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Lost Boat ( #2 of 5 )
USS Snook (SS-279)
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Lost on April 8,1945 with the loss of 84 officers and men. Snook ranks 10th in total Japanese tonnage sunk and is tied for 9th in the number of ships sunk. She was lost near Hainan Island, possibly sunk by a Japanese submarine.
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Class:
SS 212
Commissioned:
10/24/1942
Launched:
8/15/1942
Builder:
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Length:
307
, Beam:
27
#Officers:
6
, #Enlisted:
54
Fate:
Snook was lost from unknown causes while conducting her 9th war patrol, in the South China Sea and Luzon Strait. 84 men lost.
