#25 USS Capelin (SS 289) 12/9/43 - WWII US Submurine Force - Lost boats (sitios de interés)
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USS CAPELIN (SS 289)
November 23, 1943 - 76 Men Lost
Returning from her first war patrol after only 17 days out, CAPELIN (Cmdr. E.E. Marshall) came into Darwin 16 November 1943 with a defective conning tower hatch mechanism, excessively noisy bow planes, and a defective radar tube. These flaws were corrected to the satisfaction of the Commanding Officer, and the shop then departed for her second patrol on 17 November. Her area was in the Molukka and Celebes seas, and she was to pay particular attention to Kaoe Bay, Morotai Strait, Davao Gulf and trade routes in the vicinity of Siaoe, Sangi, Talaud and Sarangani Islands. She was to leave her area at dark 6 December.
Nothing has been positively heard from CAPELIN since she departed. However, BONEFISH reported having seen an U.S. submarine on 2 December 1943. This position is in the area assigned to CAPELIN at this time. An attempt to reach CAPELIN by radio on 9 December 1943 elicited no response.
On 23 November an American submarine was attacked off Kaoe Bay, Halamaera. However, the Japanese state that this attack was broken off, and the evidence of contact was rather thin. The only positive statement that can be made is that CAPELIN was lost in Celebes Sea, or in Molukka Passage or the Molukka Sea, probably in December 1943. Enemy minefields are now known to have been placed in various positions along the north coast of Celebes in CAPELIN’s area, and she may have been lost because of a mine explosion. In her 17-day first patrol, CAPELIN sank two Japanese medium freighters for 7,400 tons of merchant shipping. This first patrol was conducted among the islands immediately west of New Guinea.
Sailors Lost On USS CAPELIN (SS-289) 11-23-43
Arney, B. Y. S2 Ball, C. M. SM2 Beck, C. I., Jr. CTM Blair, G. R. EM3 Bragg, P. C. QM3 Britton, R. L. LTJG Brown, E. S., Jr. S1 Butler, M. H. CRM Callahan, F. T. CYA Callahan, J. J., Jr. MOMM2 Cavanaugh, J. P. S1 Cheatham, E. STM1 Clifford, E. R. TM2 Colyer, C. W. TM1 Cross, J. L. MM1 Crowley, J. D. F1 Defreytas, C. F. EM3 Devine, W. F. TM3 Devine, W. J. TM2 Dill, P. L. TM3 Eklund, L. T. FC3 Everhart, C. L. PHM1 Ganley, J. F., Jr. CMOMMA Gillen, P. J. MOMM2 Grabnickas, P. SC2 Hicks, M. J. EM2 Holt, J. W., Jr. CEMA Jacobs, D. MM3 Keaton, L. O. TM3 Kennedy, D. G., Jr. EM1 Klein, I. I. EM2 Koziol, J. W. F2 Krall, E. J. EM1 Lafferty, W. A. S1 Landres, L. A. CMOMM Lange, D. W. S1 Lester, E. J. MOMM1 Lewitt, W. M. RM3 Lutley, J. L. F1 Maddox, J. W. TM3 Madey, A. EM1 Marshall, E. E. CDR Mason, W. B., Jr. LCDR Melvin, G. R. S1 Moeller, O. F. TM2 Morgan, H. F. RM1 Norris, E. A. MM3 Novotny, C. R. EM1 O'Donnell, M. B. RM3 Olsen, S. R. MOMM1 O'Neal, T. E. TM2 O'Neil, C. F. LTJG Perry, F. STM2 Pettigrew, H. E, Jr. MOMM1 Pilkinton, W. N. RT2 Powell, R. MOMM1 Raminski, W. E. MOMM1 Rhodes, J. E., Jr. MOMM2 Roberts, C. W. MOMM1 Robertson, E. D. LCDR Sharer. W. A. LT Simon, H. GM1 Smith, L. C. MOMM2 Smith, R. L. RM2 Smolenski, E. J. S1 Snyder, N. W. F2 Stasik, W. W. MOMM2 Steege, E. H. TM1 Stickle, R. G. EM2 Terrell, R. W. MOMM2 Thibeault, J. L. TM3 Uhlmann, R. C. LT Vassar, C. L., Jr. SC1 Vaughn, C. W. S1 Wellman, E. E. F1 Winkler, H. H., Jr. QM3