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Casualty Info
Home Town Nashville, TN
Last Address Birmingham, AL
Casualty Date Sep 17, 1943
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 3 (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
After leaving Midway on 20 August 1943 to start her seventh war patrol, USS Pompano (SS-181) was never heard from again. Her orders were to patrol off the east coast of Honshu from about 29 August to sunset of 27 September 1943, and then to return to Pearl Harbor for refit, stopping at Midway enroute for fuel.
When no transmission was received from her, especially just prior to her expected arrival at Midway on 5 October, word was sent from Pearl to keep a sharp lookout for her. By 15 October, all hope was abandoned, and Pompano was reported as presumed lost in enemy waters.
Japanese information available now shows no attack which could conceivably have been on Pompano. On 6 September Pompano was informed by despatch that the area to the north of her own was open. Since that area was considered more productive of sinkings than the one she was in, it is quite possible that she moved into it. Both the one between Honshu and Hokkaido, and the one east of northern Honshu are known to have been mined by the enemy, with the greatest concentration of mines in the northern area. In view of the evidence given, it is considered probable that Pompano met her end by an enemy mine. Operational loss or loss by an unreported attack are alternate possibilities.
LT Lassiter was an engineering officer aboard the USS Pompano. He was listed as missing in action and later declared dead.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 097747
Submarine war patrols: USS Pompano (SS-181) - 2nd through 7th
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