• Family and friends of men lost on submarines

• Former shipmates and other submarine veterans

• U.S. Submarine Losses of World War II (1946, 1949, and 1963 editions)

• National Archives - Military Personnel Records Center

• National Archives - State Summary of War Casualties from World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel

• American Battle Monuments Commission

• National World War II Memorial Registry

• Register of Alumni, United States Naval Academy

• U. S. Naval Academy Lucky Bag

• On Eternal Patrol (booklet), USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park

• Museum Archives, USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park

• Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

• United States Ship Thresher (SSN 593) In Memoriam

• United States Ship Scorpion (SSN-589) In Memoriam

• U.S. Sub Vets of World War II

• United States Submarine Veterans, Inc.

• Black Submariners in the United States Navy, 1940-1975, by Glenn A. Knoblock

• SUBNET (website decommissioned)

• Jim Christley, submariner, author, and artist.  His work has been a continued inspiration for this site and many others.  Jim's submarine-related website is Oldsubs Place, and his artwork can be seen at http://jim-christley.fineartamerica.com/ .

• Darrell D. Ames, who conducted research and was largely responsible for the lost boats section on the former website of COMSUBPAC.

• Bob Moore, who was Chairman of the Wall of Honor Executive Committee. Bob passed away in 2005.

• Ron Mitchell for his WWII Submarine Losses - Personnel on Don Gentry's Submarine Sailor dot com website.

• Paul W. Wittmer, long-time colleague and WWII submarine veteran who has published a two-volume set called United States Submarine Men Lost During World War II (also available on CD). He has contributed hundreds of photos and thousands of bits of information to this website. Paul is currently during research at the National Archives' Military Personnel Records Center in St. Louis.  Please see his personal website at www.subvetpaul.com/

In addition, a number of people have been of great assistance in helping to contact the relatives of lost submariners and former crew members of lost submarines.  A special thanks goes out to Nancy Kenney and Karen Duvalle for their Lagarto research, and to Bryan MacKinnon and Paul Crozier for their dedicated work on Wahoo. Thanks to Bruce Abele, Vickie Rodgers, Rhonda Raye, and Mary Bentz for their work on obtaining Grunion material, Douglas E. Campbell for Dorado material, and Jim Converse for Barbel, Albacore, and Shark (SS-174) photos and information.

An extra special thanks goes out to Sharon (Scriven) Iwanick for her extensive genealogical research for Wahoo, Tang, Robalo, and Flier families.  Research on Flier and Tang families was also conducted by Mary Bentz, Vickie Rodgers, Mary Mihovich, and Norm Rutan, many of whom, along with Vicki Nelson, Jim Converse, and Clif Clark, are continuing to do research on R-12 families.

Thanks also to Everett Perry for much needed information on the men of the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), Michael Mohl at NavSource.com, and  Steve Moore for his work on submariner POWs.  David Wright has been of great assistance in finding data for pre-World War II submarine losses.

Volunteers Needed

If you have a particular interest in submarines, and would like to participate in this project by assisting us with genealogical data and/or by searching for the relatives of the men we seek to honor, please contact us.

 

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