USS Bonefish (SS-582)
The following American submarines, submarine tenders, and submarine rescue ships sustained the loss of at least one man after the end World War II. In addition, one submarine on this list (USS Stickleback) did not suffer the loss of any man, but is included because of the loss of the vessel itself. Vessels listed in bold type were lost.
Please note that we have recently updated this page to include hundreds of active-duty submariners that died in accidents, of illness, of suicide, or in other incidents. We are in the process of completing the memorial pages for each of these men - the information below is presently incomplete.
Please view the "Additional Losses - Post-WWII" page for listings of men were lost while serving on vessels that were not sunk.
| Name & Hull Number of Submarine | Total Number of Men Lost | |
| 1 | Alabama (SSBN-731) | 6 (two formerly, all in separate events) |
| 2 | Alaska (SSBN-732) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 3 | Albany (SSN-753) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 4 | Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617) | 6 (in five separate events) |
| 5 | Alexandria (SSN-757) | 1 |
| 6 | Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 7 | Angler (SSK-240) | 3 (in two separate events) |
| 8 | Annapolis (SSN-760) | 1 |
| 9 | Archerfish (AGSS-311) | 1 |
| 10 | Arctic Submarine Laboratory | 1 |
| 11 | Argonaut (SS-476) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 12 | Ashville (SSN-758) | 1 |
| 13 | Atule (SS-403) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 14 | Barb (SSN-596) | 1 |
| 15 | 3 | |
| 16 | Bashaw (SS-241/AGSS-241) | 2 (in separate events; another Bashaw man died during World War II) |
| 17 | Batfish (SSN-681) | 1 |
| 18 | 2 | |
| 19 | Baya (SS-318) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 20 | Becuna (SS-319) | 4 (in two separate events) |
| 21 | Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640) | 1 |
| 22 | Besugo (SS-321) | 1 |
| 23 | Bluegill (SS-242) | 1 |
| 24 | 1 | |
| 25 | Boise (SSN-764) | 1 |
| 26 | 5 (one man lost overboard, one died in an automobile accident, and three died in ship-board fire) | |
| 27 | 1 | |
| 28 | 1 | |
| 29 | Bremerton (SSN-698) | 1 |
| 30 | Buffalo (SSN-715) | 2 (one unverified) |
| 31 | Bugara (SS-331) | 1 |
| 32 | Bushnell (AS-15) (Sub Tender) | 1 |
| 33 | Caiman (SS-323) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 34 | Canopus (AS-34) (Sub Tender) | 3 |
| 35 | Carp (SS-338) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 36 | Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633) | 1 |
| 37 | Cavalla (SSK-244) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 38 | Chanticler (ASR-7) (Sub Rescue Vessel) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 39 | Charlotte (SSN-766) | 1 |
| 40 | Charr (SS-328) | 1 |
| 41 | Cheyenne (SSN-773) | 1 |
| 42 | Chicago (SSN-721) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 43 | Chivo (SS-341) | 3 (in two separate events) |
| 44 | Chopper (SS-342) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 45 | City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 46 | Clamagore (SS-343) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 47 | Cobbler (SS-344) | 1 |
| 48 | Cobia (SS-245) | 1 (another Cobia man died during World War II) |
| 49 |
1 (civilian) |
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| 50 | Cod (SS-224) | 1 (another Cod man died during World War II) |
| 51 | Columbus (SSN-762) | 1 |
| 52 | Conger (SS-477) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 53 | Coporal (SS-346) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 54 | Corsair (SS-435) | 1 |
| 55 | Croaker (SS/SSK-246) | 3 (all in separate events; two other Croaker men died during World War II) |
| 56 | Cusk (SS-348) | 1 |
| 57 | 1 | |
| 58 |
2 (in separate events) |
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| 59 | Dallas (SSN-700) | 1 |
| 60 | Daniel Boone (SSBN-629) | 1 |
| 61 | Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 62 | Darter (SS-576) | 1 |
| 63 | Dentuda (SS-335) | 1 |
| 64 | Devilfish (SS-292) | 1 |
| 65 | Dogfish (SS-350) | 1 |
| 66 | Drum (SS-228) | 1 |
| 67 | Emory S. Land (AS-39) (Sub Tender) | 6 (all in separate events) |
| 68 | Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) | 1 |
| 69 | 3 (civilian shipyard workers) | |
| 70 | 4 (in separate events) | |
| 71 | Florikan (ASR-9) (Sub Rescue Vessel) | 1 |
| 72 | Flounder (SS-251) | 1 |
| 73 | 1 | |
| 74 | Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 75 | Frank Cable (AS-40) Sub Tender) | 11 (in ten separate events) |
| 76 | Fulton (AS-11) (Sub Tender) | 9 (in eight separate events) |
| 77 | George C. Marshall (SSBN-654) | 4 (in three separate events) |
| 78 | George Washington (SSBN-598) | 2 (in separate events, one a civilian who died aboard in an industrial accident) |
| 79 | 2 (in separate events) | |
| 80 | Georgia (SSBN-729) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 81 | 7 (one man died in a ship-board fire, one lost in a SEAL operation, five lost in a diving chamber accident) | |
| 82 | Grayling (SSN-646) | 1 |
| 83 | Grenadier (SS-525) | 1 |
| 84 | 2 (in separate events) | |
| 85 | Groton (SSN-694) | 1 (unverified) |
| 86 | Growler (SSG-577) | 1 |
| 87 | Guardfish (SSN-612) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 88 | Gudgeon (SS-567) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 89 | Gurnard (SSN-662) | 1 |
| 90 | Haddo (SSN-604) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 91 | Hake (SS-256) | 1 |
| 92 | Halfbeak (SS-352) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 93 | Halibut (SSGN-587) | 1 |
| 94 | Hampton (SSN-767) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 95 | Harder (SS-568) | 1 |
| 96 | Hardhead (SS-365) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 97 | Hartford (SSN-768) | 1 |
| 98 | Hawaii (SSN-776) | 1 |
| 99 | Hawkbill (SSN-666) | 1 |
| 100 | Helena (SSN-725) | 1 |
| 101 | Henry Clay (SSBN-625) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 102 | Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655) | 4 (all in separate events) |
| 103 | Holland (AS-32) (Sub Tender) | 5 (all in separate events) |
| 104 | Honolulu (SSN-718) | 1 |
| 105 | Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16) (Sub Tender) | 8 (all in separate events) |
| 106 | Hunley (AS-31) (Sub Tender) | 5 (all in separate events) |
| 107 | Illinois (SSN-786) | 1 |
| 108 | Irex (SS-482) | 1 |
| 109 | Jack (SSN-605) | 4 (all in separate events) |
| 110 | Jallao (SS-368) | 1 |
| 111 | James K. Polk (SSBN-645) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 112 | James Madison (SSBN-627) | 1 |
| 113 | James Monroe (SSBN-622) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 114 | Jefferson City (SSN-759) | 1 |
| 115 | Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 116 | 2 (in separate events) | |
| 117 |
3 (all in separate events) |
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| 118 | John Marshall (SSBN-611) | 1 |
| 119 | Kamehameha (SSBN-642) | 1 |
| 120 | Kentucky (SSBN-737) | 1 |
| 121 | L. Y. Spear (AS-36) (Sub Tender) | 2 |
| 122 | La Jolla (SSN-701) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 123 | Lafayette (SSBN-616) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 124 | Lewis & Clark (SSBN-644) | 5 (in four separate events) |
| 125 | Los Angeles (SSN-688) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 126 | Louisiana (SSBN-743) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 127 | Maine (SSBN-741) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 128 | Maryland (SSBN-738) | 5 (all in separate events) |
| 129 | McKee (AS-41) (Sub Tender) | 1 |
| 130 | Medregal (AGSS-480) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 131 | Menhaden (SS-377) | 2 (unverified) |
| 132 | Michigan (SSBN-727) | 3 (in two separate events) |
| 133 | Minneapolis-St. Paul (SSN-708) | 2 |
| 134 | Mississippi (SSN-782) | 1 |
| 135 | Missouri (SSN-780) | 1 |
| 136 | Nathan Hale (SSBN-623) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 137 | Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) | 3 (including one civilian shipwright, all in separate events) |
| 138 | Nautilus (SSN-571) | 5 (all in separate events) |
| 139 | Nebraska (SSBN-739) | 6 (all in separate events) |
| 140 | Nereus (AS-17) (Sub Tender) | 4 (in three separate events) |
| 141 | Nevada (SSBN-733) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 142 | Newport News (SSN-750) | 4 (in separate events) |
| 143 | Norfolk (SSN-714) | 1 |
| 144 | NR-1 | 1 (civilian scientist) |
| 145 | Odax (SS-484) | 1 |
| 146 | Ohio (SSGN-726) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 147 | Oklahoma City (SSN-723) (formerly) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 148 | Olympia (SSN-717) | 1 |
| 149 | Pasadena (SSN-752) | 3 (in separate events) |
| 150 | Patrick Henry (SSBN-599 | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 151 | Pennsylvania (SSBN-735) | 3 (in separate events) |
| 152 | Perch (SS-176) (formerly) | 1 (post-war loss of WWII submariner) |
153 |
Perch (SSP-313) | 1 (British Commando lost in a raid in the Korean War) |
| 154 | Pickerel (SS-524) | 1 |
| 155 | 2 | |
| 156 | Piper (SS-409) | 1 |
| 157 | Pittsburgh (SSN-720) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 158 | Plunger (SSN-595) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 159 | Pogy (SSN-647) | 1 |
| 160 | Pollack (SSN-603) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 161 |
6 (Five men were killed in a battery explosion and fire aboard the vessel; one man died in separate event) |
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| 162 | Portsmouth (SSN-707) | 1 |
| 163 | Proteus (AS-19) (Sub Tender) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 164 | Providence (SSN-719) | 1 |
| 165 | Puffer (SSN-652) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 166 | Raton (SS-270) | 1 |
| 167 | Redfin (SS-272/AGSS-272) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 168 | Redfish (AGSS-395) | 1 |
| 169 | Remora (SS-487) | 4 (all in separate events) |
| 170 | 1 | |
| 171 | Rhode Island (SSBN-740) | 4 (in separate events) |
| 172 | Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 173 | Roncador (SS-301) | 1 |
| 174 | Ronquil (SS-397) | 1 |
| 175 | Sablefish (SS-303) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 176 | Sailfish (SSR-572) | 1 |
| 177 | Sam Houston (SSBN-609) | 3 (all in separate events, one pre-commissioning) |
| 178 | Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) | 1 |
| 179 | 4 (all in separate events) | |
| 180 | San Juan (SSN-751) | 1 |
| 181 | Sand Lance (SSN-660) (formerly) | 1 |
| 182 | Santa Fe (SSN-763) | 1 |
| 183 | 1 | |
| 184 | Sawfish (SS-276) | 1 |
| 185 | Scamp (SSN-588) | 1 |
| 186 | 99 | |
| 187 | Scranton (SSN-752) | 1 |
| 188 | Sea Cat (SS-399) | 2 |
| 189 | 2 (in separate events) | |
| 190 | Sea Devil (SSN-664) | 1 |
| 191 | Sea Leopard (SS-483) | 1 |
| 192 | Sea Owl (SS-405) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 193 | Sea Poacher (SS-406) | 2 |
| 194 |
3 (in separate events; another Sea Robin man died during World War II) |
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| 195 | Seahorse (SSN-669) | 3 (all in separate events, one unverified) |
| 196 | Sealion (ASSP-315) | 1 |
| 197 | Seawolf (SSN-575) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 198 | Seawolf (SSN-21) | 1 |
| 199 | Segundo (SS-398) | 1 (another Segundo man died during World War II) |
| 200 | Shark (SSN-591) | 1 |
| 201 | Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641) | 1 |
| 202 | Simon Lake (AS-33) (Sub Tender) | 5 (all in separate events) |
| 203 | Sirago (SS-485) | 2 (civilians) |
| 204 | Skate (SSN-578) | 1 |
| 205 | 3 (all in separate events) | |
| 206 | Skylark (ASR-20) (Sub Rescue Vessel) | 1 |
| 207 | Spadefish (SSN-668) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 208 | Sperry (AS-12) (Sub Tender) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 209 | Spikefish (SS-404) | 3 (in two separate events) |
| 210 | Spinax (SS-489) | 1 |
| 211 | Stickleback (SS-415) | 0 (no men lost) |
| 212 | Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 213 | 3 (all in separate events) | |
| 214 | Sunfish (SS-281) | 1 (Reserve Training; two other Sunfish men died during World War II) |
| 215 | Sunfish (SSN-649) | 1 |
| 216 | Swordfish (SSN-579) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 217 | Tang (SS-563) | 2 |
| 218 | 4 (all in separate events, one man unverivied) | |
| 219 | Tench (SS-417) | 3 (in two separate events) |
| 220 | Tennessee (SSBN-734) | 5 (all in separate events) |
| 221 | 2 (in separate events) | |
| 222 | Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 223 | Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 224 | Thornback (SS-418) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 225 | Threadfin (SS-410) | 1 |
| 226 | Thresher (SSN-593) | 130 (one man lost in a separate event) |
| 227 | Tigrone (SS-419) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 228 | Tilefish (SS-307) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 229 | Tinosa (SSN-606) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 230 | Tirante (SS-420) | 1 |
| 231 | Toledo (SSN-769) | 1 |
| 232 | Topeka (SSN-754) | 1 |
| 233 | Torsk (SS-423) | 1 (another Torsk man died during World War II) |
| 234 | Trepang (SSN-674) | 1 |
| 235 | Trigger (SS-564) | 3 (all in separate events) |
| 236 | Triton (SSRN-586) | 1 |
| 237 | Trout (SS-566) | 1 |
| 238 | Trumpetfish (SS-425) | 1 |
| 239 | Trutta (SS-421) | 1 |
| 240 | Tullibee (SSN-597) | 1 |
| 241 | Tusk (SS-426) | 7 (one man lost in a separate event) |
| 242 | ex-U-3008 (former German u-boat) | 1 |
| 243 | Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) | 3 (in two separate events) |
| 244 | Virginia (SSN-774) | 1 |
| 245 | Volador (SS-490) | 1 |
| 246 | Von Steuben (SSBN-632) | 1 |
| 247 | West Virginia (SSBN-736) | 5 (in two separate events) |
| 248 | Will Rogers (SSBN-659) | 2 (in separate events) |
| 249 | Wyoming (SSBN-742) | 4 (all in separate events) |
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3 (all in separate events) |
*Submariners who were lost but whose boats have not yet been verified.
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