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“On Eternal Patrol - USS Grampus (SS-207)” Eighty Years Ago, Today – (Friday) March 5th, 1943 – In the Pacific, the American submarine USS Grampus (SS-207, Tambor-Class) is on patrol somewhere in vicinity of the New Georgia Islands group on the western side of the Solomon Islands archipelago. Inexplicably, she vanishes without a trace. The most plausible explanation is an attack from the Japanese Navy. A pair of Japanetwrbakese destroyers, the “Minegumo”and the “Murasame” reported an attack near Kolombangara island, which resulted with an oil slick. This could have been the end of Grampus, but both ships were sunk by US Navy cruisers the following day (we’ll cover that tomorrow), leading to a loss of the ships’ logs and records. We’ll never know for sure, as Grampus’ wreck has never been found. Grampus was lost with All Hands. Her entire crew – 71 Officers and Men – remain entombed in her hull on the floor of the Pacific. The Boat, and her men, remain On Eternal Patrol. Today, we offer our deepest reverence to the US Navy Sailors and the USS Grampus who we lost eighty years ago, today. You Are Not Forgotten. 🇺🇲🇺🇲 ** Please Like & Follow "Sandy Hook History" on Facebook & Instagram for more amazing maritime and military histories of the Garden State and New York Harbor as well as a review of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle Of The Atlantic and World War 2** 🇺🇲🇺🇲 Photo: navsource.org #visitmonmouth #newjerseybuzz #thejournalnj #locallivingnj #journeythroughjersey #centraljerseyexists #discovernj #yesnj #newjerseyhistory #newjerseyforyou #sandyhookbeach #sandyhooknj #sandyhookhistory #forthancockhistory #forthancock #ussgrampus #grampus #pacificfleet #pacificwar #pacifictheater #taborclass #americansubmarine #ussubmarine #usnavy #silentservice #eternalpatrol #oneternalpatrol #theyshallnotdietwice #neverforgotten #honorthefallen (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpafDyDg0kb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=