Home Next Boat Previous Boat

USS Lagarto (SS-371)

LAGARTO departed Subic Bay for the South China Sea 12 April 1945 and late in April was directed to patrol in the Gulf of Siam, where sister ship BAYA (SS-318) joined her 2 May. That afternoon BAYA signaled that she was tracking a tanker traveling under heavy escort. That night BAYA tried to attack but was driven off by enemy escorts equipped with radar. The two submarines met early next morning to discuss attack plans. BAYA made a midnight attack but was again driven off by the unusually alert Japanese escorts. Early next morning, 4 May, when BAYA tried to contact her teammate, LAGARTO made no reply. Since Japanese records state that during the night of 3-4 May, mine layer HATSUTAKA attacked a U.S. submarine in that location, it is presumed that LAGARTO perished in battle with all hands.

TMC Harold D Andrews

MoMMC Charles Anker

LTjg Frederick L Auchard

F1 Charles H Bjornson

YN2 Charles W Breithaupt Jr.

RMC Wardour L Britain

S2 Aaron Brock

F1 Clark R Byrer

RM1 William E Carleton

MoMM3 Lloyd F Cathey

QM3 Sylvester G Catozzi

TM2 George E Clouse

MoMM1 Caldwell T Cook

TM2 John E Davis Jr.

RM2 Leslie M Doud

TM3 Alvin H Enns

MoMM1 Richard L Fisher

S1 John J Franze

MoMM1 Oakley R Frasch

F1 James N Gerlach

F2 Richard F Grace

QM1 William Graves

EM2 Dennis J Gray

SM2 Robert Green

EM1 Richard L Gregorick

S2 James P Gregory

RM3 Glen E Halstead

MoMM1 Thomas Hardegree

MoMM3 George C Harrington

MoMM2 Thomas J Harrington

S1 James B Harris

MoMM3 James C Harrison

TM3 Walter E Hinken

EM3 William F Honaker

LT Lloyd G Irving

S1 Hezekiah Jefferson

EMC Jesse Jobe

S1 Fred Johnson

EMC John R Johnson

S1 William H Jordan Jr.

LT A.H Keeney Jr.

RT1 Philip M Kimball

SM1 Albert Kirtley

MoMM2 John W Kneidl

CDR(CO) Frank D Latta

S1 Noah B Lee Jr.

MoMM2 Robert J Lewis

F1 Louis J Lynch

SM1 William T Mabin

S1 Joy M Marriott Jr.

SC2 James H McDonald

TM2 Justin M McGee

LT(XO) William H Mendenhall

F1 Willis L Moore

S1 William G Moss

RT2 Lloyd R O'Hara

F1 Howard E Ortega

S1 Dick M Paper

LTjg Joseph S Pash

RM3 Robert R Patterson

EM3 Robert C Perry

TM3 John W Peterson

QM3 Robert F Peterson

LTjg Walter B Phelps

F1 Harry R Plushnik

MoMMC Gerald A Price

EM2 Morris D Reeves

F1 Raymond E Reichert

BM1 Eugene T Robison

MoMM1 John H Root

LT Roy T Ruble

S1 Walter J Rutledge

SM2 Wesley C Shackelford

TM2 Ralph E Simmerman

PhMC Robert B Spalding

EM3 Ulysses M St. John Jr.

GM2 John E Stehn

EM2 Doandl G Stiegler

MoMM2 Floyd Tait

LTjg Harold A Todd Jr.

GMC Frank D Turner

S1 Arthur M Wade

S1 William C Warnick

MoMM2 Max M Wicklander

S1 John L Williams