The men are listed by Hull Number of the US Navy Vessel they were on. 
Click on each submariner’s name to visit a page with his personal details.

(* = Photo Needed,   ** =  Died While Held As A Prisoner Of War)

Tennesseans Lost By Hull Number

USS PIGEON (ASR-6)

Herbert Wayne Grizzard, Nashville, Tennessee **

USS CANOPUS (AS-9)

Paul Reginald Baggett, Memphis, Tennessee *  **

Alva Roberts Cowan, Newbern, Tennessee *  **

John Porter Derrington, Paris, Tennessee **

George Dudley Edwards, McEwen, Tennessee *  **

Kermit Ward Hodges, Knoxville, Tennessee *  **

David Lexton Latham, Dyersburg, Tennessee *  **

William Harrison Patrick, Knoxville, Tennessee **

Charles Richard Tinker, Born Ernestville, Tennessee **

USS S-4 (SS-109)

Walter Ross Tolson, Fountain City, Tennessee

USS S-26 (SS-131)

David Birch Evans, Born Jackson, Tennessee

USS S-28 (SS-133)

Edward Franklin Anderson, Born Kennebec, Tennessee

John Franklin Brown, Ripely, Tennessee

John Rufus Haney, Medina, Tennessee

USS S-44 (SS-155)

William Edward Erhart, Memphis, Tennessee

Fred Giles, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee

Curtis Glenn, Jackson, Tennessee

Holly Jackson Howard, Smithville, Tennessee

James Thomas Stephenson, Jr., Wartrace, Tennessee

USS ARGONAUT (SS-166)

Ray Hunter, Born Memphis, Tennessee

John Irvin Kerns, Copperhill, Tennessee

Willie David Thomas, Nashville, Tennessee

USS PERCH (SS-176)

Houston Ernest Edwards, Born Speedwell, Tennessee **

USS PICKEREL (SS-177)

Grover Cleveland Morrison, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee

J. W. Wayne Pierce, Maryville, Tennessee

Elmer Howard Russell, Maryville, Tennessee

USS POMPANO (SS-181)

Hyram Paul Guess, Born Ridgely, Tennessee

John Henry Lassiter, Nashville, Tennessee

USS SCULPIN (SS-191)

Charles Gold Smith, Jr., Munford, Tennessee **

USS SQUALUS (SS-192)

Elvin Leon Deal, Copperhill, Tennessee *

Robert Preston Thompson, Nashville, Tennessee

USS SWORDFISH (SS-193)

William Thomas Meacham, Jr., Born Chattanooga, Tennessee

USS SEALION (SS-195)

Julian Knox Morrison Jr., Memphis, Tennessee

USS SEAWOLF (SS-197)

Lannie Tolbert Mills, Jr., Born Clarksville, Tennessee

USS TROUT (SS-202)

Robert Luther Hughes, Winchester, Tennessee

USS GRAMPUS (SS-207)

Richard Ernest Corum, Jonesboro, Tennessee

USS GRAYBACK (SS-208)

Milton Lawrence Francis, Memphis, Tennessee

John Anderson Moore, Memphis, Tennessee

USS GRAYLING (SS-209)

Curtis Devault Clark, Erwin, Tennessee

Joseph Kirby Harper, Lenoir City, Tennessee

Woodrow Wilson Kelley, Dickson, Tennessee *

Donald Lewis Keplinger, Erwin, Tennessee *

USS GUDGEON (SS-211)

Howard Owen Garrett, Mount Juliet, Tennessee

Earle Anderson Webster, Jr., Born Knoxville, Tennessee

Wesley Willard Worthington, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee

USS GROWLER (SS-215)

Walter Madden Gregory, Nashville, Tennessee

John Hobert Maddux, Cleveland, Tennessee *

USS GRUNION (SS-216)

Samuel Artist Templeton, Goodlettsville, Tennessee

USS ALBACORE (SS-218)

Joe Lewis Spratt, Wolf Creek, Tennessee

USS AMBERJACK (SS-219)

Arthur Castles Beeman, Born Memphis, Tennessee

USS BONEFISH (SS-223)

Lawrence Maxon Amburgey, Athens, Tennessee

USS CORVINA (SS-226)

William Robert Busch, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

William Peet Hemphill, Jr., Chattanooga, Tennessee

James Doran Smith, Rockwood, Tennessee

USS TRIGGER (SS-237)

Andrew Jordan Carter, Born Memphis, Tennessee

USS WAHOO (SS-238)

Olin Jacobs, Elizabethton, Tennessee

Kindred Bernelle Johnson, Harriman, Tennessee

USS FLIER (SS-250)

Edgar Walker Hudson, Nashville, Tennessee

USS HARDER (SS-257)

Thomas Wooldridge Buckner, Nashville, Tennessee *

USS USS JACK (SS-259)

Frank Mourfield “Gunner” Lynes, Chattanooga, Tennessee

USS ROBALO (SS-273)

Jack Akers Hurst, Nashville, Tennessee

Charles Alfred Root, Born Harriman, Tennessee

USS RUNNER (SS-275)

Delmont Norman Pace, Born Chattanooga, Tennessee

USS SCORPION (SS-278)

Hollis Fields Bell, Oneida, Tennessee

Paul Judson Miller, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee

Reginald Marbury Raymond, Sewanee, Tennessee

USS SNOOK (SS-279)

Clarence Foster “Pete” Edmunds, Knoxville, Tennessee

USS TULLIBEE (SS-284)

Powell Tilman “PT” Saterfield, Chattanooga, Tennessee

George Clemont Wallis, Jackson, Tennessee

USS CAPELIN (SS-289)

Foster Thomas Callahan, Nashville, Tennessee

Earl Cheatham, Knoxville, Tennessee

Claude William Roberts, Knoxville, Tennessee

USS TANG (SS-306)

William Edwin Dorsey, Born Chattanooga, Tennessee

James Lester Roberts, Lexington, Tennessee

Paul Benton Vaughn, Jr., Lenoir City, Tennessee

USS SHARK (SS-314)

Clarence Vernon Kibbons, Born Paris, Tennessee *

Henry Roy Black, Johnson City, Tennessee

USS BARBEL (SS-316)

Edmund Bixby Kneisel, Kingsport, Tennessee

Ernest Lynn Ross, Chattanooga, Tennessee

USS BULLHEAD (SS-332)

William Francis Greaves, Memphis, Tennessee *

USS GOLET (SS-361)

George Donald Hendley, Born Sewanee, Tennessee

USS KETE (SS-369)

Elmer Ellsworth Gwinn, Jr., Born Nashville, Tennessee

USS GRAYBACK (SS-574)

Rodney Lee Fitz, Hixson, Tennessee

USS SCORPION (SSN-589)

Virgil Alexander Wright, III, Nashville, Tennessee

USS THRESHER (SSN-593)

Pat Mehaffy Garner, Memphis, Tennessee

Frank John Malinski, Memphis, Tennessee

USS DACE (SSN-607)

Ike Lankford McClure, Paris, Tennessee *

USS NEBRASKA (SSBN-739)

William Gerald Mack, Pittsburg, Tennessee

End Of List

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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)

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