooks USN
Lt John Lassiter USN
GM 2c Theodore Helms USN
TM 2c Raymond Morgan USN
RM 3c Robert Rice USN
MOMM 2c James Buckley USN
MOMM 1c Cleo Matthews USN
MOMM 2c Donald Hanson USN
CMOMM Chester Phillips USN
TM 2c G. Reed USN

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