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Lost Boat ( #1 of 4 )
USS Lagarto (SS-371)
Lost on:
Lost on May 3, 1945 with the loss of 86 men near the Gulf of Siam. On her 2nd war patrol, she is believed to have been lost to a radar equipped minelayer. This minelayer was sunk by the USS Hawkbill (SS-366) 2 weeks later.
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Class:
SS 285
Commissioned:
10/14/1944
Launched:
5/28/1944
Builder:
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co
Length:
312
, Beam:
27
#Officers:
10
, #Enlisted:
71
Fate:
Baya tried to contact Lagarto and she made no reply. Japanese records state that during the night of 3-4 May, mine layer Hatsutaka attacked a U.S. submarine in that location, it is presumed that Lagarto perished in battle with all hands. 86 men lost.
