McCloskey, Thomas Daniel, RM2c

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Final Rate
Radioman 2nd Class
Last NEC
RM-0000-Radioman
Last NEC Group
Radioman
Primary Unit
1944-1944, RM-0000, USS Escolar (SS-294)
Service Years
1941 - 1944
RM-Radioman

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Home State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Year of Birth
1922
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Philadelphia, PA
Last Address
USS Escolar (SS-294)


Petty Officer McCloskey remains entombed within USS Escolar (SS-294)

Casualty Date
Oct 17, 1944
 
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Yellow Sea
Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Tablets of the Missing
Military Service Number
2 438 811

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Last Known Activity:


The Escolar set out on her first war patrol on 18 September 1944. On 30 September she reported attacking a small surface ship. Her last communication was on 17 October 1944. There are no records to indicate she was attacked and it has been presumed that she struck a mine and sunk. Radioman 2nd Class McCloskey was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead on 14 November 1945.

   
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  1944-1944, RM-0000, USS Escolar (SS-294)

RM-Radioman

From Month/Year
June / 1944

To Month/Year
October / 1944

Unit
USS Escolar (SS-294) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class

NEC
RM-0000-Radioman

Base, Station or City
Not Specified

State/Country
Not Specified
 
 
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 USS Escolar (SS-294) Details

USS Escolar (SS-294)
Hull number SS-294


Balao Class Submarine: Laid down, 10 June 1942, at Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, PA.; Launched, 18 April 1943; Commissioned USS Escolar (SS-294), 2 June 1944; Sunk on 1st patrol, depth charged by Japanese Frigate (kaibokan) CD-38 & Patrol Boat 102 (ex-USS Stewart, DD-224) on 19 October 1944, in Yellow Sea, all hands lost; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown).

 

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,526 t., Submerged: 2,424 t.; Length 311' 8"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 15' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10kts; Submerged Endurance, 48 hours at 2kts; Operating Depth Limit, 400 ft; Complement 6 Officers 60 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 5"/25 deck gun, one 40mm gun, two .50 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear with four Fairbanks-Morse main generator diesel engines, 5,400 hp, Fuel Capacity 116,000 gal., four Elliot Motor Co., main motors with 2,740 hp, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

The approximate location of the USS Escolar's sinking.




















The last known picture of the crews.

 

Type
Sub-Surface Vessel
 

Parent Unit
Submarines

Strength
Submarine

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Dec 20, 2018
   
   
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USS Escolar (SS-294)
39 Members Also There at Same Time
USS Escolar (SS-294)

Brabham, Charles Edward, CPO, (1937-1944) RM RM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Campbell, Kenneth Saville, PO1, (1941-1944) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Anders, Donald William, PO3, (1943-1944) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Millican, William John, CDR, (1928-1944) OFF 00X Commander
Farrar, Robert Lee, LT, (1939-1944) OFF 112X Lieutenant
Jeffrey, Losson Verner, LTJG, (1939-1944) OFF 112X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Newton, Raymond Barnard, CPO, (1938-1944) TM TM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Bailey, Lawrence Leland, CPO, (1935-1944) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Clary, John William, CPO, (1938-1944) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Miller, Stanley DeWitt, CPO, (1938-1944) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Pennington, Beryl Loyd, CPO, (1931-1944) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Bender, Joseph James, PO1, (1940-1944) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Tokarchek, Anthony, PO1, (1940-1944) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Brouskie, Frank, PO1, (1939-1944) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Caldwell, William Thomas, PO1, (1934-1944) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Fine, Francis Joseph, PO2, (1940-1944) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Fulton, Delbert Arthur, PO1, (1941-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Lieder, Anthony, PO1, (1939-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
O'Connell, John Aloysius, PO1, (1940-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Wallace, Goodwyn Mansfield, PO1, (1941-1944) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Lyons, William Clarence, PO2, (1942-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Abram, Lloyd Leon, PO2, (1943-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Broecker, Glenn John, PO2, (1943-1944) RT RT-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Cifrodella, Joseph John, PO2, (1940-1944) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Foster, Alvin Buckley, PO2, (1941-1944) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Calabrese, Richard Lawrence, PO3, (1942-1944) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Hahn, Fred Leroy, PO3, (1943-1944) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Johnson, James Gordon, PO3, (1942-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Becker, Frederick Edward, PO3, (1943-1944) QM QM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Coleman, Donald Ellsworth, PO3, (1943-1944) QM QM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Shirah, Robert Ashley, PO3, (1941-1944) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Spoust, Donald, PO3, (1943-1944) Bkr Bkr-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Bonk, Benjamin Wallace, S1c, (1943-1944) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Zumar, Andrew, S1c, (1943-1944) TM TM-0000 Seaman First Class
Bones, Robert Eugene, F1c, (1935-1944) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Smith, Bryant Thomas, F1c, (1943-1944) EM EM-0000 Fireman First Class
Blaha, Frank, LCDR, (1935-1944) OFF Lieutenant Commander
Babb, Thomas M, LT, (1937-1944) OFF Lieutenant
Hill, Claude Julian, LT, (1940-1944) Lieutenant

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