Son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Cecil Embury.
George served as a Lieutenant, Junior Grade, U.S.S. Sculpin (SS-191), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.
The Sculpin was on her 9th patrol with orders to patrol north of Truk Island, On the night of November 18, 1943 she made radar contact with a large Japanese convoy. The Sculpin surfaced on the next morning in an effort to make a faster run around the convoy to attack. While surfaced she was discovered by the convoy and had to dive.
Once the convoy changed their course the Sculpin once again surfaced however they were seen by the Japanese destroyer Yamagumo which was left behind by the Japanese convoy due to them knowing that submarine was in the area. The Sculpin once again had to dive.
The Yamagumo sent down multiple depth charges which eventually did so much damage to the Sculpin that she had to surface north of Oroluk Island near Truk.
The Sculpin, on the surface, was no match for the destroyer. They manned their guns however the Yamagumo's main battery started to fire. A shell hit the conning tower and killed the bridge watch, including CDR Fred Connaway, and flying fragments killed the gun crew, including gunnery officer Lieutenant Joseph Rollie Defrees, Jr., the ship's sponsor's son.
The ship’s senior surviving officer, Lieutenant George E. Brown, ordered Sculpin abandoned and scuttled.
The destroyer Yamagumo picked up 42 survivors of the Sculpin. They threw one survivor off the ship due to him being severely wounded. They then dropped the surviving 41 off at the Japanese naval base at Truk.
George, who was on the bridge of the Sculpin, was declared "Missing In Action" in this attack.
He was awarded the "Bronze Star" and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-144401
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Notes:
The Captain of the Sculpin, Capt John Philip Cromwell, who had detailed information concerning the coming attack by U.S. Forces on Tarawa, personally decided to go down with the Sculpin for fear they might drug him during interrogation and discover those plans. He was posthumously awarded the "Medal Of Honor"!
The 41 survivors were questioned and then loaded on two Japanese aircraft carriers that were returning to Japan. The Japanese aircraft carrier Chūyō had 21 of the survivors on board and the Japanese aircraft carrier Un'yō had 20.
The Chūyō, which was carrying 21 of the crew from the Sculpin, was attacked and sunk by the USS Sailfish (SS-192) on December 4, 1942. 20 of the Sculpin's crew perished with one survivor, MoMM1c George Rocek.
The U.S.S. Sculpin (SS-191) was awarded eight battle stars for her service in World War II,
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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George served as a Lieutenant, Junior Grade, U.S.S. Sculpin (SS-191), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.
The Sculpin was on her 9th patrol with orders to patrol north of Truk Island, On the night of November 18, 1943 she made radar contact with a large Japanese convoy. The Sculpin surfaced on the next morning in an effort to make a faster run around the convoy to attack. While surfaced she was discovered by the convoy and had to dive.
Once the convoy changed their course the Sculpin once again surfaced however they were seen by the Japanese destroyer Yamagumo which was left behind by the Japanese convoy due to them knowing that submarine was in the area. The Sculpin once again had to dive.
The Yamagumo sent down multiple depth charges which eventually did so much damage to the Sculpin that she had to surface north of Oroluk Island near Truk.
The Sculpin, on the surface, was no match for the destroyer. They manned their guns however the Yamagumo's main battery started to fire. A shell hit the conning tower and killed the bridge watch, including CDR Fred Connaway, and flying fragments killed the gun crew, including gunnery officer Lieutenant Joseph Rollie Defrees, Jr., the ship's sponsor's son.
The ship’s senior surviving officer, Lieutenant George E. Brown, ordered Sculpin abandoned and scuttled.
The destroyer Yamagumo picked up 42 survivors of the Sculpin. They threw one survivor off the ship due to him being severely wounded. They then dropped the surviving 41 off at the Japanese naval base at Truk.
George, who was on the bridge of the Sculpin, was declared "Missing In Action" in this attack.
He was awarded the "Bronze Star" and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-144401
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Notes:
The Captain of the Sculpin, Capt John Philip Cromwell, who had detailed information concerning the coming attack by U.S. Forces on Tarawa, personally decided to go down with the Sculpin for fear they might drug him during interrogation and discover those plans. He was posthumously awarded the "Medal Of Honor"!
The 41 survivors were questioned and then loaded on two Japanese aircraft carriers that were returning to Japan. The Japanese aircraft carrier Chūyō had 21 of the survivors on board and the Japanese aircraft carrier Un'yō had 20.
The Chūyō, which was carrying 21 of the crew from the Sculpin, was attacked and sunk by the USS Sailfish (SS-192) on December 4, 1942. 20 of the Sculpin's crew perished with one survivor, MoMM1c George Rocek.
The U.S.S. Sculpin (SS-191) was awarded eight battle stars for her service in World War II,
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Cecil Embury.
George served as a Lieutenant, Junior Grade, U.S.S. Sculpin (SS-191), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.
The Sculpin was on her 9th patrol with orders to patrol north of Truk Island, On the night of November 18, 1943 she made radar contact with a large Japanese convoy. The Sculpin surfaced on the next morning in an effort to make a faster run around the convoy to attack. While surfaced she was discovered by the convoy and had to dive.
Once the convoy changed their course the Sculpin once again surfaced however they were seen by the Japanese destroyer Yamagumo which was left behind by the Japanese convoy due to them knowing that submarine was in the area. The Sculpin once again had to dive.
The Yamagumo sent down multiple depth charges which eventually did so much damage to the Sculpin that she had to surface north of Oroluk Island near Truk.
The Sculpin, on the surface, was no match for the destroyer. They manned their guns however the Yamagumo's main battery started to fire. A shell hit the conning tower and killed the bridge watch, including CDR Fred Connaway, and flying fragments killed the gun crew, including gunnery officer Lieutenant Joseph Rollie Defrees, Jr., the ship's sponsor's son.
The ship’s senior surviving officer, Lieutenant George E. Brown, ordered Sculpin abandoned and scuttled.
The destroyer Yamagumo picked up 42 survivors of the Sculpin. They threw one survivor off the ship due to him being severely wounded. They then dropped the surviving 41 off at the Japanese naval base at Truk.
George, who was on the bridge of the Sculpin, was declared "Missing In Action" in this attack.
He was awarded the "Bronze Star" and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-144401
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Notes:
The Captain of the Sculpin, Capt John Philip Cromwell, who had detailed information concerning the coming attack by U.S. Forces on Tarawa, personally decided to go down with the Sculpin for fear they might drug him during interrogation and discover those plans. He was posthumously awarded the "Medal Of Honor"!
The 41 survivors were questioned and then loaded on two Japanese aircraft carriers that were returning to Japan. The Japanese aircraft carrier Chūyō had 21 of the survivors on board and the Japanese aircraft carrier Un'yō had 20.
The Chūyō, which was carrying 21 of the crew from the Sculpin, was attacked and sunk by the USS Sailfish (SS-192) on December 4, 1942. 20 of the Sculpin's crew perished with one survivor, MoMM1c George Rocek.
The U.S.S. Sculpin (SS-191) was awarded eight battle stars for her service in World War II,
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
George served as a Lieutenant, Junior Grade, U.S.S. Sculpin (SS-191), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.
The Sculpin was on her 9th patrol with orders to patrol north of Truk Island, On the night of November 18, 1943 she made radar contact with a large Japanese convoy. The Sculpin surfaced on the next morning in an effort to make a faster run around the convoy to attack. While surfaced she was discovered by the convoy and had to dive.
Once the convoy changed their course the Sculpin once again surfaced however they were seen by the Japanese destroyer Yamagumo which was left behind by the Japanese convoy due to them knowing that submarine was in the area. The Sculpin once again had to dive.
The Yamagumo sent down multiple depth charges which eventually did so much damage to the Sculpin that she had to surface north of Oroluk Island near Truk.
The Sculpin, on the surface, was no match for the destroyer. They manned their guns however the Yamagumo's main battery started to fire. A shell hit the conning tower and killed the bridge watch, including CDR Fred Connaway, and flying fragments killed the gun crew, including gunnery officer Lieutenant Joseph Rollie Defrees, Jr., the ship's sponsor's son.
The ship’s senior surviving officer, Lieutenant George E. Brown, ordered Sculpin abandoned and scuttled.
The destroyer Yamagumo picked up 42 survivors of the Sculpin. They threw one survivor off the ship due to him being severely wounded. They then dropped the surviving 41 off at the Japanese naval base at Truk.
George, who was on the bridge of the Sculpin, was declared "Missing In Action" in this attack.
He was awarded the "Bronze Star" and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-144401
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Notes:
The Captain of the Sculpin, Capt John Philip Cromwell, who had detailed information concerning the coming attack by U.S. Forces on Tarawa, personally decided to go down with the Sculpin for fear they might drug him during interrogation and discover those plans. He was posthumously awarded the "Medal Of Honor"!
The 41 survivors were questioned and then loaded on two Japanese aircraft carriers that were returning to Japan. The Japanese aircraft carrier Chūyō had 21 of the survivors on board and the Japanese aircraft carrier Un'yō had 20.
The Chūyō, which was carrying 21 of the crew from the Sculpin, was attacked and sunk by the USS Sailfish (SS-192) on December 4, 1942. 20 of the Sculpin's crew perished with one survivor, MoMM1c George Rocek.
The U.S.S. Sculpin (SS-191) was awarded eight battle stars for her service in World War II,
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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