Lost Boats
Buttons are for
SS-201
Pick a month, then use NEXT & PREV buttons to scroll through the boats lost in that month.
This
button dumps a list of these boats in text large enough to read at a meeting.
Month to Toll
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Lost Boat ( #4 of 8 )
USS Triton (SS-201)
Lost on:
Lost on March 15,1943 with the loss of 74 men. She was sunk north of the Admiralty Islands during a fight with 3 Japanese Destroyers. Triton was the 1st boat to engage the enemy in December 1941 off Wake Island, sinking 9 ships, 1 submarine and a destroyer.
US Navy Official Photo
BC Patch
NavSource.org
Class:
SS 198
Commissioned:
8/15/1940
Launched:
3/25/1940
Builder:
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Length:
307
, Beam:
27
#Officers:
6
, #Enlisted:
54
Fate:
Triton was reported overdue and presumed lost with 74 men.
