UNITED STATES SUBMARINE LOSSES
The decisive role played by the Silent Service during WW II is often
overlooked, or the significance of their contribution is not fully understood.
The Submarine Service represented only 1.6% of all Navy personnel during
the war but they accounted for over 55% of all Japanese ships sunk, including
one-third of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Submariners paid a high price
for this accomplishment, however, with the highest percentage causality
rate of any branch of the service, almost 23%. Fifty-two U.S. submarines
were lost during WW II with over 3,500 men. Forty additional men were lost
either from gunfire or tragic mishap. It should always be remembered that
these men were all volunteers.
Below is a list of each of the fifty-two submarines lost during WW II.
Click on a submarine to see a list of the personnel lost on each submarine.
Submarines Lost on Patrol During World War II
1941
USS SEALION (SS-195)
1942
USS S-36 (SS-141)
USS S-26 (SS-131)
USS SHARK (SS-174)
USS PERCH (SS-176)
USS S-27 (SS-132)
USS S-39 (SS-144)
USS GRUNION (SS-216)
1943
USS ARGONAUT (SS-166)
USS AMBERJACK (SS-219)
USS GRAMPUS (SS-207)
USS TRITON (SS-201)
USS PICKEREL (SS-177)
USS GRENADIER (SS-210)
USS RUNNER (SS-275)
USS R-12 (SS-89)
USS GRAYLING (SS-209)
USS POMPANO (SS-181)
USS CISCO (SS-290)
USS S-44 (SS-155)
USS DORADO (SS-248)
USS WAHOO (SS-238)
USS CORVINA (SS-226)
USS SCULPIN (SS-191)
USS CAPELIN (SS-289)
1944
USS SCORPION (SS-278)
USS GRAYBACK (SS-208)
USS TROUT (SS-202)
USS TULIBEE (SS-284)
USS GUDGEON (SS-211)
USS HERRING (SS-233)
USS GOLET (SS-361)
USS S-28 (SS-133)
USS ROBALO (SS-273)
USS FLIER (SS-250)
USS HARDER (SS-257)
USS SEAWOLF (SS-197)
USS SHARK II (SS-314)
USS TANG (SS-306)
USS ESCOLAR (SS-294)
USS ALBACORE (SS-218)
USS GROWLER (SS-215)
USS DARTER (SS-227)
USS SCAMP (SS-277)
1945
USS SWORDFISH (SS-193)
USS BARBEL (SS-316)
USS KETE (SS-369)
USS TRIGGER (SS-237)
USS SNOOK (SS-279)
USS LAGARTO (SS-371)
USS BONEFISH (SS-223)
USS BULLHEAD (SS-332)
ADDITIONAL LOSSES
Other U.S. Submarine Losses
Submarining is a dangerous business. Below are submarines lost during peacetime.
There have also been tragic mishaps that have taken the lives of submariners
in the service of their country which include the Cochino (SS-345)
in 1949, Bonefish (SS-582) in 1988, USS San Francisco (SSN-711) in 2005, USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (SSN-708) in 2007.
1915 - USS F-4 (SS-23)
1917 - USS F-1 (SS-20)
1919 - USS G-2 (SS-27)
1920 - USS H-1 (SS-28)
1923 - USS O-5 (SS-66)
1925 - USS S-51 (SS-162)
1927 - USS S-4 (SS-109)
1939 - USS SQUALUS (SS-192)
1941 - USS O-9 (SS-70)
1963 - USS THRESHER (SSN-593)
1968 - USS SCORPION (SSN-589)
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