Lost on 13 AUG 1944 with the loss of 78 officers and crew while on her second war patrol.
USS FLIER was transiting on the surface when she was rocked by a massive explosion (probably a mine) and sank within less than a minute.
Thirteen survivors, some injured, made it into the water and swam to shore. Eight of those survived and six days later friendly natives guided them to a Coast Watcher and they were evacuated by the USS REDFIN (SS 272).