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Lost Boat ( #5 of 5 )
USS Trout (SS-202)
Lost on:
Lost on Feb 29,1944 with the loss of 81 officers and men on her 11th war patrol. She was sunk by escorts in the middle of the Philippines Basin after sinking a passenger-cargoman and damaging another in a convoy. She carried out several notable special missions, including carrying over two tons of gold bullion out of Corregidor in February 1942.
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Class:
SS 198
Commissioned:
11/15/1940
Launched:
5/21/1940
Builder:
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Length:
307
, Beam:
27
#Officers:
6
, #Enlisted:
54
Fate:
Trout topped off with fuel at Midway and was never heard from again. Japanese records indicate that one of their convoys was attacked by a submarine on 29 February 1944 in the area assigned to Trout. Possibly one of the convoy's escorts sank the Trout.
