USS Grampus: Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

Name	USS Grampus	Wikidata label
Ship type	submarine	Wikidata P31 instance of
Nationality / flag	United States	Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country
Operator	United States Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War II	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	North Pacific Ocean	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Position	4.8667, 151.3333	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

USS Grampus (SS-207) was the eighth Tambor-class submarine to be commissioned in the United States Navy in the years leading up to the country's December 1941 entry into World War II. She was the sixth ship of the -United States Navy (USN) to be named for Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's dolphin, a member of the dolphin family Delphinidae. Her World War II service was in the Pacific Ocean. She completed five war patrols in the following 14 months, and is credited with sinking over 45,000 tons of Japanese merchant shipping and warships. She was declared lost with all hands in March 1943; of the 12 Tambor-class submarines, only five survived the war. She received three battle stars for her World War II service.

Location

Recorded position: 4.8667, 151.3333 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: North Pacific Ocean

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OpenStreetMap

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