Lost Boats - September
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died...rather we should thank God that such men lived...
~ George S. Patton
Lost when a practice dive went wrong.
Water unexpectedly entered the submarine through the main air induction system pouring into the control room, engine room, torpedo room, and the motor room.
She sank bow-first, with her stern showing above the water.
In a dramatic adventure, her exhausted crew was rescued during the next few days.
Salvage attempts were unsuccessful, and the USS S-5 settled to the bottom and was abandoned.
Lost on 25 SEP 1925 with the loss of 33 officers and men when it was struck by the merchant steamer SS City of Rome off Block Island, NY.
Only three survivors of the 36 men on board the ill-fated submarine were recovered.
Lost on or after 09 SEP 1943 and before 12 SEP 1943 with the loss of 76 officers and men near the Tablas Strait, in either the Lingayen Gulf or along the approaches to Manila.
USS GRAYLING was on her eighth war patrol and sank two ships before being lost.
USS POMPANO was sunk (between 17 SEP 1943 and 05 OCT 1943) with the loss of 77 officers and men while on her seventh war patrol.
Japanese records show that a submarine was sunk in her patrol area on 17 SEP 1943 by air & depth charge attack off the Aomori Prefecture near Shiriya Zaki.
Before being lost, USS POMPANO sank two enemy cargo ships.
The exact cause of her loss remains unknown, but she probably was sunk by the air/sea attack above or fell victim to a mine on or after 25 SEP 1943.
The last ship reported sunk, the Taiko Maru, occurred on 25 SEP 1943, so she probably hit a mine on or after that date but before 05 OCT 1943, when she was scheduled back at Midway.
The USS CISCO was lost on 08 SEP 1943 on her first war patrol with the loss of 76 officers and men in the Sulu Sea west of Mindinao.
Japanese records tell of sighting a submarine leaking oil in the area where USS CISCO was known to have been on duty, and that a submarine, presumably USS CISCO, was sunk by bombs and depth charges.