MOTOR MACHINISTS MATE
SECOND CLASS PETTY OFFICER ONBOARD USS SCULPIN (SS 191). KILLED IN
ACTION ON 19 NOVEMBER 1943 IN THE CAROLINE ISLANDS. DECORATIONS:
PURPLE HEART. USS SCULPIN LEFT PEARL HARBOR ON 5 NOVEMBER 1943 UNDER
THE COMMAND OF COMMANDER FRED CONNAWAY. AFTER TOPPING OFF WITH FUEL,
SCULPIN LEFT JOHNSTON ISLAND ON 7 NOVEMBER 1943 TO CONDUCT HER NINTH
WAR PATROL IN AN AREA IN THE CAROLINE ISLANDS. SCULPIN MADE RADAR
CONTACT WITH A LARGE, HIGH-SPEED CONVOY ON THE NIGHT OF 18 NOVEMBER
1943. IN THE SURFACE AND SUBMERGED BATTLE WITH A JAPANESE DESTROYER
THAT FOLLOWED ON 19 NOVEMBER 1943 SCULPIN SUFFERED HEAVY DAMAGE AND
WAS SCUTTLED. 12 MEN WENT DOWN WITH THE BOAT. FORTY-TWO MEN WERE
RESCUED. A TOTAL OF 62 MEN DIED.
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