Claude William Roberts

Rank/Rate           Motor Machinist’s Mate, First Class

Service Number 295 38 90

Birth Date           July 12, 1918

From     Knoxville, Tennessee

Decorations        Purple Heart

Submarine          USS Capelin (SS-289)

Loss Date             December 2, 1943

Location               Off Celebes possibly off Kaoe Bay

Circumstances   Lost at sea, cause unknown

Remarks              Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer and Christopher Secrest.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS CAPELIN (SS-289)

Find a Grave Memorial: MoMM1 Claude William Roberts (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Capelin (SS-289)

 

Return to Lost Tennessean Roster

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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]

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