In late February 2025, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) visited and documented the final resting place of USS F-1 off San Diego. For more information, along with photographs and video of the survey, see their press releases:
WHOI - Deep ocean technology offers never before seen images of lost WWI submarine
NHHC - Deep-Sea Submarine Alvin Documents Remains of Two Navy Wrecks
If you are a relative of a man lost with F-1, please contact us.
The following men were lost while serving on USS F-1 (SS-20). Note that two men were lost in a grounding accident near Port Watsonville, California, on October 11, 1912. Please contact us if you have any information regarding this accident.
Click on a man's name to go to his personal memorial page on this site. Photographs and personal information are needed as indicated in the column at right.
| Name | Photo | |
| 1 | Needed | |
| 2 | Yes | |
| 3 | Yes | |
| 4 | Yes | |
| 5 | Needed | |
| 6 | Yes | |
| 7 |
Needed |
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| 8 | Yes | |
| 9 |
Yes |
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| 10 | Yes | |
| 11 | Yes | |
| 12 | Needed | |
| 13 | Gustave August Schroeder* | Yes |
| 14 | Yes | |
| 15 | Yes | |
| 16 | Yes | |
| 17 | Yes | |
| 18 | James Turbett* | Yes |
| 19 |
Yes |
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| 20 | Needed | |
| 21 |
Needed |
The following men survived the sinking of USS F-1
| 1 | Henry Lloyd Brown |
| 2 | Joseph J. Burns |
| 3 | Alfred Eugene Montgomery (Commanding Officer) |
| 4 | J. M. Schmissauter |
| 5 | John Galvin Stewart |
*Lost in a grounding accident near Port Watsonville, California, on October 11, 1912.
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