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The following information was posted on
Ron Martini's SUBMARINE BBS
by Ron Smith on December 07, 1997
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz said:
"We shall never forget that it was our Submarines that
held the lines against the enemy while our fleets
replaced losses and repaired wounds." 
Have you ever wondered what submarines he was talking about?
Here they are:
December 7th 1941
"THE GLORIOUS FIFTY-FOUR"
Pearl Harbor Boats
Cavite Boats
Argonaut SS-167 
~~Narwhal SS-167
Nautilus SS-168
~~Dolphin SS-169 
~~Cachalot SS-171
Cuttlefish SS-171
Plunger SS-179
Pollack SS-180
Pompano SS-181**
Tambor SS-198
~~Tautog SS-199
Thresher SS-200
Triton SS-201**
Trout SS-202**
Tuna SS-203
Gar SS-206
Grampus SS-207**
Grayback SS-208**
Grayling SS-209**
Grenadier SS-210**
Gudgeon SS-211**
Grouper SS-214
Growler SS-215**
Flying Fish SS-229
S-36 SS-140**
S-37 SS-142
S-38 SS-143
S-39 SS-144**
S-40 SS-145
Porpoise SS-172
Pike SS-173
Shark SS-174**
Tarpon SS-175
Perch SS-176**
Pickeral SS-177**
Permit SS-178
Salmon SS-182
Seal SS-183
Skipjack SS-184
Stingray SS-186
Sturgeon SS-187
Sargo SS-188
Saury SS-189
Spearfish SS-190
Sculpin SS-191**
Sailfish SS-192
Swordfish SS-193**
Seadragon SS-194
Sealion SS-195**
Searaven SS-196
Seawolf SS-197**
 

 
 
 
 

~~ THE FOUR SUBMARINES THAT WERE AT PEARL HARBOR DURING THE ATTACK

Information via the USS BOWFIN Submarine Museum
Note:  The http://www.bowfin.org website works best displayed
in Microsoft Explorer browser or in FIREFOIX
 
En-route December 1941:
Gato SS-212
Drum SS-228 
**Denotes lost.
Sealion lost at dock by air raid Dec.8.
Salmon SS-182 and Seal SS-183 were later retired from combat because of enemy damage that could not be repaired.
 
Silversides SS-236 was commissioned at Mare Island on 15 Dec. 1941 
These boats were the nucleus for our successful submarine war against Japan. They learned how to wage submarine war and furnished the seeds for the development of newer boats and crews that won the war. 
Ron Smith TMM2/C SS  
WWII Crewmember USS Seal SS-183
Sources:
U.S. Submarines by Jim Christley 
Nimitz a biography by Potter,
Naval Institute Press, U.S. Submarine Losses in World War II.
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