Scorpion departed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 29, 1943 on her fourth war patrol. The last contact with her was on Jan. 5, 1944 when she met the USS Herring. Presumably she proceeded to her patrol area in the northern East China and Yellow Seas. No information has been received from the Japanese which indicates that Scorpion's loss was the result of enemy antisubmarine actions. However, there were several mine lines across the entrance to the Yellow Sea. Scorpion was lost soon after these mines were laid, at a time when they offered the greatest threat. She could have been an operational casualty but her operational area consists of water shallow enough so that it would be expected that some men would have survived. Since no survivors are known, the most reasonable assumption is that she hit a mine.
Ship Designation:
SS-278
Date Lost:
Wednesday, January 5, 1944
Lost at Sea
Lost At Sea Log
Number of sailors in this log: 76
Name | Service Branch |
---|---|
Sea 2c Albert Rowe | USN |
RM 3c Jack Townsend | USN |
TM 2c Thomas Roche | USN |
Std 3c Nearest Fergerson | USN |
RM 1c Stanley Matthews | USN |
Sea 1c Bill Saunders | USN |
TM 1c Raymond Udick | USN |
EM 2c James Alexander | USN |
Sea 1c Lee Faber | USN |
RT 2c Frank Mcnally | USN |
LCdr Reginald Raymond | USN |
TM 2c Jack Voorhees | USN |
SC 3c Charles Appleton | USN |
Lt(jg) Robert Drane | USN |
MOMM 1c Russell Mcmillan | USN |
CEM Jack Rawlings | USN |
EM 1c Wilbur Tarbell | USN |
SC 1c Lorren Bausman | USN |
Ens Vincent Drake | USN |
CMOMM Nicholas Koster | USN |