Home Alphabetical Listing Lost boats
and crews
The
following are known losses in individual incidents, or in groups where the submarine
involved was not lost with its crew. The
information is the best known as of
7 October 2006.
These
names are included in the alphabetical listing but not cross-linked.
EM2 R.B.
Seaber USS
E-2 (SS-25) 15-Jan-16
MM2 G.H.
Clark USS
E-2 (SS-25) 15-Jan-16 BatteryExplosion
GM1 R.A.
Leese USS
L-10 (SS-50) 24-Jan-18 Overside while in transit
Lt E.W.F.
Childs HMS
H-5 12-Mar-18 Observer on British Sub on patrol
EMC J.M.
Currie USS
A-7 (SS-8) 24-Jul-18 Gasoline Explosion
GM2 Otho
Hopewell USS
A-7 (SS-8) 24-Jul-18 Gasoline Explosion
Ltjg
Arnold Marcus USS
A-7 (SS-8) 24-Jul-18 Gasoline Explosion
MM1 Harold
H. Lang USS
A-7 (SS-8) 24-Jul-18 Gasoline Explosion
MM1 J.A.
Kunz USS
A-7 (SS-8) 24-Jul-18 Gasoline Explosion
MM2 I.P.
Hixon USS
A-7 (SS-8) 24-Jul-18 Gasoline Explosion
EM2 J.
L. Still USS O-5 (SS-66) 5-Oct-18
Ens Sharkey USS
O-5 (SS-66) 5-Oct-18
EMC Theimann USS
O-12 (SS-73) 27-Mar-19 Drowned while diving for torpedo near
EM2
EM2 Doyle
Kervin ex-USS
G-2 (SS-27) 30-Jul-19 Foundered in Long Island Sound after
explosive tests.
GM3 Sidney
D. Uhlic ex-USS
G-2 (SS-27) 30-Jul-19 Foundered in Long Island Sound after
explosive tests.
LCDR(CO)
James Webb USS
H-1 (SS-28) 12-Mar-20 Grounded Magdelena Bay Mexico Abandoned
after onboard fire.
MM1 H.M
Gillef USS
H-] (SS-28) 12-Mar-20 Grounded Magdelena Bay Mexico Abandoned
after onboard fire.
SN Joseph
Kaufman USS
H-1 (SS-28) 12-Mar-20 Grounded Magdelena Bay Mexico Abandoned
after onboard fire.
SN M.S.
Delarmarine USS
H-1 (SS-28) 12-Mar-20 Grounded Magdelena Bay Mexico Abandoned
after onboard fire.
UKN Fred
Horne USS
S-49 (SS-160) 20-Apr-20
UKN Gusto
V. Johnson USS
S-49 (SS-160) 20-Apr-20
UKN M.J.
Greenville USS
S-49 (SS-160) 20-Apr-20
UKN Robert
C. Sismore USS
S-49 (SS-160) 20-Apr-20
One enlisted USS O-9 (SS-70) 31-Aug-21 Overboard in
EM2 Frank
A. Spaulsberg USS R-6
(SS-83) 21-Sep-21 Overside during grounding
SN J.E.
Dreffin USS
R-6 (SS-83) 21-Sep-21 Overside during grounding
SN Frank
O. Spausburg USS
R-6 (SS-83) 26-Sep-21 Drowned in flooding accident while alongside
SN J.
E. Dreffein USS R-6
(SS-83) 26-Sep-21 Drowned in flooding accident while
alongside
One enlisted USS L-9 (SS-49) 26-Sep-22 Overboard enroute Coco Solo to
One enlisted USS O-15 (SS-76) 21-Dec-22 Overboard
TM1
Cullen, J.F. USS
R-23 (SS-100) 22-May-23 Overboard off Almirante, P.I.
One enlisted USS T-2 (SS-60) 2-Jun-23 Slipped from dock, hit boat, drowned
Three enlisted USS S-37 (SS-142) 10-Oct-23 After
F1 Thomas
T Metzler USS
O-5 (SS-66) 11-Oct-23 Sank off
MOMMq C.E
Huges USS
O-5 (SS-66) 11-Oct-23 Sank off
MS1 Fred
C. Smith USS O-5 (SS-66) 11-Oct-23 Sank off
EM2 Floyd
M. Wilson USS
S-11 (SS-116) 24-
Feb-24 Overboard
RM3 A.T.
Faley USS
O-15 (SS-120) 21-Dec-22 Overboard while working topside
F3 Marvin
W. Daglow USS
R-15 (SS-92) 10-Sep-24 Overboard while in Lahina Roads
TM2 Edward
M. Guerrero USS
S-24 (SS-101) 19
August 26 Overboard in rough sea.
MMC James
E. Egan USS
S-2 (SS-106) 25
August 24 Engine scavenging receiver
explosion and fire in engine room
F2 John H.
Hoffman USS
S-31 (SS-131) 14-July-27 Overboard while recovering a practice
torpedo.
One enlisted USS R-15 (SS-92) 9-Oct-24 Overboard
MoMM2 Raymond B. Thomas USS S-40 (SS-145) 21-Dec-24 Drowned when boat's wherry sank in
BM2 Joseph J. Kucznarski USS S-15(SS-120) 16-Jan-25 Overboard
One enlisted USS S-14(SS-119) 5-Feb-25 Overboard
Coxn. J.L.
Morrison USS
S-10(SS-115) 21-Feb-26 Overboard
UKN Fred
Horne USS
S-49(SS-160) 20-Apr-26
UKN Gusto
V Johnson USS
S-49(SS-160) 20-Apr-26
UKN M.J.
Greenville USS
S-49(SS-160) 20-Apr-26
UKN Robert
C. Sismore USS
S-49(SS-160) 20-Apr-26
One enlisted USS S-24(SS-129) 19-Aug-26 Overboard
One enlisted USS S-31(SS-131) 14-Jul-27 Overboard
S1 William
D. Grover USS
Thresher (SS-200) 8-Dec-41 Thrown to deck, died of internal
injuries.
EM1 M. D. O'Connell USS
SEALION (SS-195) 10-Dec-41 Killed on board in bombing raid on
EM1 S.C.
Foster USS
SEALION (SS-195) 10-Dec-41 Killed on board in bombing raid on
EM1
ENS Sam
Hunter USS
SEADRAGON (SS-194) 10-Dec-41 Killed during bombing raid on
MM2 E.E.
Ogilvie USS
SEALION (SS-195) 10-Dec-41 Killed on board in bombing raid on
S1 Horace
F. Harrelson USS SUNFISH
(SS-281) 13-Jan-43 Lost overside while lookout.
PhMC
Arthur C. Beeman USS
AMBERJACK (SS-219) 4-Feb-43 Lost in gun action with ammo ship.
CDR Howard
Gilmore USS
GROWLER (SS-215) 7-Feb-43 Killed in surface gun action with
Japanese Gunboat
ENS W. W.
William USS
GROWLER (SS-215) 7-Feb-43 Killed in surface gun action with
Japanese Gunboat
F1 W.
F. Kelley USS GROWLER (SS-215) 7-Feb-43 Killed in surface gun action with
Japanese Gunboat
TM3 Arthur
H. Miller USS
GUDGEON (SS-211) 13-Apr-43 Name noted in personal diary, cause of
death and date unknown
LCDR
Raymond, Reginald M. USS
Scorpion (SS-278) 20-Apr-43 Killed in gun action with Japanese
gunboat.
Lt(jg)
George H. Penland USS GUDGEON (SS-211) 8-May-43 Hit in head by shell casing and went
overside during surface gun action
Bkrl John
F. BARRETT USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
CEM(AA)
Lewis G. GIBSON USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
CMOMM (AA)
John A. ROBSON USS BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
CMOMM (PA)
Cox. Carl
A. SWANSON USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
EM2
Leonard 0. BLAGG USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
EM3 Joseph
J. LARKIN USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
F2
F3 Donald
R. GYMER USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
GM3
RMl
Laurence S. CRISS USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
S1 Emery L
NOCKS USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
S1 George
F. SCHNEIDER USS BASS
(SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
S2 Daniel
LUYK USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
S2 George
E. STEELE USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
S2 James
E. MINOR USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
S2 John K.
PITTENGER USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
S2
S2 Phillip
H. WEND USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
S2 Ralph
L. STEINHAUER USS BASS
(SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
S2 Robert
L. WARD USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
S2
Standley AMBO USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
S2
Thomas Boychuck USS BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
SC2 Robert
F. MERRITT USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
TMl
Yl Nelson
L. ROWE USS
BASS (SS-164) 17-Aug-43 Died in fire in battery and aft living
space.
MOMMI
Herbert A. Calcaterra USS
Pompano Checking
patrol reports to locate details.
SN2 Louis
Westerhaus USS
RASHER (SS-269) 13-Dec-43 Lost overboard at sea
TM3
Lt. Howard
J. Blind USS
CRAVELLE (SS-291) 11-Sep-44 Lost overboard while on surface transit
MoMM2
Thomas W. Griffin USS SEA ROBIN (SS-407) 22-Dec-44 Lost overside while making FBT-MBT
conversion on patrol
Two men USS
PARCHE (SS-384) 10-Feb-45 Overboard
S1 Ralph
C. Huston, Jr. USS
COBIA (SS-245) 26-Feb-45 Killed in gun action
RMSN
Charles W. Chinnis USS
SEA ROBIN (SS-407) 22-Oct-48 Lost overboard while at sea off
S1 Willis
E. Maxon USS
Salmon (SS-181) 5-Oct-45
Killed
by strafing aircraft
CivilianEngineer
Robert Wellington Philo USS COCHINO (SS-345) 25-Aug-49 Lost when submarine sank after battery
explosion 100nmi N of Hammerfest, Nor.
EMC John George
Guttermuth USS
TUSK (SS-426): 25-Aug-49 Lost in rescuing crew from USS Tusk
EN2 James Robert
Miller USS TUSK
(SS-426): 25-Aug-49 Lost in rescuing crew from USS Tusk
FN Robert Francis BrunnerJr. USS
TUSK (SS-426): 25-Aug-49 Lost in rescuing crew from USS Tusk
LT(jg)
Wilson Manley ShaferJr. USS
TUSK (SS-426): 25-Aug-49 Lost in rescuing crew from USS Tusk
SA Melvin Buck
HennebergerJr. USS
TUSK (SS-426): 25-Aug-49 Lost in rescuing crew from USS Tusk
SN Robert Lee
Pinney USS
TUSK (SS-426): 25-Aug-49 Lost in rescuing crew from USS Tusk
EMC Carl
D. Barkhoff USS
POMODON (SS-486) 20-Feb-55
Lt (jg)
John J. Hackett USS
POMODON (SS-486) 20-Feb-55
SN William
Wood USS
POMODON (SS-486) 20-Feb-55
TM3
Charles C. Matison USS
POMODON (SS-486) 20-Feb-55
TM3
Charlie Bowman USS
POMODON (SS-486) 20-Feb-55
MM3 James
E. Smallwood USS SARGO
(SSN-583) 14-Jun-60 O2 Fire in stern room
MM3
Lt(jg)
Jerry R. Alexander USS
PICUDA (SS-382) 16-Apr-67 Lost overside at sea in
TMC
Robert E. Small USS
PICUDA (SS-382) 16-Apr-67 Lost overside at sea in
QM2 Karl
W. Koch, Jr. USS
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (SSBN-656) 11-Dec-68 Drowned at sea
One enlisted USS SEAHORSE (SSN-669) 14-Apr-72 Unknown
One enlisted USS GUARDFISH (SSN-612) 25-Jul-72 Unknown
ET3 Stephen D Jacobs USS STURGEON
(SSN-637) 25-Aug-72 Overboard and drowned while topside watch
Cdr (CO)
Alvin L. Wilderman USS
PLUNGER (SSN-595) 30-Nov-73 Lost overboard off
One enlisted USS ALEXANDER HAMILTON
(SSBN-617) 30-May-74 Unknown
One enlisted USS JOHN.C. CALHOUN
(SSBN-630) 12-Nov-75 Unknown
SK3 Ike L.
McClure USS
DACE (SSN-607) 20-Aug-78 Lost overboard at Submarine Base,
Charles Staninger USS JOHN
One enlisted USS STURGEON (SSN-637) 11-Jul-80 Unknown
Shawn M. Wise USS
One enlisted USS BATON ROUGE(SSN-689) 24-Dec-83 Overboard in
One enlisted USS GEORGIA (SSBN-729) 22-Mar-86 Unknown
Lt.
David Jimenez USS
U.S.GRANT (SSBN-631) 6-Apr-87 Lost overboard just outside
TMC Larry
V. Thompson USS
U.S.GRANT (SSBN-631) 6-Apr-87 Lost overboard just outside
Lt.
RM1 Robert
W. Bordelen USS
BONEFISH (SS-582) 25-Apr-88 Died from toxic fumes generated by fire
onboard at sea
YN3
Marshall T. Lindgren USS
BONEFISH (SS-582) 25-Apr-88 Died from toxic fumes generated by fire
onboard at sea
Lt James D
Lear USS
BARBEL (SS-580) 1-May-89 Lost overboard as result of accidental
dive off coast of
Lt. Walter
G. Womble USS
BARBEL (SS-580) 1-May-89 Lost at sea after accidental dive off
One enlisted USS HOUSTON (SS-713) 14-Jun-89 Unknown
MM2 Joseph
A. Ashley USS
San Francisco (SSN-711) 7-Jan-05 Killed while on board during underwater
grounding.
Dale
Ellenwood USS
TRITON (SSRN-586) 1962 Overboard while on topside watch
FT2 James
Twyford USS
SKIPJACK (SSN-585) 1964 Electroctrocuted
while working on power supply
RM3 One Enlisted USS THORNBACK (SS-418) March 1959 Electrocuted
One Enlisted USS GUITARO (SS-363) ? Pneumonia while on patrol
Lt Lt
William Tompson USS
CUTLASS (SS-478) 23
Ap 58 Lost overside while at sea
SN Andrew
G Johnson USS
COD (SS-224) 4/?/45 Lost overside while fighting an
After Torpedo Room casualty
One Enlisted USS FLYING FISH (SSN-673) TBA One man reported to have died in
torpedo tube accident
Ens
William C. Robinson USS
GRAYBACK (SSG-574) 16-Jan-82 Diving lockout chamber accident
FN Rodney
L. Fitz USS GRAYBACK (SSG-574) 16-Jan-82 Diving lockout chamber accident
PO2
Charles W. Bloomer USS GRAYBACK (SSG-574) 16-Jan-82 Diving lockout chamber accident
PO3
Richard D. Bond USS
GRAYBACK (SSG-574) 16-Jan-82 Diving lockout chamber accident
QM2 James
McElrath USS
THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN-600) TBA Died while on patrol
S1 Martin
Anderson USS
C-4 (SS-15) TBA Diving for Torpedo
SA Leslie
C. Shelton USS
GRAYBACK (SSG-574) 16-Jan-82 Diving lockout chamber accident
SN James R. Jensen USS GRAYBACK (SSG-574) 27-Aug-63
Died
from toxic fumes generated by fire in stern room
STS1 Eric
Paul Skinner USS
ETCS
Thomas Higgins USS
STS2
Michael Holtz USS
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL (SSN-708) 28
December 2006 Overboard
while exiting Dover, England