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Golet (SS 361)
Enroute to her second patrol, Golet (Lieutenant Commander, J.S. Clark) left Midway on 28 May 1944, for the entire area off the northeast coast of Honshu. No word was heard from her after she departed Midway.
Golet was scheduled to depart her area on 5 July 1944, and was expected at Midway about 12 or 13 July. On 9 July 1944, she was sent a message which required an acknowledgment, but none came. On 11 July, a sharp lookout was posted at Midway for a submarine coming in without being able to transmit. By 26 July 1944, the ship had not returned, and it was reported as presumed lost.
In the reports covering Japanese antisubmarine attacks, made since war's end, one is recorded as having been made on 14 June 1944, at 41°S 04'N, 141-30'E. This attack is considered to explain Golet's loss, since the enemy, in his report, states, "On the spot of fighting we later discovered corks, raft, etc., and a heavy oil pool of 50 by 5,200 meters." Golet was credited with no sinkings or damage to enemy ships on her first patrol, conducted in the Kuriles, and the area south of Hokkaido and east of Honshu.
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| U.S.S. Golet (SS-361) | ||||
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| Barlow, G.R. Barnes, Elwin C. Barta, Richard A. Bartz, Edward L. Beaulieu, Donald W. Belcher, Donald W. Bickham, Carl M. Blackburn, Edward R. Breunig, John W. Brown, James W. Butor, Joseph A. Carr, Allan H. Clark, James S. Coram, William M. Danko, Robert R. Davidson, Walter D. Dowey, Clifton Earle, Vinton J. Edwards, Willard A. Germann, Le Roy A. Goetz, Herbert C. Gormley, George L. Greenhalgh, Joseph F. Grumet, Stanley E. Guest, Oliver C., Jr. Hanley, Robert E. Hardy, Robert E. Harville, Raymond L. Hendley, George D. Hoffman, Robert E. Hughes, Elmer J. Humble, Jack J. Infalt, Robert W. Johnson, Clarence H. Kane, William M Kolbucar, John Koutsos, John M. Leinwand, Leo R., Jr. Leonard, Cecil Burton Lewis, George J. Lockwood, Glen G. |
ENS EM2 MoMM1 MoMM1 GM3 MoMM3 SM2 RT1 MoMM3 LTJG CTM TM3 LCDR-CO EM3 QM1 SM2 MoMM2 S1 GM1 MoMM3 S2 F1 TM3 MoMM3 MoMM1 RM3 TM3 CEM EM1 MoMM2 FC2 RM3 TM2 LTJG LCDR QM3 S1 MoMM2 MOMM2 S1 MoMM2 |
Lytle, Horace P. Martin, Clifford L. McCulough, William E., Jr. McLaughlin, H.B. Miller, Ernest W. Millhouse, Gilbert L. Milus, Peter P. Numair, Solomon J. Parry, Michael Peterson, Melvin L. Pinter, George A. Pograis, Frank R. Reichelt, Robert C. Rockwood, Arthur J. Rose, Julius Rymal, James G. Sadler, Walter R. Schlemmer, Arvalo E. Schramm, Ernest F. Sederstrand, Clifford E. Sieracki, Eugene F. Simandl, Robert A. Smith, Donald B. Sterling, George, Jr. Stone, Arthur R. Strout, John C., Jr. Stull, William G. Sturdivan, Jess E. Sutherland, Emil H. Swartzback, Woodrow W. Tarr, Alfred H. Thompson, Roland N. Tinker, Raymond B. Wasdsworth, A.D. III Walz, Raymond R. Wesley, John H. White, J.S. Whitney, E.E., Jr. Williams, Roy E. Winkle, Walther J. Wright, Homer D. |
TM3 EM2 StM1 LT CPhM EM2 CFC F1 TM2 RM1 EM2 EM1 MoMM1 SC1 GM2 S2 LT MoMM1 MoMM3 CEM TM3 TM3 RM2 StM3 CMoMM EM2 MoMM1 TM1 MoMM1 Y1 S1 TM2 SC2 LCDR MoMM2 BM2 ENS LT EM1 TM2 SC1 |
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