U.S.S. GOLET (SS-361) - Seawolf Park - Galveston, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member jhuoni
N 29° 20.044 W 094° 46.741
15R E 327269 N 3246312
This memorial is located between the USS Cavalla and the USS Stewart at the Galveston Naval Museum. A large Compass Rose, 35 foot in diameter, is outlined with the names and information of the 52 submarines lost during World War II.
Waymark Code: WM12807
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member 3l diesel
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U.S.S GOLET
(SS-361)

14 JUNE 1944
ALL HANDS LOST
HONSHU, JAPAN

On Eternal Patrol - The Loss of USS Golet (SS-361)



Golet (SS-361)

Compiled by Paul W. Wittmer and Charles R. Hinman, originally from:
U.S. Submarine Losses World War II, NAVPERS 15,784, 1949 ISSUE

Enroute to her second patrol, GOLET (LCDR J. S. Clark) left Midway on 28 May 1944, for the entire area off the northeast coast of Honshu. No word was heard from her after she departed Midway.

GOLET was scheduled to depart her area on 5 July 1944, and was expected at Midway about 12 or 13 July. On 9 July 1944, she was sent a message which required an acknowledgement, but none came. On 11 July, a sharp lookout was posted at Midway for a submarine coming in without being able to transmit. By 26 July 1944, the ship had not returned, and it was reported as presumed lost.

Japanese records examined after the war disclose an antisubmarine attack on 14 June 1944 at 41° 04'N, 141° 30'E. This attack is considered to explain GOLET's loss, since the report states, "On the spot of fighting we later discovered cork, raft, etc., and a heavy oil pool of 50 by 5,200 meters." GOLET was credited with no sinkings or damage to enemy ships on her first patrol, conducted in the Kuriles, and the area south of Hokkaido and east of Honshu.

The following men were lost while serving on USS Golet (SS-361).

George Robert Barlow
Elwin Charles Barnes
Richard Andrew Barta
Edward Ludwig Bartz
Donald William Beaulieu
Donald Lee Belcher
Carl McCasland Bickham
Edward Richard Blackburn
John Wilson Breunig
John Warren Brown
Joseph Alfred Butor
Allan Harold Carr
James Seerley Clark
William Melvin Coram
Robert Raymond Danko
Walter Dearl Davidson
Clifton Dowey
Vinton Jordan Earle
Willard Archie Edwards
LeRoy Leo Germann
Herbert C. Goetz
George Leonard Gormley
Joseph Frederick Greenhalgh
Stanley Erwin Grumet
Oliver Clark Guest, Jr.
Robert Edward Hanley
Robert Edwin Hardy
Raymond Lavern Harville
George Donald Hendley
Robert Edward Hoffman
Elmer James Hughes
Jack Junior Humble
Robert William Infalt
Clarence Herman Johnson
Walter Maurice Kane, Jr.
John Kolbucar
John Mike Koutsos
Leo Richard Leinwand, Jr.
Cecil Burton Leonard
George James Lewis
Glen Gordon Lockwood
Horace Paul Lytle
Clifford Leroy Martin
William Evorn McCulough, Jr.
Harry Bland McLaughlin, Jr.
Ernest Wade Miller
Gilbert Lee Millhouse
Peter Paul Milus
Solomon Joseph Numair
Michael Parry
Melvin Lars Peterson
George Anthony Pinter
Frank Rudolph Pograis
Robert Charles Reichelt
Arthur Judson Rockwood
Julius Rose
James Guy Rymal
Walter Robert Sadler
Arvale Elvin Schlemmer
Ernest Ferdinand Schramm
Clifford Edward Sederstrand
Eugene Felix Sieracki
Robert Anton Simandl
Donald Bruce Smith, Jr.
George Sterling, Jr.
Arthur Robert Stone
John Clinton Strout, Jr.
William Gene Stull
Jess Elmer Sturdivan
Emil Horace Sutherland
Woodrow Wilson Swartzback
Alfred Horatio Tarr
Roland Norris Thompson
Raymond Beverly Tinker
Alexander Scammel Wadsworth, III
Raymond Robert Walz
John Harris Wesley
Joseph Stanley White
Ernest Edward Whitney, Jr.
Roy Edgar Williams
Walter Joseph Winkle
Homer Don Wright
Property Permission: Private

Access instructions: Parking $6 per vehicle, entrance to museum $13 Adult, $10 Senior, $7 Veteran, $8 Child, Active Duty Free

Access times: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM

Website for Waymark: [Web Link]

Location of waymark:
Seawolf Park
Galveston, TX USA
77550


Commemoration: U.S.S. GOLET (SS-361)

Date of Dedication: Not listed

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