The Lost 52 Project is a private organization founded by Tim Taylor to do research on the 52 U.S. Navy submarines lost on patrol during the Second World War, performing discovery, exploration, and underwater archeology where possible.
Found, so far:
| Submarines | Date lost | Circumstances of loss | Date found |
|---|---|---|---|
| USS S-36 | 21 January 1942 | Scuttled after striking Taka Bakang reef near Sulawesi | 13 May 2001 |
| USS Lagarto | 4 May 1945 | Depth charged by Japanese escort ships while attacking a convoy in the Gulf of Thailand | May 2005 |
| USS Grunion | 30 July 1942 | Sank after torpedo and dive plane malfunction near Kiska | August 2006 |
| USS Wahoo | 11 October 1943 | Sunk after combined aerial bombing and surface depth charging in the La Pérouse Strait | 31 October 2006 |
| USS Perch | 3 March 1942 | Depth charged on 1 March, partially repaired, then scuttled after being fired upon on the surface to prevent falling into enemy hands near Surabaya | 23 November 2006 |
| USS Flier | 13 August 1944 | Struck a mine and sunk in the Balabac Strait | 1 February 2009 |
| USS R-12 | 12 June 1943 | Sank due to flooding from unknown causes in forward battery compartment near Key West | 25 May 2011 |
| USS S-26 | 24 January 1942 | Sank after collision with Sub chaser PC-460 in the Gulf of Panama | September 2014 |
| USS S-28 | 4 July 1944 | Sank under unknown circumstances near Oahu | 20 September 2017 |
| USS Robalo | 26 July 1944 | Presumed to have struck a Japanese mine near Palawan Island | May 2019 |
| USS Stickleback | 29 May 1958 | Sank after collision with USS Silverstein during training near Hawaii | August 2019 |
| USS Grayback | 27 February 1944 | Sunk by aerial bomb from Japanese B5N torpedo bomber in the East China Sea | 10 November 2019 |
| USS S-35 | 4 April 1946 | Used as a target ship and sunk by torpedo fire | 4 August 2020 |
| USS Harder | 24 August 1944 | Depth charged by Japanese escort ships while attacking them near Dasol Bay | May 2024 |
The organization has not limited itself to discovery of submarines. It has also located other Navy ships:
| Ship | Date Lost | Circumstances of loss | Date found |
|---|---|---|---|
| USS Mannert L. Abele | 12 April 1945 | Struck by kamikaze plane and Japanese flying suicide bomb during the Battle of Okinawa | December 2022 |
References
- Lost 52 Project
- United States Submarine Losses
- US Navy validates final resting place of WWII submarine S-28.
- "7th WWII Submarine Discovered by Explorer Tim Taylor's 'Lost 52 Project'". PR Newswire. Cision. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- "Veteran ocean explorer discovers WWII submarine in South China Sea". NBC News. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
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