Dorado SS (248)
Dedicated to the Crew of the Submarine SS Dorado
In Honor of one of 52 Submarines on Eternal Patrol
[Honor Roll of Lost Crew Members]
The United States Submarine Veterans organization of WWII was founded in 1955 and federally chartered in 1981. The chapter representing each state of the [U]nion has been entrusted to memorialize the men of one of the fifty two submarines lost during WWII. California and New York were each responsible for two submarines.
Submarines made up less than 2% of the US Naval Forces, yet they destroyed 50% of the Japanese shipping and more than 30% of the warships in the Japanese Navy. The SS 248 Dorado was on her way to the Pacific by way of the Panama Canal for her first patrol when it is believed that she was hit by aerial depth charges from friendly forces and sank off the East Coast.
May this memorial serve to honor and perpetuate the memory of the submariners who lost their lives during World War II.
Dedicated October 1996
Courtesy hmdb.org
