Story of the USS Grunion SS-216...

woofiedog · 01-03-09, 10:04 AM

After more than 65 years, brothers find their father's sunken World War II submarine.

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Photos of the wreck: http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08216d.htm

NBC New's USS Grunion video clip:

The submarine Grunion arrived at Pearl Harbor on June 20, 1942. The vessel completed pre-patrol training before departing on its first war patrol June 30. Grunion's commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr. Abele, was ordered to proceed to the Aleutian Islands and patrol westward from Attu on routes between the Aleutians and the Japanese Empire. On July 10, Grunion was reassigned to the area north of Kiska. Over the next 20 days, the submarine reported firing on an enemy destroyer, sinking three destroyer-type vessels, and attacking unidentified enemy ships near Kiska.
Grunion's last transmission was received on July 30, 1942. The submarine reported heavy antisubmarine activity at the entrance to Kiska, and that it had 10 torpedoes remaining forward. On the same day, Grunion was directed to return to Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base. There was no contact or sighting of the submarine after July 30, and on August 16, Grunion was reported lost.

On the morning of 31 July 1942 a Japanese troop transport was attacked by Grunion. Only one of the four torpedoes hit and detonated, and Grunion surfaced to finish her target by gunfire. However, Kano Maru returned fire with her own three-inch deck gun and .50-caliber machine guns. Allegedly, a single shell hit on Grunion's conning tower sank her.

Lt. Cmdr. Jim Abele commanded the USS Grunion, a submarine sunk during World War II.

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woofiedog Engineer Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New England Posts: 216 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Story of the USS Grunion SS-216... After more than 65 years, brothers find their father's sunken World War II submarine. http://cuatrotipos.files.wordpress.c...03/grunion.jpg http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0821606.jpg Photos of the wreck: http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08216d.htm NBC New's USS Grunion video clip: The submarine Grunion arrived at Pearl Harbor on June 20, 1942. The vessel completed pre-patrol training before departing on its first war patrol June 30. Grunion's commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr. Abele, was ordered to proceed to the Aleutian Islands and patrol westward from Attu on routes between the Aleutians and the Japanese Empire. On July 10, Grunion was reassigned to the area north of Kiska. Over the next 20 days, the submarine reported firing on an enemy destroyer, sinking three destroyer-type vessels, and attacking unidentified enemy ships near Kiska. Grunion's last transmission was received on July 30, 1942. The submarine reported heavy antisubmarine activity at the entrance to Kiska, and that it had 10 torpedoes remaining forward. On the same day, Grunion was directed to return to Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base. There was no contact or sighting of the submarine after July 30, and on August 16, Grunion was reported lost. On the morning of 31 July 1942 a Japanese troop transport was attacked by Grunion. Only one of the four torpedoes hit and detonated, and Grunion surfaced to finish her target by gunfire. However, Kano Maru returned fire with her own three-inch deck gun and .50-caliber machine guns. Allegedly, a single shell hit on Grunion's conning tower sank her. Lt. Cmdr. Jim Abele commanded the USS Grunion, a submarine sunk during World War II. __________________ Last edited by woofiedog; 01-03-09 at 10:13 AM.