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USS Largarto (SS 371)
On Eternal Patrol
Keel Laid – January 12, 1944
Launched – May 28, 1944
Commissioned – October 14, 1944
USS Lagarto made two war patrols. She sank the Japanese submarine RO-49 and a cargo vessel on her first patrol. Lagarto was sunk on her second patrol by the Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka in the Gulf of Thailand. Hatsutaka was also responsible for a depth charging of USS Cobia and was later sunk by USS Hawkbill.
The wreck of Lagarto was discovered on May 15, 2005 and is Wisconsin’s state boat. Click here for more information on the discovery of USS Lagarto.
USS LAGARTO Crew on Eternal Patrol
CTM Andrews, Harold Doyle
CMOMM Anker, Charles
LTJG Auchard, Frederick Lester
F1 Bjornson, Charles Herman
Y2 Breithaupt, Jr., Charles Woodson
CRMA Britain, Wardour LaVerne
S2 Brock, Aaron Busy
F1 Byrer, Clark Richard
RM1 Carleton, William Ernest
MOMM3 Cathey, Lloyd Fry
QM3 Catozzi, Sylvester Gilbert
TM2 Clouse, George Edward
MOMM1 Cook, Caldwell Thomas
TM2 Davis, Jr., John Edward
RM2 Doud, Leslie Montsell
TM3 Enns, Alvin Henry
MOMM1 Fisher, Richard Louis
S1 Franze, John Joseph
MOMM1 Frasch, Oakley Ray
F1 Gerlach, James Northup
F2 Grace, Richard Fox
QM1 Graves, William
EM2 Gray, Dennis Jerome
STM2 Green, Robert
EM1 Gregorik, Richard Lewis
S2 Gregory, James Paul
RM3 Halstead, Glen Eugene
MOMM1 Hardegree, Thomas
MOMM3 Harrington, George Clark
MOMM2 Harrington, Thomas James
S1 Harris, James Bailey
MOMM3 Harrison, James Carlton
TM3 Hinken, Walter Earl
EM3 Honaker, William Franklin
LT Irving, Lloyd Gordon
S1 Jefferson, Hezekiah
CEMA Jobe, Jesse
S1 Johnson, Fred
CEMA Johnson, John Richard
S1 Jordan Jr., William Harrison
LT Keeney, Jr., Arthur Hammond
RT1 Kimball, Philip McNeil
STM1 Kirtley, Albert
MOMM3 Kneidl, John William
CDR Latta, Franklin, De Vere
S1 Lee, Jr., Noah Blackmon
F1 Lee, Russell Willie
MOMM2 Lewis, Robert Julian
F1 Lynch, Louis Jerome
SM1 Mabin, William Tucker
S1 Marriott, Jr., Joy McDowell
SC2 McDonald, James Henry
TM2 McGee, Justin Michael
LT Mendenhall, William Hanna
F1 Moore, Willis Leroy
S1 Moss, William Gene
RT2 O’Hara, Lloyd Raymond
F1 Ortega, Howard Estelano
S1 Paper, Dick Milton
LTJG Pash, Joseph Stanley
RM3 Patterson, Robert Ransom
TM3 Peterson, John William
QM3 Peterson, Robert Frederick
EM3 Perry, Robert Calvin
LTJG Phelps, Walter Ben
F1 Plushnik, Harry Robert
CMOMM Price, Gerald Allen
EM2 Reeves, Morris Davis
F1 Reichert, Raymond Edward
BM1 Robison, Eugene Thomas
MOMM Root, John Harvey
LT Ruble, Robert Theodore
S1 Rutledge, Walter Jackson
SM2 Shackelford, Wesley Clay
TM2 Simmerman, Ralph Eugene
CPHMA Spalding, Robert Bruce
GM2 Stehn, John Edward
EM2 Stiegler, Donald George
EM3 St. John, Jr., Ulysses McKinley
MOMM2 Tait, Floyd
LTJG Todd, Jr., Harold Arthur
CGM Turner, Frank Dean
S1 Wade, Arthur Menchel
S1 Warnick, William Clenton
MOMM2 Wicklander, Max Merrell
S1 Williams, John Leslie
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