The U.S.S. Growler, along with the U.S.S. Hake (SS-256) and U.S.S. Hardhead (SS-365), surrounded a Japanese convoy west of the Philippines. The Growler was, during this attack, possibly sunk by one of her own torpedoes, but it is probable that she was sunk by the convoy's escorts, destroyer Shigure and coastal defense ships Chiburi and CD-19 during the war.
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.
The U.S.S. Growler, along with the U.S.S. Hake (SS-256) and U.S.S. Hardhead (SS-365), surrounded a Japanese convoy west of the Philippines. The Growler was, during this attack, possibly sunk by one of her own torpedoes, but it is probable that she was sunk by the convoy's escorts, destroyer Shigure and coastal defense ships Chiburi and CD-19 during the war.
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.
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Entered the service from Tennessee.
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