Justiniano Garcia Guico
Rank/Rate Steward's Mate, First Class
Service Number 06329243
Birth Date September 5, 1906
From Pang, Philippine Islands
Decorations Prisoner of War Medal
Submarine USS Grenadier (SS-210)
Loss Date Died on February 4, 1945
Location Sunk near Penang; crew taken prisoner
Circumstances Died of acute pneumonia in Fukuoka #3
Prisoner of War Camp
Gar Class Submarine: Laid down, 2 April 1940, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH; Launched, 20 November 1940; Commissioned, USS Grenadier (SS-210), 1 May 1941; Lost to enemy action in the Lem Voalan Strait, northeast Indian Ocean, hit by Japanese bombs 21 April 1943, scuttled by her crew 22 April 1943; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Grenadier received four battle stars for World War II service.
Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,475 t., Submerged: 2,370 t.; Length 307' 2"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 13' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Complement 5 Officers, 54 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, 24 torpedoes, one 3"/50 dual purpose deck gun, two .50 cal. machine guns, two .30 cal. machine guns; Propulsion, diesel-electric, four General Motors Co., diesel engines, 5.400 hp, Fuel Capacity, 96,365 gals., four General Electric Co., electric motors, 2,740 hp, Battery cells 252, twin propellers.
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Justiniano Garcia Guico
Rank/Rate Steward's Mate, First Class
Service Number 06329243
Birth Date September 5, 1906
From Pang, Philippine Islands
Decorations Prisoner of War Medal
Submarine USS Grenadier (SS-210)
Loss Date Died on February 4, 1945
Location Sunk near Penang; crew taken prisoner
Circumstances Died of acute pneumonia in Fukuoka #3
Prisoner of War Camp
Gar Class Submarine: Laid down, 2 April 1940, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH; Launched, 20 November 1940; Commissioned, USS Grenadier (SS-210), 1 May 1941; Lost to enemy action in the Lem Voalan Strait, northeast Indian Ocean, hit by Japanese bombs 21 April 1943, scuttled by her crew 22 April 1943; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Grenadier received four battle stars for World War II service.
Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,475 t., Submerged: 2,370 t.; Length 307' 2"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 13' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Complement 5 Officers, 54 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, 24 torpedoes, one 3"/50 dual purpose deck gun, two .50 cal. machine guns, two .30 cal. machine guns; Propulsion, diesel-electric, four General Motors Co., diesel engines, 5.400 hp, Fuel Capacity, 96,365 gals., four General Electric Co., electric motors, 2,740 hp, Battery cells 252, twin propellers.
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