#38 USS Escolar (SS 294) 10/17/44 - WWII US Submurine Force - Lost boats (sitios de interés)
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USS ESCOLAR (SS 294)
October 17, 1944 - 82 Men Lost
ESCOLAR (Cmdr. W.J. Millican) departed Pearl Harbor on September 18, 1944, to proceed to Midway to top off with fuel. There she joined CROAKER and PERCH and left on September 23rd to conduct a coordinated patrol (ESCOLAR’s first patrol) in the Yellow Sea. Cmdr. Millican was in command of this coordinated attack group, which was designated “Millican’s Marauders.”
On September 30th, when ESCOLAR was estimated to be about north of the Bonin Islands, the following partial message was received from her: “This from ESCOLAR X attacked with deck gun boat similar to ex- Italian Peter George five OTYI----.” Although no further transmissions have ever been received by bases from ESCOLAR, who was forced to break off the transmission and the engagement with the gunboat at this time, the commanding officer of CROAKER has stated that she suffered no damage and was in frequent communication with PERCH and CROAKER until October 17, 1944.
PERCH reported that on 17 October she had received a message from ESCOLAR stating that she was in position and was heading northeast. Neither PERCH nor CROAKER could raise ESCOLAR by radio after this transmission was received.
Had ESCOLAR left her area on the scheduled date, she would have arrived at Midway about November 13, 1944. All attempts to contact ESCOLAR failed and she was reported on November 27, 1944 as presumed lost. It is assumed that she was lost about October 17th. Information supplied by the Japanese on anti-submarine attacks gives no clue as to her loss, but the Yellow Sea area is though to have been mined. A course line plotted between the two positions given above does not cross any known Japanese mine lies, but positions of mines laid before April 1945 are not definitely located. The known minefields in Tsushima Strait were laid in April 1945. However, there were mines in the general area of ESCOLAR’s predicted position, and the most likely explanation for her end at present is that she detonated a mine.
Sailors Lost On USS ESCOLAR (SS-294) 10-17-1944
Abram, L. L. MOMM2 Anders, D. W. RM3 Babb, T. LT Bailey, L. L. CEMA Balfe, D. L. TM2 Becker, F. E. EM3 Bender, J. J. PHM1 Blaha, F. LCDR Bones, R. E. F1 Bonk, B. W. S1 Brabham, C. E. CRMA Broeker, G. J. RT2 Brouskie, F. EM1 Brown, E. E. F1 Cahill, J. M. MOMM3 Calabrese, R. L. TM3 Caldwell, W. T., Jr. TM1 Campbell, K. S. RM1 Cheosky, M. J. EM3 Cifrodella, J. J. TM2 Clary, J. W. CMOMMA Coleman, D. E. QM3 Cummings, J. M. MOMM1 Daniels, L. C., Jr. QM2 Ennis, J. F. S1 Evans, B. STM1 Farrar, R. L. LT Farwell, J. C. CY Fine, F. J. TM2 Fostair, J. E. QM2 Foster, A. B. GM2 Fox, L. B. RT1 Fulton, D. A. MOMM1 Gancarz, W. EM1 Glading, D. H. MOMM3 Gorecki, A. E. CCS Hahn, F. L. TM3 Hampton, C. L. QM1 Hill, C. J. LT Horodynski, E. S. FC2 Jeffrey, L. V. LTJG Johnson, J. G. MOMM3 Kellam, J. H. EM2 Killough, D. C. MOMM1 Komes, H. B. SC2 Krause, F. B., Jr. SM1 Larue, V. J. S1 Latham, H. C. LTJG Lieder, A. MOMM1 Lyons, W. C., Jr. MOMM2 Masloski, J. F1 McCloskey, T. D. RM2 Miller, S. D. CEMA Millican, W. J. CDR Morris, J. J. S2 Munsel, J. M. MOMM3 Newton, R. B., Jr. CTMA Norford, R. N. F1 O'Connell, J. A., Jr. MOMM1 Pennington, B. L. CMOMM Phillips, D. W. F1 Raley, J. A. STM2 Romond, J. L. MOMM3 Searls, R. W. LTJG Shirah, R. A. EM3 Slavik, J. A. F2 Smith, A. R. S1 Smith, T. B. F1 Spoust, D. BKR3 Tokarchek, A. GM1 Trensch, H. EM3 Tucker. J. B. S1 Tucker, T. E. F1 Turner, R. C. EM2 Valentino, R. MOMM2 Velten, W. TM3 Wallace, G. M. TM1 Wells, N. P. S1 Whitehouse, J. H. ENS Wybrow, R.W. SC3 Yaworsky, W. TM3 Zumar, A. S1