GROWLER was the ship commanded by CDR Howard W. Gilmore on her fourth patrol when, mortally wounded by machine gun fire after GROWLER had rammed a patrol vessel, he ordered the ship submerged while he lay on the bridge. The Commanding Officer, the assistant officer of the deck and a lookout were lost, and CDR Gilmore was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
GROWLER was the ship commanded by CDR Howard W. Gilmore on her fourth patrol when, mortally wounded by machine gun fire after GROWLER had rammed a patrol vessel, he ordered the ship submerged while he lay on the bridge. The Commanding Officer, the assistant officer of the deck and a lookout were lost, and CDR Gilmore was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Tennessee.
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