The Lost 52 Project is a private organization founded by Tim Taylor to do research on the 52 US Navy submarines lost on patrol during the Second World War, performing discovery, exploration, and underwater archeology where possible.[1][2]

Found, so far:[3][4]

Submarines Date lost Circumstances of loss Date found
USS Stickleback May 29, 1958 Sank after collision with USS Silverstein during training near Hawaii August 2019
USS Grayback February 27, 1944 Sunk by aerial bomb from Japanese "Kate" torpedo bomber in the East China Sea November 10, 2019
USS Robalo July 26, 1944 Presumed to have struck a Japanese mine near Palawan Island May 2019
USS Grunion July 30, 1944 Sank after torpedo and dive plane malfunction near Kiska Island August 2006 & 2018
USS S-35 April 4, 1946 Used as a target ship and sunk by torpedo fire August 4, 2020
USS S-28 July 4th 1944 Sank under unknown circumstances near Oahu September 20, 2017
USS S-26 January 24, 1942 Sank after collision with Sub chaser PC-460 in the Gulf of Panama September 2014
USS R-12 June 12, 1943 Sank due to flooding from unknown causes in forward battery compartment near Key West ~May 25, 2011
USS Flier August 12, 1944 Struck a mine and sunk in the Balabac Strait February 1, 2009
USS Perch March 3, 1942 Depth charged on March 1, partially repaired, then scuttled after being fired upon on the surface to prevent falling into enemy hands near Surabaya Japan November 23, 2006
USS Wahoo October 11, 1943 Sunk after combined aerial bombing and surface depth charging in the Soya Strait October 31, 2006
USS Lagarto May 4, 1945 Depth charged by Japanese escort ships while attacking a convoy in the gulf of Thailand May 2005

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 April 12, 1944 Struck by kamikaze plane and Japanese flying suicide bomb during the Battle of Okinawa December 2022

    References

    1. ↑ Lost 52 Project
    2. ↑ United States Submarine Losses
    3. ↑ US Navy validates final resting place of WWII submarine S-28.
    4. ↑ "7th WWII Submarine Discovered by Explorer Tim Taylor's "Lost 52 Project"". PR Newswire. Cision. August 4, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
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