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USS Grampus (SS-207)

In company with GRAYBACK, GRAMPUS departed Brisbane on 11 February 1943 for her sixth war patrol from which she failed to return; the manner of her loss still remains a mystery today. Japanese seaplanes reported sinking a submarine on 18 February in GRAMPUS' patrol area, but GRAYBACK reported seeing GRAMPUS in that same area 4 March. On 5 March two Japanese destroyers, themselves lost 2 days later, conducted an attack in Blackett Strait, where a heavy oil slick was sighted the following day, indicating that GRAMPUS may have been lost there in a night attack or gun battle against the DD's. When repeated attempts failed to contact GRAMPUS, the valiant submarine was reluctantly declared missing and presumed lost with all hands. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 21 June 1943.

MoMM2 Louis D. Ball

EM2 John Basel

TMC Walter K.W. Bathgate

S2 Michael BeleyJr.

LT(jg) John L. Benton

TM1 Neil T. Berresford

MoMM1 Vernon T. Biggy

OS3 Curtheal Black

TM3 Robert J. Bohler

RM3 Donald W. Bowlby

GM2 Friedrich L. Brunner

RMC Walter A. BrunsJr.

F1 William E. Burdette

S1 Kenneth L. Chaffin

QM3 Thomas R. Collins

EM1 Charles J. Conley

S1 Eugene F. Corder

MoMM2 Richard E. Corum

LCDR(CO) John R. Craig

F1 Robert L. Dexter

MoMM1 Jesse H. Dunnavant

SC3 Orville F. Fanning

MA1 Donald M. Fenner

SC3 Erminio Gonzales

MoMM1 Herbert C. Goodrum

RM1 Arthur M. Griffith

LT Robert P. GuillerIII

S1 Wilbur Handy

LT E.P. Haupt

F3 Walter C. Hendry

S1 Hollis E. Herrin

F1 Michael P. Joyce

F1 Sam Kane

SM1 Duane J. Kilpatrick

EM1 Harris R. Larson

GM3 Vernon W. Law

S1 William J. McClure

LT W.R. Merrill

SC1 Rayhugh G. Michael

MoMM1 George W. Mithcell

EMC Willard Moeller

MoMM1 Joseph H. Nash

MoMM2 David E. Olexa

PhMC James W. O'Neal

MoMMC Charles W. Patrick

EM3 George F. Phelps

YN1 Howard C. Pillsbury

F2 Thomas E. Poyner

GMC Louis E. Presley

TM3 Varl M. Purdom

TM3 Chester E. Rudd

MoMM1 Robert V. Sager

LT I.J. Sandell

LT(XO) Alvin F. Sbia

EM1 William B. Schmidt

S1 Francis D. Shafranski

TM2 Marcus W. Shepard

S1 Alvin R. Tagesen

SM3 Alvin W. Tevis

EM2 George L. Thomas

RM2 James H. Thomas

TM1 Robert T. Thrasher

FC1 Millard C. Townley

F2 Roger V. Trego

MM1 Louis E. Tremmel

EM2 Myron P. Tuttle

EM2 Roy VanderReyden

TM1 Grant A. Vedder

MoMM2 Wendell M. Walters

MoMM1 Norman E. Wilson