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February 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings from the Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association.<\/p>\n

Last month the Board did a deep dive, pardon the pun, into our main effort and organized committees to focus our tireless team on moving our project forward. The Board also approved creation of a TSMA Advisory Board, to bring more Submariners, military folks and community leaders onto our team. You can read more about the focus of our committees and the TSMA Advisory Board in this newsletter.<\/p>\n

The Board also welcomed new Board Members Mike Patzius<\/strong>, Mike Gorham<\/strong> and Bob Woolf<\/strong>. Mike P. is the newly minted Commander of the Volunteer Base of USSVI, the group that gave life to the TSMA and its work. Mike G. quickly raised his hand at the opportunity to join the Board as our Secretary. Bob has brought an initiative to our project to source ideas from architecture students at Belmont University in a memorial design competition. We’ll have more on this effort next month. More about these Brothers of the Phin<\/em> follows below.<\/p>\n

This monthly newsletter series will keep you up to date on the progress we’re making bringing a memorial to Tennessee to commemorate American Submariners lost in war and peace in defense of the nation.<\/p>\n

Please share this newsletter with family, friends and everyone in your network and encourage them to become monthly donors to build a memorial.<\/p>\n

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TOLLING THE BOATS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join us in remembering the boats and crews that were lost in the anniversary month of February.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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5 Lost Boats and 375 Lost Sailors including 7 Tennesseans<\/b><\/div>\n
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February 4th<\/strong><\/div>\n
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USS Barbel (SS316)<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Barbel was lost on Feb 4, 1945 with the loss of 81 men on her 4th war patrol. Based on Japanese records, she was bombed near the southern entrance to the Palawan Passage. The day before, she reported she survived 3 depth charge attacks.<\/div>\n
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2 Lost Tennesseans on Barbel<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Lieutenant Edmund Bixby Kneisel<\/strong> was from Kingsport, Tennessee.<\/div>\n
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Seaman First Ernest Lynn Ross<\/strong> was from Chattanooga, Tennessee.<\/div>\n
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Please help us commemorate their service and sacrifice<\/span><\/strong>.<\/div>\n
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February 4th<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Chief Pharmacist’s Mate Arthur Castles Beeman<\/strong> was killed by gunfire during a surface battle while going to the aid of an injured officer on February 4, 1943.<\/div>\n
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February 11th<\/strong><\/p>\n

USS Shark (SS174)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Shark was lost on Feb 11, 1942 with the loss of 59 men on her first war patrol. Shark was the first U.S. submarine sunk by enemy surface craft in the Pacific. She was most likely sunk by depth charges.<\/div>\n
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February 11th<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lost Tennessean<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pharmacist\u2019s Mate Second Class George Dudley Edwards<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/u>The submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9) received severe damage when hit by heavy bombers on December 29, 1941 and was later scuttled off Manila Bay. \u00a0Pharmacist\u2019s Mate Second Class George Dudley Edwards,<\/strong> from McEwen, Tennessee, served on the USS Canopus (AS-9) and died of acute colitis while a Prisoner of War at the Kokura Military Hospital, Kokura, Japan on 11 February 1945.<\/p>\n

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February 16th<\/strong><\/p>\n

USS Amberjack (SS219)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Amberjack was lost on Feb 16, 1943 with the loss of 72 men on her 3rd war patrol, off Rabaul. She was attacked by a Japanese patrol plane, attacked by a torpedo boat and then depth charged by a subchaser. One additional man was killed earlier on the last patrol.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

February 26th<\/strong><\/div>\n
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USS Grayback (SS208)<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Grayback was lost on Feb 26, 1944 with the loss of 80 men on her 10th war patrol. She appears to have been caught on the surface in the East China Sea by a Japanese carrier plane whose bombs made a direct hit. During this patrol she sank four ships totaling 21,594 tons and was tied for 11th in the number of ships sunk.<\/p>\n

2 Lost Tennesseans on Grayback<\/strong><\/p>\n

Motor Machinist Mate Third Class Milton Lawrence Francis<\/strong> was from Memphis, Tennessee<\/p>\n

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Commander John Anderson Moore<\/strong> was from Memphis, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

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February 29th<\/strong><\/p>\n

USS Trout (SS202)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Trout was lost on Feb 29, 1944 with the loss of 81 men on her 11th war patrol. She was sunk by escorts in the middle of the Philippines Basin after sinking a passenger-cargoman and damaging another in a convoy. She carried out several notable special missions, including carrying over two tons of gold bullion out of Corregidor in February 1942 after the surrender of the Philippines.<\/p>\n

1 Lost Tennessean<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chief Electricians Mate Robert Luther Hughes<\/strong> was from Winchester, Tennessee<\/p>\n

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Submarines Lost in World War II<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ADVISORY BOARD<\/strong><\/p>\n

The TSMA Board approved the establishment of a Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association (TSMA) Advisory Board (AB) at the January Directors’ meeting.\u00a0The Advisory Board will consist of by invitation<\/em> community leaders and experts who can lend their talents to the objectives of the TSMA. The roles could include, but not be limited to:<\/p>\n