USS LAGARTO (SS-371)
Honoring the submariners on Eternal Patrol
Sailor, Rest Your Oar
Remembering the crew of USS Lagarto
In the last months of World War Two, the U.S. fleet submarine USS Lagarto departed on a war patrol from which it would never return. For sixty years the fate of the submarine had remained a mystery until it was found, silently resting on the sea floor, as if the ocean was finally ready to return the boat and her crew back into the world.
This web site serves as a tribute not only to USS Lagarto and surviving family memebrs of the crew, but also to the people who found her after all these years and continue to preserve her memory.
Lagarto Documentary
Help Support The Production
The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is raising money in order to fund the completion of the USS Lagarto documentary which already includes footage of the recent dive on the wreck off the coast of Thailand by the Deep Sea Detective’s Richie Kohler and John Chatterton.
The money raised so far by the museum for the project was enough to fund the 2007 Thailand dive and now in order to move production along, including the addition of interviews with submarine veterans and other experts, they need to raise more money though donations and grants.
The museum is hoping to release the completed Lagarto documentary in time for the 2008 Memorial Day holiday.
If you would like more information about the project or would like to donate money to help out with the post-production, please contact Bob Allen, Development Director at the Manitowoc Maritime Museum at 1-866-724-2356 or 920-684-0218.
2007 Memorial Service
May 5, 2007
View images from the service aboard USS Cobia (SS-245) at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.
In The News
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- Finding Our Lagarto Fathers
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May 9, 2007
Source: Proceedings (USNI) - Sailors lost on submarine Lagarto honored
May 9, 2007
Source: Navy Times/Associated Press
History & Info
From Manitowoc, Wisconsin to the enemy patrolled waters in the far South Pacific, follow the all too brief story of the LAGARTO and her crew during WWII.
The Wreck Site
The USS LAGARTO rests at over 280ft below the surface off the Southwest coast of Thailand. The U.S. Navy has declared the wreck site a war grave.
Manitowoc Subs
The LAGARTO and her 27 sister submarines share a unique chapter in naval history by being the only U.S. subs built in the Great Lakes.
Media Gallery
View images of LAGARTO crew memebers as well as media from the various dives on the wreck off the coast of Thailand.
Eternal Patrol
During the Second World War, fifty-two U.S. submarines and their crews were lost and are now on Eternal Patrol but not forgotten.
WMM
Visit the web site of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum - a leader in preserving the maritime history of WI and the Great Lakes region.
Do You Have News?
Share Your LAGARTO News Us
If you have news, information or images related to the LAGARTO, its history, crew members or the wreck site, and you would like to share it with us, please contact me so that it can be included on the site.