USS Tarpon
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The
American submarine USS Tarpon was built at Electric Boat
Company in Groton and launched in September 1935. She was
the year after commissioned, and under second world war
she operated in the Pacific ocean. She was awarded seven
Battle Stars for her service in the war. She was was
transferred to the reserves in November 1945, but in 1947
she was again put in service as a training boat. In 1956
the career was finnaly over, and she was stricken from the
navy lists. The year after she was taken under tow to be
scrapped, but underway she started to flood and sank
outside Cape Hatteras 26.August 1957. The wreck stands on
her keel on a depth of 38 til 43 meter northeast of Cape
Lookout.
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| 34°45'11.42"N, 75°46'0.16"W ( Source : Monitor National Marine Sanctuary )  Picture: USS Tarpon as P4 in 1937 Official USN photo  Last updated: February 2015 |
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