Lost Harbor
There is a port of no return, where ships
May ride at anchor for a little space
And then, some starless night, the cable slips,
Leaving an eddy at the mooring place...
Gulls, veer no longer. Sailor, rest your oar.
No tangled wreckage will be washed ashore.
- Leslie Nelson Jennings
The following is a list of other U.S. submarines that were lost due to enemy action or other causes.
For a more complete review of U.S. submarine losses and submariners lost while serving their country, make sure to visit www.oneternalpatrol.com.
USS SEALION I (SS-195) 10 DEC 41
4 LOST
Japanese Air Attack, Cavite Navy Yard, P.I.
USS S26 (SS-131) 24 JAN 42
46 LOST
Collision in Gulf of Panama
USS SHARK I (SS-174) 11 FEB 42
58 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack, Makassar Strait, Celebes Island
USS GRUNION (SS-216) 30 JUL 42
70 LOST
Unknown causes off Kiska Island, Aleutians
USS ARGONAUT I (SS-166) 10 JAN 43
105 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack in Java Sea
USS AMBERJACK I (SS-219) 16 FEB 43
74 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Solomon Sea
USS GRAMPUS I (SS-207) 5 MAR 43
71 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack, Solomon Islands
USS TRITON I (SS-201) 15 MAR 43
74 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack off New Guinea
USS PICKEREL I (SS-177) 3 APR 43
74 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan
USS RUNNER I (SS-275) JUN 43
78 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine between Midway Island and Japan
USS R12 (SS-89) 12 JUN 43
42 LOST
Foundered off Key West, Florida
USS POMPANO I (SS-181) SEP 43
76 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine off Honshu, Japan
USS GRAYLING I (SS-209) 12 SEP 43
76 LOST
Unknown causes along approaches to Manila, P.I.
USS CISCO (SS-290) 28 SEP 43
76 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Sulu Sea
USS DORADO I (SS-248) 12 OCT 43
76 LOST
Air Attack in S.W. Atlantic
USS WAHOO I (SS-238) 11 OCT 43
80 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in La Perouse Strait off Japan
USS S44 (SS-155) 7 OCT 43
55 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack is Sea of Okhotsk
USS CORVINA (SS-226) 16 NOV 43
82 LOST
Japanese Submarine Attack off Truk
USS SCULPIN I (SS-191) 19 NOV 43
12 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack off Truk 51 POWs
USS CAPELIN (SS-289) 2 DEC 43
78 LOST
Unconfirmed Japanese Surface Attack in Celebes Sea
USS SCORPION I (SS-278) 5 JAN 44
76 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine in Yellow Sea off China
USS GRAYBACK I (SS-208) 27 FEB 44
80 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack off Okinawa
USS TROUT I (SS-202) 29 FEB 44
81 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack in Philippine Sea
USS TULLIBEE I (SS-284) 26 MAR 44
79 LOST
Circular run of own Torpedo off Palau Islands
USS GUDGEON I (SS-211) 12 MAY 44
78 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in Northern Marianas
USS HERRING (SS-233) 1 JUN 44
84 LOST
Japanese Shore Battery off Matsuwa Island, Kuriles
USS S-28 (SS-133) 4 JUN 44
50 LOST
Foundered off Hawaiian Islands
USS GOLET (SS-361) 14 JUN 44
82 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan
USS ROBALO (SS-273) 26 JUL 44
78 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine off Palawan 4 POWs
USS FLIER (SS-250) 13 AUG 44
78 LOST
Japanese Mine in Balabac Strait
USS HARDER I (SS-257) 24 AUG 44
79 LOST
Japanese Depth Charge Attack off Luzon, P.I.
USS SEAWOLF II (SS-197) 30 OCT 44
99 LOST
USS ROWELL off Morotai Island
USS ESCOLAR (SS-294) 17 OCT 44
82 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine in Yellow Sea off China
USS SHARK II (SS-314) 24 OCT 44
87 LOST
Japanese Depth Charge Attack off Formosa
USS TANG I (SS-306) 24 OCT 44
78 LOST
Circular run of own Torpedo in Formosa Strait
USS ALBACORE I (SS-218) 7 NOV 44
86 LOST
Possible Japanese Mine between Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan
USS GROWLER I (SS-215) 8 NOV 44
85 LOST
Possible Japanese Surface Attack in South China Sea
USS SCAMP I (SS-277) 11 NOV 44
83 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack in Tokyo Bay area
USS SWORDFISH I (SS-193) 12 JAN 45
89 LOST
Possible Japanese Surface Attack or Mine off Okinawa
USS BARBEL I (SS-316) 4 FEB 45
81 LOST
Japanese Air Attack off entrance to Palawan Passage
USS KETE (SS-369) MAR 45
87 LOST
Unknown causes between Okinawa and Midway
USS TRIGGER I (SS-237) 28 MAR 45
89 LOST
Japanese Air/Surface Attack in East China Sea
USS SNOOK I (SS-279) 8 APR 45
84 LOST
Unknown causes off Formosa
USS LAGARTO (SS-371) 4 MAY 45
85 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack in Gulf of Siam
USS BONEFISH I (SS-223) 18 JUN 45
85 LOST
Japanese Surface Attack off Honshu, Japan
USS BULLHEAD (SS-332) 6 AUG 45
84 LOST
Japanese Air Attack off Bali Coast
USS COCHINO (SS-345)
1 LOST
USS THRESHER (SSN-593) 10 APR 1963
129 LOST
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) 22 MAY 1968
99 LOST