USS Grenadier Monument (SS210) - Buffalo, NY
Posted by: stinger503
N 42° 52.688 W 078° 52.874
17T E 673040 N 4749459
Monument to a lost submarine and her crew
Waymark Code: WMVEYN
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2017
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This monument is located in the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Museum in Buffalo, New York. The monument is dedicated to the U.S.S. Genradier. Behind the monument is a submarine torpedo. Beside the monument is a plaque dedicated to all submariners who fought in WWII and can be logged here (
visit link) .
Text:
"USS GRENADIER (SS210)
LOST IN ACTION APRIL 22, 1943
SCUTTLED BY HER CREW DUE TO DAMAGE INFLICTED BY ENEMY AIRCRAFT
ALL CREW MEMBERS WERE CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE
AND IMPRISONED UNTIL WAR'S END
CREWMEN THAT DIED IN P.O.W. CAMP
DOYLE, CHARLES - MOMMI
GUICO, JUSTIANO - MATTI
LINDER, CHARLES - MOMM2
SNYDER, GEORGE - Fl
GEORGE STAUBER A SURVIVOR OF THE GRENADIER
WAS A LOCAL SUB VET CHAPTER MEMBER
DEDICATED IN 2005 BY U.S. SUBMARINE VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II
NIAGARA FRONTIER GRENADIER CHAPTER"