USS ROBALO (SS 273)

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USS ROBALO (SS 273)

LOST WITH ALL HANDS SAVE 4 - 26 JUL 1944

Lost on 26 JUL 1944 with the loss of 81 officers and crew while on her third war patrol.

USS ROBALO struck a mine about two miles off the coast of Palawan, in the South China Sea.

Four men survived and swam ashore, then were captured and imprisoned by the Japanese. Unfortunately, they transferred on a Japanese destroyer and lost when that destroyer was sunk.

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USS ROBALO (SS 273)

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