Manitowoc 28
USS Kete (SS 369)
On Eternal Patrol
Keel Laid – October 25, 1943
Launched – April 9, 1944
Commissioned – July 31, 1944
USS Kete made two war patrols which earned her the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and one Battle Star for the Okinawa Operation-Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto March 6 – 16, 1945. She sank three ships for a total of 6,881 tons. Kete was lost in the East China Sea in March of 1945. She departed her station on March 20 and was never heard from again. Speculations on her sinking include an attack by a Japanese submarine, an operational malfunction, or a mine explosion.
USS KETE Crew On Eternal Patrol
EM1 Abts, Leroy Albert
LCDR Ackerman, Edward
LTJG Adams, John Clausel Jr.
FC3 Apking, John David
MMM3 Bergadine, Donald Lee
S1 Blodgett, Leonard Eugene
CMOMM Braniger, Fracis William
QM2 Brooks, Carl.
LTJG Burnside, William Henry, Jr.
F1 Callahan, Perry Charles
EM3 Cobrin, Bernard
RM3 Cole, Hugh Mack
EM2 Cooper, Edward
RM2 Crowley, Robert William
LTJG Crutchfield, Charles Randolph Jr.
C3 Dawson, William Howard
F1 Deininger, Frederick Robert
Y1 Derrah, Harold William
CCS Dietrich, Helmut Otto
SM1 Dortche, Calvin Frederick
LT Drake, Donald Lincoln
TM3 Dul, Willis
S1 Efferson, Manuel Lawrence
S1 Egen, Donald Paul
LTJG Fenton, Douglas Grant
CMOMM French, Hugh
CMOMM Friesen, Ben
MOMM3 Fuller, Robert Stephan
S1 Glynn, John Francis Jr.
S1 Griswold, Fred Joseph
RT1 Gunzinger, Joseph Henry
EM3 Gwinn, Elmer Ellsworth Jr.
ENS Haag, Bernard Henry
S1 Hart, Robert Arthur
MOMM3 Hartbank, Glenn Edwin
TM1 Hayden, Paul O’Brien
COX Henderson, Earl
TM2 Hines, James Lowell
CTM Holshouser, James Russell
RM3 Hooper, Stanton Lee
EM2 Katz, Abraham Joseph
EM3 Kelly, Norbert William
TM3 Kensler, Elmer Neil
RM3 Kotelman, Walter Ernest
EM2 Kraut, Richard Paul
MOMM3 Lasiter, Jack Lee
GM3 Litzenberger, Frank Jr.
BKR1 Logsdon, Earl
MOMM2 Lowery, Billie Barton
MOMM2 Lynn, Charles Wesley Jr.
S1 Malko, Glenn Raymond
F1 Marsico, Anthony Thomas
CSM Martini, Frank
MOMM2 McLendon, Bernard Eugene
S1 Messenger, Grant Richard
SC2 Moccabee, Samuel Arnold
S1 Moore, Charleton L.
MOMM1 Morrison, Henry Fredrick
MOMM1 Newton, Archie Vernon
CBMA O’Brien, Joseph Albert
EM3 O’Connor, Mark Angello
MOMM1 Page, George Thomas
S1 Peterson, Clair Junior
MOMM3 Piper, Irving Victor
MOMM2 Price, Glenn Owen
QM3 Pushee, Donald Calvin
S1 Racer, Robert Russell
LT Reimers, Frederick Fay
GM1 Richards, Francis Albert
QM3 Schemm, George Joseph
MOMM2 Schenavar, Maxium Daniels
EM1 Schumacher, Paul Francis
CPHMA Simpson, Oliver Harry
EM2 Snyder, James Irwin
LT Spikes, Russell Henry
MOMM1 Starr, Jacob Granville Jr.
CRM Thomas, French Lee Jr.
S1 Thompson, Gordon Ray
GM3 Thorn, Keith
TM2 VanDam, Peter Charles
F1 Villalba, Salomon Hernandez
CEM Waggoner, James Stanley
TM2 Wallick, Russel Andrew
TM2 Walling, Floyd Stewart
LT Westphall, Joseph Allen
TM1 Wilson, Gordon Weaver
RT2 Woodward, Galen Irvin
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