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USS Lagarto (SS-371)

USS Lagarto (SS-371)

USS Lagarto

USS Lagarto (SS-371) was found in the Gulf of Thailand on May 18, 2005 by
Jamie Macleod and Stewart Oehl of the MV Trident dive boat. The wreck lies
in 280 feet of water.

The U.S. Navy has identified and confirmed the wreck as USS Lagarto. The
families of the crew attended a memorial ceremony at the Wisconsin Maritime
Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on May 6, 2006.

Secrets of the Sub

Submarine Rescues

A critical task performed by the US submarine force during World War II, was the rescuing of downed pilots and air crews; They were so efficient at it, that they rescued 520 US airmen from the Pacific Ocean waters. One of those rescued, went on to become President of the United States.

Rescueing George H. W. Bush

Former US President George H. W. Bush Sr. He was rescued by the USS Finback after being shot down while he was on an air strike mission over Chichi Shima in the Bonin Islands during 2 September 1944.

USS Tang Group Photo

Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Richard H. O'Kane (center), poses with the twenty-two aircrewmen that Tang rescued off Truk during the carrier air raids there on 29 April-1 May 1944. The photograph was taken upon Tang's return to Pearl Harbor from her second war patrol, in May 1944.