World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Mannert Lincoln Abele
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Quincy, Massachusetts
Honored By
John Peterson
he assumed command of the USS Grunion (SS-216) at her commissioning April 11, 1942 and took her out of Pearl Harbor June 30 on her first and only war patrol. Grunion steamed to the western Aleutian Islands where from 15 to July 30 she sank two 300-ton patrol boats, heavily damaged a third, and twice escaped enemy depth charge attacks. Because of intensive antisubmarine activity off Kiska Island, she was ordered to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, July 30. She did not arrive and was reported missing and presumed lost August 16. For extraordinary heroism during an aggressive war patrol, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.