Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet USS Sculpin (SS 191) November 19, 1943 - 63 Men Lost En route to Johnston Island, SCULPIN, under Cmdr. Fred Connaway, left Pearl Harbor on 5 November 1943. After topping off with fuel, she left Johnston on 7 November to conduct her ninth patrol in an area in the Caroline Islands. Her mission was to support the action of our surface forces in the ...

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USS Sculpin (SS-191) Memorial Page This page is dedicated to the USS Sculpin (SS-191). A story of her final hours along with the shipmates lost is below. It is through the actions of these and all the other WWII submariners that the Pacific Ocean Campaign was so successful. Keel laid by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH 7 September 1937 Launched 27 July 1938, Sponsored by Mrs. Joseph ...

USS Sculpin SSN 590 This was the last boat I was able to serve on prior to my commissioning as a Chief Warrant Officer. The Sculpin was a good old boat, but it took a lot, and I mean a lot, of work to keep her going. A-gang was always repairing something and sometimes it was with gum and baling wire 'cause you couldn't get parts. But she did her job right up until the end. Coming off the Step , ...