a 501(c)3 Ocean Outreach Project
Honoring the men their memory and their mission
- Alberto Gonçalves Rosauro de Almeida
- General William Bacon
- Robert Burton Bronson
- James Joseph Buckley
- Fredrick Edward Cashell
- Howard Livingston Clayton
- Raymond Francis Flisher
- Lenard Earl Garbulsky
- Frederick Patrick Graziani, Jr.
- Joseph Cyril Hall, Jr.
- Elmer Larry Harman, Jr.
- James Ulysses Horton
- Joseph Stephen Horvath
- Howard Herbert Knapp
- Everett Samuel Krigbaum
- Leland Van Kymer, Jr.
- Charles Buddy LeVan
- Henry Peter Lobeck
- Curtis Virgle Mathis
- Paul Ralph McKibben
- Joseph Moncada
- Julio Lima de Moura
- Albert Jackson Mullis
- George William Ness
- Paul Louis Noonan
- John Henry Rabbitt
- Edward John Rafferty
- Lyle Edmund Schnake
- Craig R. Scott
- Howard Russell Secor
- Harry Henry Shellenberger
- Granby Solomon Smith
- Roger Norton Starks
- Donald Charles Sullivan
- Rudolph Albert Thompson, Jr.
- James Donald Unger
- Ernest William Vincent
- Norman William Walker
- Edwin Francis Walsh
- Kenneth John Wheeler
- Willie Daniel Young
- George Arthur Zimmerman
The Crew of the R-12 consist of forty two entombed sailors who lost their lives when the R-12 sank on June 12, 1943. Five survived the sinking floating for five hours before being rescued and eighteen survived were ashore the day of the sinking.
- Robert Niel England
- Joe Lawrence Cross
- Eric Preston Bailey
- Robert Bird Balfe
- Percy Edward Barnett
- Claude Alphonse Boucher
- Daniel Enoch Davis
- Robert Durrenberger
- William Wilfred Mayer
- Glenn Harding Niles
- Leif Ovenson
- Jack Edward Pinkley
- Adolph John Schnee
- Ernest Edward Schwartz
- John Joseph Sullivan
- Franklin Augustus Van Leuven
- James Henry Wood
- Frank Joseph Zions
- Charles W. Mazalan
- Edward Ellis Shelby, Commanding Officer
- William D. Whetstone, LTJG
- John Kapral
- Edward Felix Zielinski
- Sydney Herbert Pool
Survived Sinking
Survived Ashore
Fourty-two Entombed
USS R-12 Crew
