[deaconjim]

Silent Service “ping”

[Locomotive Breath]

I’m reading (audiobook actually) this book which mentions Grunion...

The Bravest Man: The Story of Richard O’Kane & U.S. Submariners in the Pacific War

William Tuohy

Didn’t yet get to the part with the loss of the Grunion.

[SueRae]

Wow.

May the families of those brave men lost have some peace. What an incredible (and emotional) find.

[Thrownatbirth]

There is some evidence the GRUNION may have gone down afer a surface attack on a Japanese troop transport. Allegedly, a 3-inch shell from the transport struck the GRUNION’s conning tower. The wreckage should be able to confirm or contradict this theory. I, like many, always assumed she went down fighting.

[SkyPilot]

[Robe]

Fitting

Wreckage

Hatch

Hatch

Periscope

Prop Guard

Squished by Water Pressure

[SmithL]

Eternal Patrol Ping

[ASOC]

Thank you for posting!

[Professional Engineer]

One ping only.

[VOA]

URL for the US Navy History page on the Grunion:

http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g9/grunion.htm

[Larry Lucido]

I know you’re not a bubblehead, but Navy ping anyway.

[hosepipe]

An open hatch indicates some may have got out.. unfortuately you can live only for a few minutes in that temp of water.. especially in winter.. And even if you reach shore what then, all wet and all.. Doubt any reached shore anyway..