USS GOLET SS 361

USS GOLET SS 361 Balao Class

June 14, 1944. Sunk by enemy surface craft. 82 men lost.

From: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

Golet
A trout of the scientific name Salvelinus malma, fish family Salmonidae; voracious, feeding mostly on other fishes when adult.

(SS-31: dp. 1,526; l. 311'9"; b. 27'3"; dr. 15'3"; s. 20.25 k. (surf.), 8:75 k. (submerged); cpl. 80; a. 1 3", 2 .30 cal. mg. 10 21" tt.; cl. Balao)

The Manitowoc-built Golet left Midway on May 28, 1944, on her second war patrol. She was ordered to patrol northern Japan off Honshu. She was never heard from again. Golet had been scheduled to return to Midway around July 12 - 13. On July 26, she was presumed lost.

Post war Japanese records revealed that Golet was the probable victim of a Japanese antisubmarine attack made on June 14, 1944. These records mention that the attack brought up corks, rafts, and other debris and a heavy pool of oil, all evidence of the sinking of a submarine. Eighty-two gallant men of the Navy's "Silent Service" perished with Golet.

Golet did not sink any enemy vessels on her two war patrols.