Sunk on 08 NOV 1944 with the loss of 86 officers and men in the South China Sea.
Winner of two Navy Unit Commendations, USS GROWLER was on her twelfth war patrol as part of a wolf-pack.
The wolf-pack, headed by USS GROWLER, closed a convoy for attack.
The order to commence attacking was the last communication ever received from USS GROWLER.
Lost while attacking the convoy, possibly as a result of a depth charge attack or victim of a circular run by one of her own torpedoes, she was listed as lost in action against the enemy, cause unknown.