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Follow the story of the LAGARTO through online articles

July 2007

• Finding Our Lagarto Fathers
  * USNI Registration Required
  Source: Proceedings (USNI)l
  Date: July 13, 2007

May 2007

• Sailors lost on submarine Lagarto honored
  Source: Navy Times/Associated Press
  Date: May 9, 2007
• Manitowoc honors lost WWII sub's crew
  Source: Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers
  Date: May 5, 2007
• Solving the Mystery of the USS Lagarto
  Source: Dive News
  Date: May 4, 2007

April 2007

• Lost and found: Chatterton, Kohler dive for clues to USS Lagarto sinking
  Source: CDNN/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  Date: April 25, 2007

August 2006

• Sub found 60 years on
  USS WAHOO
  Source: The Courier Mail
  Date: August 19, 2006
• 60 Years Later, a WWII Submarine May Finally Come Home
  USS GRUNION
  Source: ABC News
  Date: August 18, 2006

July 2006

• Discovery of sunken WWII sub brings closure for nephew of
  Navy lieutenant
  Source: The Billings Gazette
  Date: July 30, 2006
• Divers find First World War sub
  Source: scotsman.com
  Date: July 20, 2006
• Ocean Surrenders Mystery
  Source: The Grand Rapids Press
  Date: 17 July 2006
• GR Man Rests With Wreckage of WWII Sub
  Source: The Grand Rapids Press
  Date: 17 July 2006
• Ocean Surrenders Mystery
  Source: The Hutchinson News
  Date: 17 July 2006
• Navy: Wreckage in Gulf of Thailand is Manitowoc-built USS Lagarto
  Source: Associated Press
  Date: 5 July 2006

June 2006

• Sub Mystery Solved Under the Sea (video)
  Source: ABC News
  Date: 27 June 2006
• WWII Submarine on ‘Eternal Patrol’
  Source: ABC News
  Date: 27 June 2006
• WWII submarine might shed light on sailor’s fate
  Source: The Courier-Journals
  Date: 27 June 2006
• ‘At least I know what happened’
  Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  Date: 24 June 2006
• With discovery of sunken sub, Airmont woman recalls husband lost at sea
  Source: The Journal News
  Date: 23 June 2006
• Sunken Sub Appears To Be USS Lagarto
  Source: COMSUBPAC
  Date: 19 June 2006
• Sunken Sub Appears To Be USS Lagarto (video)
  Source: WFRV
  Date: 18 June 2006
• Navy divers try to identify WWII sub that sank with 3 West Virginians aboard
  Source: The Charleston Gazette
  Date: 18 June 2006
• Gulf of Thailand wreck may be U.S. WWII sub
  Source: CNN
  Date: 17 June 2006
• Navy’s Dive on the Wreck (video)
  Source: Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)
  Date: 17 June 2006

May 2006

• World War II Sailor Remains On Eternal Patrol (video)
  Source: cbs2chicago.com
  Date: 28 May 2006
• Found After 60 Years at Sea (video)
  Source: AOL Video/CBS
  Date: 20 May 2006
• Honoring the Crew of USS Lagarto
  Source: Floor Statements of Daniel W. Lipinski
  Date: 18 May 2006
• Ceremony Brings Sense of Closure to USS Lagarto Families
  Source: Navy News Stand
  Date: 12 May 2006
• Suspected discovery of lost WWII sub brings relief at last
  Source: Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel
  Date: 12 May 2006
• Memorial Service to Honor USS Lagarto Crew
  Source: Military.com
  Date: 12 May 2006
• Veteran recalls long-lost friend
  Source: Journal Gazette and Times-Courier
  Date: 12 May 2006
• Family gathers to remember those who died on sunken USS Lagarto
  Source: Duluth News Tribune
  Date: 12 May 2006

April 2006

• Lagarto remembrance ceremony planned
  Source: Manitowoc Herald Times
  Date: 24 April 2006
• Memories of Crew Stay on Surface
  Source: OregonLive.com (The Oregonian)
  Date: 20 April 2006
• Alva sailor’s final resting place located
  Source: The Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram
  Date: 19 April 2006

November 2005

• Veterans Day ceremony highlights newly found USS Lagarto
  Source: COMSUBPAC
  Date: 14 November 2005