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Triton

Ship Designation: 
SS-201
Date Lost: 
Monday, March 15, 1943
Lost at Sea
As was common with the majority of submarine losses, the exact details of Triton’s loss are not known. ... On her final patrol, she was operating in the vicinity of Rabaul. She reported sinking two AKs in a convoy on March 7, 1943 and eight hours later, reported hits on two more. On March 11, she reported that she was still chasing the remains of the convoy. On March 13, Triton was warned that three destroyers were operating in her area, possibly on antisubmarine operations. The warning was acknowledged but nothing further was heard from the submarine or her crew of 74. ... Postwar analysis of Japanese records indicates that an attack by the three destroyers on March 15, almost certainly was the cause of her loss. Trigger (SS-237), operating about 10 miles from Triton’s position, heard a sustained depth charge attack in that direction at the time cited in the Japanese reports.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 73

Namesort ascending Service Branch
Lt(jg) Cornelius Osullivan USN
Y 2c Russell Olvey USN
Sea 1c Russell Nixson USN
RM 2c Jack Meade USN
TM 1c Lloyd Mckenzie USN
Sea 1c Kenneth Mcclure USN
StN 1c Herman Mccalop USN
Sea 1c William Martin USN
LCdr George Mackenzie USN
TM 2c Percy Long USN
MOMM 2c Walter Lines USN
F 3c John Lawler USN
EM 1c Walter Larkins USN
MM 3c Charles Landers USN
MOMM 1c Johnny Klimosewski USN
MOMM 1c Alexander Klekotka USN
CQM Marsh Jones USN
F 1c Lyman Isom USN
RT 2c Gilbert Howie USN
CMOMM Donald Holquist USN

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