Robert Preston Thompson  

Rank/Rate:    Ship’s Cook, Third Class

Service Number:    295 30 63

Birth Date:    October 20, 1917

From:    Nashville, Tennessee

Decorations:   None

Submarine:    USS Squalus (SS-192)

Loss Date:    May 23, 1939

Location:    Off New England Coast, near Isle of Shoals Circumstances Accidentally sank when engine rooms flooded

Remarks:    Photo courtesy of Mary Mihovich. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource,  Submarine Photo Archive for the USS SQUALUS (SS-192)

Click here for a list of men lost on the USS Squalus SS-192

Find a Grave Memorial: Robert Preston Thompson, Nashville National Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee

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Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association

Perpetuating the memories of submariners who didn’t come home

Chairman: Mike Anderson (SK2(SS)USN) | President: Patrick Ryan (YNC(SS), LCDR USN)

The TSMA is a nonprofit memorial association registered as a 501(c) tax exempt organization and is registered with the Tennessee Secretary of State to receive charitable donations. Please make the TSMA one of the charities that you support.  You can make a donation here or send a check made to: Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association, c/o 309 Church Street, #107, Nashville, TN 37201.

Here’s our nonprofit (501(c)3) designation letter [link] Here’s our State of Tennessee registration to solicit charitable donations [link]

Thank you for your help commemorating the Tennesseans who gave their lives as American Submariners in the service of the United States Navy.

Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association

c/o 309 Church Street, #107 Nashville, TN 37201