Corvina (SS 226)

[ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]

Venturing into enemy waters for her first time, Corvina (Cdr. R.S. Rooney) departed from Pearl Harbor on 4 November 1943. After topping off with fuel at Johnston Island she proceeded to an area south of Truk, there to attack enemy naval forces during our surface operations in the Gilbert Islands. She was to patrol as close to Truk as enemy antisubmarine measures would permit. On 14 December, she was to pass to command of Commander Task Force Seventy-Two and proceed to an eastern Australian port for refit and duty in SubSoWestPac.

R.S. Rooney

When the major surface force operations in the Gilberts were finished, Corvina was directed by dispatch on 30 November to pass to command of Commander Task Force Seventy-Two on 2 December 1943. The message was repeated three times on each of two successive nights, and an acknowledgment was directed, but none was received. Because of the difficulty being experienced as a result of Japanese interference, Corvina was considered to have passed to Commander Task Force Seventy-Two, despite her failure to acknowledge. She was directed to proceed to Tulagi and rendezvous with a surface escort, but she did not appear. Again transmissions directing answer were repeatedly sent, but were not fruitful. Since she had not appeared or been heard from since her departure from Johnston Island on 6 November, Corvina was reported as presumed lost on 23 December 1943.

Enemy records indicate that Corvina met her doom on 16 November 1943, by enemy action. An enemy submarine reported having sighted a surfaced submarine in Latitude 5°-50'N, Longitude 151°-10'E, and torpedoed her. Three torpedoes were fired and two were reported to have hit, causing "a great explosion sound."

9 May 1943 at Groton--Corvina down the ways

U.S.S. Corvina (SS-226) Name Rate   Name Rate Allison, Defoie Asher, Josephus M. Atwood, J.D. Baran, Stephen Beaudette, Lloyd W. Britt, Harold N. Brooks, Russell A. Busby, Marvin J. Busch, William R. Chewning, William M. Clark, James G., Jr. Curtiss, Glenn R. Dalton, Elwood A. Daugherty, George W., Jr. Ek, James R. Emerick, John W. Ennis, Robert E., Jr. Fahey, James M. Finske, Robert W. Fiorot, Enrico B. Floyd, Richard L. Foster, Ernest L. Foster, Norman B. Gabel, George F. Ghent, Charles C., Jr. Green, Delbert L., Jr. Grisham, Sidney E. Hale, Bill D. Hall, Donald K. Halpin, Joseph E. Hasty, Alfred W. Havrilecz, Michael Hazel, Leon P. Hemphill, William P., Jr. Hotz, Frank D. Jackson, Eddie Jones, Ernest E. Jordan, Charles F., Jr. Lense, Leonard N. Lloyd, Robert D. Loken, Wallace E. QM3 F1 ENS S1 CQM F2 StM2 QM2 FC3 LT SC2 F1 SC1 S2 S2 EM1 MM1 F2 RM3 TM3 S1 CMoMM RM3 EM3 MoMM1 CRM CTM CMoMM MoMM2 EM3 S1 MoMM1 S1 RM1 SM2 Ck2 F1 SM2 ENS TM2 MoMM2     Madison, Gordon O. Maier, Marvin L. Maloney, Thomas J. Manning, James R. Mautner, Matthew McHolland, Forrest O. Meizlik, Marvin H. Micha, Max F. Miller, Virgil A. Murphy, Daniel F., Jr. Nesbitt, Harvey L. Ocumpaugh, Edmond IV Oliver, Paul C. Osburn, Randall W. Pitarys, Soterios J. Reardon, Robert J. Redman, John L. Roak, James B. Robb, Arthur F. Roberts, Maxwell H. Rooney, Roderick S. Rosta, John Ryder, Earl M. Schladensky, Paul Schless, Leon L. Schuldt, Gale M. Simunaci, Francis W. Slagle, William R. Sloan, David K., Jr. Smith, Boyd F. Smith, John D. St. Aubin, Roger J. Sumners, Roy E. Thoben, Francis A. Thomas, James L. Toms, Theodore Trojan, Carl A. Wade, Lawrence R., Jr. Williams, Bernard E. Wood, Erwin E. MoMM2 F2 TM3 S1 PhM1 MoMM2 GM3 MoMM1 EM1 S2 EM1 LT TM3 EM3 Cox F3 F1 LT TM1 Y1 CDR-CO TM3 RM2 EM3 EM1 S1 MoMM1 S2 LT-XO CEM LTJG GM2 TM1 SC3 RM3 MoMM1 TM2 F1 MoMM2 CEM

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