On Eternal Patrol - Pre-WWII Losses

On Eternal Patrol - Submariners Prior to World War II

Raising of USS Squalus

First raising of USS Squalus

The following are some of the over 200 men who were lost on American submarines prior to World War II. Specifically, these are men who lost their lives while serving in the U.S. Submarine Force in the period from the year 1900 up to December 7, 1941. None of the submariners who died in this period were lost as a direct result of enemy action.

For information arranged by the name of the vessel, please view the listing of submarines that sustained losses prior to World War II. There is also an "Additional Losses" page for listings of men were lost during this period while serving on vessels that were not sunk.

Photographs and personal information are lacking for many of our pre-WWII losses.

	Name	Photo
	Howard Joseph Abbott	Yes
	James Andrew Aitken	Needed
	George T. Ashcroft	Yes
	John James Batick	Needed
	Walter Bishop	Yes
	Clark George Buck	Yes
	Charles F. Burrell	Yes
	Charles Beresford Calcott	Yes
	William Franklin Callaway	Yes
	Joshua Casey	Needed
	Earnest C. Cauvin	Yes
	John Allan Chesnutt	Yes
	Earle Wayne Freed Childs	Needed
	Robert Lyle Coffey	Yes
	Harley Colwell	Yes
	Walter F. Covington	Yes
	Henry Lee Crawford	Yes
	Elvin Leon Deal	Needed
	George L. Deeth	Yes
	Rodney H. Dobson	Yes
	Alfred Lewis Ede	Yes
	Graham Newell Fitch	Yes
	Lionel Hugh Fletcher	Needed
	Charles A. Ford	Yes
	Herbert Talmage Fost	Yes
	Frederic David Foster	Yes
	Daniel M. Galvin	Yes
	Kenneth Ross Garrison	Needed
	Robert Franklin Gibbs	Needed
	Frederick Gilman	Yes
	Aliston H. Grindle	Yes
	Dewey Victor Haney	Yes
	James Dudley Haselden, Jr.	Yes
	John Plesent Hathaway	Needed
	Gaddis Irwin Hendy	Needed
	Frank N. Herzog	Yes
	Edwin S. Hill	Yes
	Eugene Arthur Hoffman	Yes
	Francis M. Hughson	Yes
	Albert F. Jennie	Yes
	Roy K. Jones	Yes
	Alexander Biggs Keegan	Yes
	Lyman Frederick Lovly	Needed
	Archie H. Lunger	Yes
	Ivan L. Mahan	Yes
	Arnold Marcus	Yes
	John Joseph Marino	Needed
	Huie King McAfee	Yes
	Joseph Alfred McGinley	Yes
	Horace L. Moore	Yes
	William S. Nelson	Yes
	Robert S. Noble	Yes
	Timothy Albert Parker	Yes
	Joseph Hester Patterson	Yes
	Frank C. Pierard	Yes
	John J. Powers	Yes
	Alfred Charles Priester	Yes
	Frank Henry Schulte	Needed
	Bascom Slemp Scyphers	Needed
	William Joseph Sharkey	Yes
	Clarence B. Shepherd	Yes
	Sherman Luther Shirley	Needed
	Roger L. Short	Yes
	Don Smith	Needed
	Frank Snizek	Yes
	Sam E. Sonnenburg	Needed
	T. W. Sternman	Yes
	Joseph Leighton Stevens	Yes
	Jack John Strong	Needed
	John Laurise Thomala	Needed
	Robert Preson Thompson	Needed
	George Arthur Trever	Needed
	Marion Lawrence Ward	Needed
	James Reid Webb	Needed
	Robert Ross Weld	Needed
	Donald Weller	Yes
	Charles H. Wells	Yes
	Henry A. Withers	Yes
	Charles M. Wood	Needed

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