#17 USS Pompano (SS 181) 8/29/43 - WWII US Submurine Force - Lost boats (sitios de interés)
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USS POMPANO (SS 181)
August 29, 1943 - 77 Men Lost
After leaving Midway on 20 August 1943 to start her seventh war patrol, POMPANO, with Lt. Cdr. W.M. Thomas in command, was never heard from again. Her orders were to patrol off the east coast of Honshu from about 29 August to sunset of 27 September 1943, and then to return to Pearl Harbor for refit, stopping at Midway en route for fuel.
When no transmission was received from her, especially just prior to her expected arrival at Midway on 5 October, word was sent from Pearl to keep a sharp lookout for her. By 15 October, all hope was abandoned, and POMPANO was reported as presumed lost in enemy waters.
Japanese information available now shows no attack which could conceivably have been directed towards POMPANO. On 6 September POMPANO was informed by dispatch that the area to the north of her own was open. Since that area was considered more productive for sinkings than the one she was in, it is quite possible that she moved into it. Both the area between Honshu and Hokkaido, and the one east of northern Honshu are known to have been heavily mined by the enemy, with the greatest concentration of mines in the northern area. In view of the evidence given, it is considered probable that POMPANO met her end by an unreported attack.
In the six patrols completed before her loss, POMPANO sank ten enemy ships for a total of 42,000 tons, and damaged four, totaling 55,300 tons. In the first month of the war, POMPANO patrolled near Wake Island, and sank a large freighter-transport of 16,500 tons. On her second patrol, conducted east of Formosa, she sank a large transport, a tanker, a small freighter, and two patrol boats. POMPANO went to the Empire for her third patrol, from mid-August to mid-September 1942, and sank a freighter and a patrol boat. In the Marshalls area on her fourth patrol, she damaged two tankers. Going to the Empire again for her fifth patrol, POMPANO damaged an aircraft carrier. She went to Japan a third time for her sixth patrol, this time along the coast south of Honshu. There she sank a sampan and damaged a freighter.
Sailors Lost On USS POMPANO (SS-181) 8-29-1943
Allen, D. E. MOMM1 Anstine, L. M. MOMM2 Appel, J. L. S1 Bennett, J. J. S1 Bissell, R. D. S1 Blum, C. TM2 Brooks, G. S., Jr. LTJG Buckley, J. J. MOMM2 Carlson, R. W. LT Case, R. F CTMA Caskey, L. E. MOMM1 Christian, W. O. FC3 Cravens, H. Q. QM2 Delbridge, C. A. MOMM2 Dennis, W. W. W. MOMM2 Eaves, G. E. SM1 Feazelle, C. F. EM2 Gaffney, G. A, Jr. SM3 Galloway, E. J. EM2 Ganious, S. STM1 Gipson, V. TM2 Graeflin, J. F. MOMM2 Gray, L. K. MM3 Gross, R. R. EM2 Guess, H. P. CTM Hanson, J. W. Y1 Hanson, D. S. MOMM2 Hastings, W. W. MM3 Helms, T. P. GM2 Jenkes, R. B. MOMM1 Jenkins, J. D. MOMM2 Jennings, G. A. MOMM2 Johnigan, O. P. RM1 Johnson, S. F. EM3 Keesee, M. L. RM2 Kirschbaum, F. J. EM1 Lassiter, J. H. LT Laux, E. G. EM3 Leonard, W. L. STM1 Lorenz, R. LT Madden, C. A. CEMA Mansfield, R. L. MM3 Masucci, D. P. MM3 Matthews, C. L. MOMM1 McGrath, T. P. LT Messerschmidt, W. G. F1 Meyer, R. G. GM3 Mikkelson, W. A. TM2 Moitz, A. M. TM3 Morgan, R. D. TM2 O'Connell, B. J. F1 Owen, J. S. SC1 Page, H. S. S1 Parady, P. D. QM3 Phillips, C. R. CMOMMA Phipps, C. CMOMM Poole, C. C. LT Proctor, W. C. MM3 Pyzow, W. EM2 Rafferty, C. T. PHM1 Reed, G. R. TM2 Revotskie, P. F1 Rice, R. L. RM3 Ritzenhein, V. P. F1 Rodgers, A. D. EM2 Rogers, W. H. SC1 Rokosz, S. F. EKR3 Rubscha, J., Jr. MM3 Scott, F. B. RT1 Shedloski, J. N. F1 Slinden, I. G. MM3 Swanson, V. L. TM1 Thomas, W. M. LCDR Wagner, J. E. TM3 Warwick, M. J. EM3 White, D. W. S1 Wilson, C. A. CMOMMA