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USS Pompano (SS-181)

POMPANO left Midway 20 August, bound for the coasts of Hokkaido and Honshu. She was never heard from again, and when she failed to return, was presumed lost. The Japanese knew that she was in her area, however, for two ships fell to her torpedoes during September: AKAMA MARU, a 5,600 ton cargo carrier, on the 3rd, and TAIKO MARU, a 2,958 ton cargo carrier on the 25th. The enemy made no anti-submarine attacks during this period in POMPANO’s area, so enemy mines probably destroyed the veteran. POMPANO was struck from the Navy List 12 January 1944.

MoMM1 Don E Allen

MoMM2 Leonard M Anstine

S1 Jesse L Appel

S1 John J Bennett

S1 Robert D Bissell

TM2 Carl Blum

G.S Brooks Jr.

MoMM2 James J Buckley

LT R.W Carlson

TMC Robert F Case

MoMM1 Lee E Caskey

FC3 William O Christian

QM2 Huston Q Cravens

F1 Chester A Delbridge

MoMM2 William W.W Dennis

SM1 George E Eaves

EM2 Charles F Feazelle

SM3 George A Gaffney Jr.

EM2 Edward J Galloway

SM1 Sherman Ganious

TM2 Veldean Gipson

MoMM2 John F Graeflin

YN1 John W Hanson

F1 William W Hastings

GM2 Theodore P Helms

MoMM2 Robert B Jenckes

MoMM2 John D Jenkins

MoMM2 George A Jennings

RM1 Otis P Johnigan

EM3 Stanley F Johnson

EM1 Martin L Keesee

EM1 Fred Joseph Kirschbaum

LT J.H Lassiter

EM3 Eugene G Laux

SM1 Wesley L Leonard

LT R Lorenz

EMC Charles A Madden

F1 Raymond L Mansfield

F1 Donald P Masucci

MoMM1 Cleo L Matthews

LT(XO) Thomas P McGrath

F2 William G Messerschmidt

GM3 Robert G Meyer

TM2 William A Mikkelson

TM3 Arthur M Moitz

TM2 Raymond D Morgan

F1 Bernard J O'Connell

SC1 Jay S Owen

S1 Howard S Page

QM3 Phillip D Parady

MoMMC Chester R Phillips

MoMMC Chester Phipps

F1 Wayne C Proctor

EM2 Walter Pyzow

PhM1 Cleo T Rafferty

TM2 G. Russell Reed

F2 Peter Revotskie

RM3 Robert L Rice

F2 Vincent P Ritzenheim

EM2 Arthur D Rodgers

SC1 William H Rogers

BK3 Stanley F Rokosz

F1 Joseph Rubscha Jr.

RT1 Frank B Scott

F2 Joseph N Shedloski

F2 Irvin G Slinden

TM1 Vernon L Swanson

LCDR(CO) Willis M Thomas

TM3 Virl R Wagner

EM3 Michael J Warwick

S1 David W White

MoMMC Charlie A Wilson