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USS Barbel (SS-216)

Barbel departed Fremantle, Australia, 5 January 1946 for the South China Sea on her fourth patrol. Late in January she was ordered to form a wolf-pack with Perch (SS-313) and Gabilan (SS-252) and patrol the western approaches to Balabac Strait and the southern entrance to Palawan Passage. On 3 February Barbel sent a message reporting that she had been attacked three times by enemy aircraft dropping depth charges and would transmit further information on the following night. Barbel was never heard from again. Japanese aviators reported an attack on a submarine off southwest Palawan 4 February. Two bombs were dropped and one landed on the submarine near the bridge. The sub plunged, under a cloud of fire and spray. This was very likely the last engagement of Barbel. She was officially reported lost 16 February 1945.

S1 William H. Adams

EM1 W. Orville Anderson

RM3 Fred C. AverillJr.

EM2 Allen F. Bailey

MoMM2 William F. Becker

S1 John E. Bodenrader

S1 John W. Bogert

SC1 Ralph I. Boucher

TM1 Thomas R. Boyd

MoMM1 William B. BrewerJr.

MoMM1 Frderick V. Brown

RM1 Kenneth D. Brown

EMC Maurice T. Burress

LT(jg) D.W. Burton

LCDR William M. Butler

MoMM3 Darrell K. Carnahan

TM3 Duane V. Christian

MoMM2 Ned C. Cook

MoMM2 William L. Creasy

MoMM3 Kenneth A. Currier

RM3 Bernard E. Duesler

S1 Martin P. Dunn

PhMC John R. Dytche

QM2 Arthur W. EatonJr.

S1 Thomas J. Eck

EM3 Carl R. Fielding

RMC James E. Garner

SC3 William R. Gauthier

LT(jg) C. G. Glotzbach

LCDR(XO) C. L. GoddmanJr.

YNC Leon H. Goforth

SC2 John J. Griffin

LT D. S. Harris

EM3 Robert O. Kaiser

EM1 John F. Kelley

LT E. B. Kneisel

MoMMC Franklin B. KohrsJr.

F1 William W. Krouse

TM3 Salvatore J. Lange

QM1 Thomas W. LingelJr.

S1 James F. Mallan

EM2 Richard O. McKean

RM2 Mack McKennon

MoMMC Jack M. McKenzie

GM3 Fred N. Meadows

MoMM1 Joseph D. MedeirosJr.

SM1 Raymond C. Meldazis

EMC Clarence R. Miller

MoMM2 Warren H. Mintken

COX Charles A. Mitchell

TM3 Neal M. Nasser

EM3 Paul M. Oddo

MoMM3 Samuel Okerblom

RT1 James P. L. Olsen

TM2 Daonald J. Patterson

MoMM2 Otto M. Peckins

TM2 Glen A. Pinson

EM2 Robert J. Porach

S1 Morse PorterJr.

ENS John P. Pull

LCDR(CO) Conde L. Raguet

TM3 Franklin Reynolds

TM2 George A. Ricketts

S1 Ernest L. Ross

FC2 Julian Rudek

F1 Lester R. Sarkady

S1 Harold L. Schroeder

F1 Charles R. Smith

MoMM2 Ellis H. Stevens

GM3 William G. Stewart

S1 Robert L. Swank

MoMM1 Lionel E. ThompsonJr.

SM1 Nathaniel Thornton

LT(jg) William M. Tiffany

TM3 James Toth

S1 William N. Ulrich

QM3 N. J. VanRingelsteyn

EM3 Fred A. WallisJr.

SM1 Arthur J. Wharton

F1 Jospeh G. Wheat

TM1 Ferris W. Wilks