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Capitol Base
Submarine Veterans
8952 Centerway Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
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Tolling of the Boats for
January
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USS Scorpion (SS-278)
Lost on Jan 5,1944 with the loss of 77 officers and men in
the East China Sea, on her 4th war patrol. It is assumed she
was sunk by a mine.
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USS Argonaut (SS-166)
Lost on Jan 10, 1943 with the loss of 105 officers and men off
Rabaul, on her 3rd war patrol. While attacking a convoy, she
torpedoed a Jap destroyer who along with 2 other destroyers
depth charged her. As she tried to surface, the destroyers
sunk her by gun fire.
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USS Swordfish (SS-193)
Lost on Jan12,1945 with the loss of 83 officers and men
somewhere near Okinawa, on her 13th war patrol. Probably was
lost to a mine.
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USS S-36 (SS-141)
Lost on Jan 20, 1942 with no loss of life, on her 2nd war
patrol. She ran hard aground on a reef and radioed for help.
The entire crew was rescued by a Dutch ship after they
scuttled her.
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USS S-26 (SS-131)
Lost on Jan 24,1942 with the loss of 46 officers and men in
the Gulf of Panama, on her 2nd war patrol. She was rammed by
the USS PC-460 and sunk within seconds. The CO, XO and one
lookout on the bridge, were the only survivors.
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