USS R-12 (SS-89)Lost June 12, 1943
LT A. G. D. Almeida EM3 General William Bacon F2 Robert Burton Bronson SM1 James Joseph Buckley ENS Frederick Edward Cashell SMC Howard Livingston Clayton LT J. L. DeMoura F1 Raymond Francis Flisher S2 Lenard Earl Garbulsky GM1 Frederick Patrick, Jr. Graziani EM3 Joseph Cyril, Jr. Hall RMC Elmer Larry, Jr. Harman LTjg James Ulysses Horton TM1 Joseph Stephen Horvath S2 Howard Herbert Knapp MoMMC Everett Samuel Krigbaum MoMM2 Leland Van, Jr. Kymer S1 Charles Buddy LeVan (AKA Le Van, Charles Buddy) TM3 Henry Peter Lobeck TM3 Curtis Virgle Mathis EM1 Paul Ralph McKibben MM1 Joseph Moncada F2 Albert Jackson Mullis S2 George William Ness S2 Paul Louis Noonan EM3 John Henry Rabbitt MM2 Edward John Rafferty F1 Lyle Edmund Schnake F2 Craig R. Scott RM2 Howard Russell Secor F3 Harry Henry Shellenberger S2 Granby Solomon Smith LT (XO) Roger Norton Starks RM3 Donald Charles Sullivan S2 Rudolph Albert, Jr. Thompson LT(jg) James Donald Unger MoMM2 Ernest William Vincent MoMM1 Norman William Walker MoMM2 Edwin Francis Walsh SC3 Kenneth John Wheeler STM2 Willie Daniel Young F3 George Arthur Zimmerman Shortly after noon on 12 June 1943 while underway to conduct a torpedo practice approach, R-12 sounded her last diving alarm. As she completed preparations to dive the forward battery compartment began to flood. The collision alarm was sounded. Orders were given to blow main ballast and close the hatches. But the sea was faster. In about 15 seconds R-12 sank, taking her 42 officers and men, including two Brazilian observers. R-12 was officially struck from the Navy list 6 July 1943. One location given as 24° 24'30"N 81° 28'30"W In 2011 a dive team has reported locating and photographing the wreck. The wreck reportedly lies in 600 feet of water off Key West.
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