USS Tarpon
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USS
Tarpon was a Porpoise-class submarine laid down
at Electric Boat Company in Groton in December 1933. She
was launched in September 1935 and commissioned the year
after. She served in the Pacific during World War Two
and earned herself seven
Battle Stars for her service. She was was transferred to
the Reserve fleet in November 1945, but two years later
she was again put in service, this time as a training
boat. In 1956 her career ended, and she was stricken from
the navy lists. The year after she was taken in tow to be
scrapped, but underway she started to flood and sank
outside Cape Hatteras 26. August 1957. The wreck rest
today 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 P4 in 1937 Courtesy of US Navy, Public domain Last updated: January 2021 |
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