Hull Number: SS-226
Last Captain: CDR Roderick Rooney
Date Lost: 16 November 1943
Location: South of Truk
Fatalities: 82
Cause: Torpedoed
Construction
Corvina was a Gato class submarine completed by the Electric Boat Company at Groton, CT in August of 1943.
Loss Narrative
Corvina departed from Hawaii for her only patrol on 4 November 1943. She stopped to top off fuel at Johnston Island and proceeded to the area south of Truk. She was assigned to support surface operations in the Gilbert Islands. The American boats in the area had been warned of the presence of a Japanese submarine in the area along with other U. S. boats. Caution was the watchword. When that part of the mission was completed, Corvina was to change operational command to the submarine commander at Brisbane, Australia. However, Corvina had not been heard from after leaving Johnston Island.
After the war ended, it was learned that IJN I-176, a submarine, had reported firing a spread of three torpedoes at an American submarine south of Truk on 16 November 1943. Two of the torpedoes hit, causing a great explosion. Corvina was almost certainly the target of I-176. She would be the only American boat to be sunk by a Japanese submarine.
Corvina was lost on her first war patrol and JANAC credited her with no sinkings.
After the war ended, it was learned that IJN I-176, a submarine, had reported firing a spread of three torpedoes at an American submarine south of Truk on 16 November 1943. Two of the torpedoes hit, causing a great explosion. Corvina was almost certainly the target of I-176. She would be the only American boat to be sunk by a Japanese submarine.
Corvina was lost on her first war patrol and JANAC credited her with no sinkings.
Submarine Photo
