The USS Grunion disappeared in 1942 without a trace. More than 60 years later, the sons of the ship's commander set out to search for the vessel ... and found it!
June 21, 2016| Category: Museum News
July 22, 7PM
at the St. Johnsbury School
John Abele: Search for the USS Grunion
On April 11, 1942 the USS Grunion, a Gato-class submarine, was commissioned into service for the US Navy. By July 30 of that year, the Grunion would make its final communiqué and disappear without a trace. Among the missing was the ship’s commander, Lt. Cmdr. Mannert L Abele.
More than 60 years later his three sons, Bruce, John and Brad, discovered the wreck of the USS Grunion almost a mile below the surface, near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. Join John Abele as he recounts the historical and technological journey of his family’s search for and eventual discovery of the USS Grunion.
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