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Casualty Info
Home Town Boston, MA
Last Address Boston, MA
Casualty Date Aug 06, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
USS Bullhead (SS-332) began her third and final patrol on 31 July 1945. The last contact with the boat was on 2 August. Post war Japanese records show that a plane depth charged and presumably sunk an American Submarine on 6 August, the same day the Atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Torpedoman's Mate Third Class Morgan was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 6060225
Submarine war patrols:
USS Sturgeon (SS-187) - 7th through 9th; 11th
USS Tambor (SS-187) - 9th and 10th
USS Bullhead (SS-332) - 3rd
The information contained in this profile was compiled from various internet sources.
USS Sturgeon (SS-187)
Salmon Class Fleet (Diesel) Submarine
Built by: Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California)
Laid Down: 27 Oct 1936
Launched: 15 Mar 1938
Commissioned: 25 Jun 1938
Decommissioned: 15 Nov 1945
Stricken: 30 Mar 1948
Sold: 12 Jun 1948 -- To be broken up for scrap.
