The Lost 52 Project is a private organization founded by Tim Taylor to do research on the 52 US Navy submarines lost on patrol during the Second World War, performing discovery, exploration, and underwater archeology where possible.[1][2]
| Submarines | Date lost | Circumstances of loss | Date found |
|---|---|---|---|
| USS Stickleback | May 29, 1958 | Sank after collision with USS Silverstein during training near Hawaii | August 2019 |
| USS Grayback | February 27, 1944 | Sunk by aerial bomb from Japanese "Kate" torpedo bomber in the East China Sea | November 10, 2019 |
| USS Robalo | July 26, 1944 | Presumed to have struck a Japanese mine near Palawan Island | May 2019 |
| USS Grunion | July 30, 1944 | Sank after torpedo and dive plane malfunction near Kiska Island | August 2006 & 2018 |
| USS S-35 | April 4, 1946 | Used as a target ship and sunk by torpedo fire | August 4, 2020 |
| USS S-28 | July 4th 1944 | Sank under unknown circumstances near Oahu | September 20, 2017 |
| USS S-26 | January 24, 1942 | Sank after collision with Sub chaser PC-460 in the Gulf of Panama | September 2014 |
| USS R-12 | June 12, 1943 | Sank due to flooding from unknown causes in forward battery compartment near Key West | ~May 25, 2011 |
| USS Flier | August 12, 1944 | Struck a mine and sunk in the Balabac Strait | February 1, 2009 |
| USS Perch | March 3, 1942 | Depth charged on March 1, partially repaired, then scuttled after being fired upon on the surface to prevent falling into enemy hands near Surabaya Japan | November 23, 2006 |
| USS Wahoo | October 11, 1943 | Sunk after combined aerial bombing and surface depth charging in the Soya Strait | October 31, 2006 |
| USS Lagarto | May 4, 1945 | Depth charged by Japanese escort ships while attacking a convoy in the gulf of Thailand | May 2005 |
The organization has not limited itself to discovery of submarines. It has also located other Navy ships:
| Ship | Date Lost | Circumstances of loss | Date found |
|---|---|---|---|
| USS Mannert L. Abele | April 12, 1944 | Struck by kamikaze plane and Japanese flying suicide bomb during the Battle of Okinawa | December 2022 |
References edit
- ^ Lost 52 Project
- ^ United States Submarine Losses
- ^ US Navy validates final resting place of WWII submarine S-28.
- ^ "7th WWII Submarine Discovered by Explorer Tim Taylor's "Lost 52 Project"". PR Newswire. Cision. August 4, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
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