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USS Tulibee (SS-284)

On 25 March 1945, TULLIBEE arrived on station and began patrolling. The next day, she made radar contact on a convoy consisting of a large passenger-cargo ship, two medium-sized freighters, a destroyer and two other escorts. The submarine made several surface runs on the transport but kept losing her in rain squalls. TULLIBEE finally closed to 3,000 yards and fired two torpedoes from her bow tubes at the target. About two minutes later, the submarine was rocked by a violent explosion. Gunner's Mate C. W. Kukyendall--on the bridge at the time--was knocked unconscious and thrown into the water. When Kukyendall--the sole survivor--regained consciousness, the submarine was gone. Apparently, one of her own torpedoes ran a circular course and sank the submarine which had launched it. TULLIBEE was struck from the Navy list on 29 July 1944.

S1 Paul R. Abnet

TM3 William R. Anderson

QM1 Don T. Arnold

QM2 John Barcooz Jr.

MoMM2 Russell E. Beehler

MoMM2 John E. Betsill

SC2 Lionel P. Blanchard

CDR(CO) Charles F. Brindupke

TM3 Melvin L. Britt

SM1 Albert F Brocklesby

MoMM2 John C Brown

S2 Nugent A Burasco

ENS David Butler

MoMM3 Frank Ciraldo

TM2 Joseph P Clay

F1 George K Clifford

TM3 Lomon B Crane

EM2 Russell H Crossman Jr.

MoMM2 Hugh W Deetz

RM1 Charles H Degenhardt

GMC Thomas M Delaney

S2 Clifford Douglas

LCDR(XO) Greer A Duncan Jr.

SC1 Edward H Dzik

SM1 Leroy Ellis

LTjg William A Evans

S1 Edward M Farley Jr.

TM2 William J Frank

MoMM1 Clarence S Gage

S1 Donald A Graham

RT1 Raymond A Grenier

FC2 John N Grosz

MoMM3 Marvin J Hall

F1 Charles N Heath Jr.

F1 Francis M Henkel

TM2 Carl J Hicks

EM1 Louis J Hieronimus

S1 William E Hoefler

LT H.T Irwin Jr.

MoMMC Wilmot B Joder

MoMM1 Henry F Keating

TM3 Theodore M Keener Jr.

RM2 Frederick H Kisman

MoMM1 Clayton L Landon

F1 Frank Lindsay

EM3 Carl M Lovett

MoMM2 Donald R Mann

EM3 Ramsey F McConnell

EM3 Warren G McDonald

MoMM1 Melvin L McFadden

RM2 John J Moffitt

F1 Charles J Muoio

F1 Eugene R Nicholas

RT1 Allen W Nopper

EM1 Clifton E Pattee

EM2 Matthew S Pawlik

LTjg Richard H Peterson

EM3 Fred B Reger

EM2 Carl Rehn

MoMM1 Robert H Roby

ENS Powell T Saterfield

SSC Walter L Schoenrock

F1 Howard D Seibert

F1 Albert F Smith

EM1 Kirk C Stearns

S2 Howard L Strachan

MoMMC Hugh E Sullivan

TM1 Arthur A Symkiewicz

PhM1 Henry L Thacker

EMC George O Ticknor

RM3 Stanley Trytko

TM3 Paul R Vigeant

YN2 John J Wagner

SM3 George C Wallis

SM1 Ripley Washington Jr.

TM3 Robert J Wendt

LT David S Wilson

FC3 Harold J Wiser

ENS John K Wood