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ON ETERNAL PATROL

S1 JACK EDWARD KENNEY

And his Shipmates

USS SEAWOLF SS-197

October 3, 1944

KENNEY RESIDENCE 201 N EMILY STREET ANAHEIM CA

Feb 20 1942, East Center Street

Jack’s family home in Anaheim, CaliforniaRegistered in the Draft Board no. 170 at Orange#537 Walter Edward Kenney, was a pump repair

Man for the oil fields of which there were many inHuntington Beach, CA, at this time

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Kudla Koral Kenney baby Karla, husband S1 Jack Edward Kenney and niece Diane Quivey, 204 Flora Street, Santa Ana, CA, February 1944 3

Karoline Koral Kenney with niece Rosalind and husband Jack Edward Kenney, Corona Del Mar, CA4

S1 JACK EDWARD KENNEYSANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA

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S1 Jack Edward Kenney manning the gun 6

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Photo courtesy of Robert Mitchell whose grandfather J. W. Saint died aboard the USS Seawolf during WW II

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1st birthday

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1939 LAUNCH

Photo courtesy of Robert Mitchell whose grandfather J. W. Saint died

aboard the USS Seawolf during WW II12

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Albert Marion Bontier, Commander (Commanding Officer) of

the Seawolf (SS-197), at the time of her loss

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Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the torpedoing of six Japanese vessels

by the Seawolf's (SS-197) "Fearless Freddie" Warder" between February - April 1942

Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) 15

Richard M. Rowell (DE-403) anchored in San Pedro Bay off Samar Island, PI, Sep. 1945, less than one year after sinking the Seawolf (SS-197) by

accident. Location of the sinking.

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The Seawolf's (SS-197) crew firing her aft 20MM AA gun,

8 May 1944 after completing an overhaul at Hunters Point Navy Yard in

San Francisco, CA.

S1 Jack Edward Kenney firing the gun, who died with his shipmates when the submarine was sunk.

1922 - 1944

USN photo # 2820-44

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The following photos are a series of Seawolf (SS-197) submerging (bow view) and they are all dated 8 May 1944. I believe she had just completed overhaul at Hunters

Point Navy Yard in San Francisco and photos were taken during a test dive.The first photo shows her running on the surface.

USN photoS # 2810-44, 28-11 18

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The patrol boat (former Momi class destroyer) HIJMS No.39 (ex - Tade) is shown sinking thorough Seawolf's (SS-197) periscope. She was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine Seawolf on 23 April 1943,

150 m NE off Yonaguni, Okinawa, (23 degrees 45' N, 122 degrees 45' E). USN Photo # 80-G-6728820

Stern view of

the Seawolf (SS-

197) underway off the

Mare Island Navy Yard,

California, 7 March 1943

Official USN photo # NH 99551, from the

collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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Crew astern on the SeawolfMare Island, CaliforniaMarch 7, 1943

Crew off the bow

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Seawolf (SS-197) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 7 March 1943. USN photo # MI-1646-43

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Port side view of the Seawolf (SS-197) underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 7 March 1943.The two large

white objects (one high on the hill aft of the sail and other forward off Seawolf's bow are grounded barrage balloons.26

Seawolf (SS-197) off the Hunters Point Naval Drydocks, San Francisco, California, 9 May 1944, following overhaul. In less than 6 months the boat and all her crew would be K.I.A.

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The Seawolf (SS-197) is

seen off Mare Island on 7

March 1943. USN photo # 1649-43

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The Los Angeles Times

(Los Angeles, California)29 Dec 1944, Fri • Page 4

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Interior view of a Seawolf

Submarine

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EXCERPTS FROM AN OFFICIAL REPORT - 1

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EXCERPTS FROM AN OFFICIAL REPORT - 2

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EXCERPTS FROM AN OFFICIAL REPORT - 3

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EXCERPTS FROM AN OFFICIAL REPORT - 4

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EXCERPTS FROM AN OFFICIAL REPORT - 5

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SEAWOLF SS-197 MEMORABILIA

Battle Flag Patch

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Seawolf (SS 197)

Seawolf (Lieutenant Commander A.M. Bontier) left Brisbane on 21 September

1944 beginning her 15th patrol, and arrived at Manus on 29 September. Leaving

Manus on the same day, Seawolf was directed to carry certain stores and Army

personnel to the east coast of Samar.

On 3 October Seawolf and Narwhal exchanged SJ [Surface search radar for

submarines] radar recognition signals at 0756. Later the same day an enemy

submarine attack was made at 2°-32'N, 129°-18'E, which resulted in the sinking of

U.S.S. Shelton (DE407). Since there were four friendly submarines in the vicinity

of this attack, they were directed to give their positions, and the other three did,

but Seawolf was not heard from. On 4 October, Seawolf again was directed to

report her position, and again she failed to.

U.S.S. Rowell (DE403) and an aircraft attacked a submarine in the vicinity of the

attack on Shelton, having at that time no knowledge of any friendly submarines in

the area, and it was thought that Seawolf must be held down by these

antisubmarine activities. It is possible that Seawolf was the submarine attacked.

The report from Rowell indicates that an apparently lethal attack was conducted in

conjunction with a plane which marked the spot with dye. Rowell established

sound contact on the submarine, which then sent long dashes and dots

whichRowell stated bore no resemblance to the existing recognition signals. After

one of the several hedgehog attacks a small amount of debris and a large air

bubble were seen. It has been established that the Japanese submarine RO-

41 sankShelton on 3 October, and was able to return to Japan.

In view of the above facts, and the fact that there is no attack listed in the

Japanese report of antisubmarine attacks which could account for the loss

of Seawolf, it is possible that Seawolf was sunk by friendly forces in an

antisubmarine attack on 3 October 1944, in the vicinity of 02°-32'N, 129°-18'E.

It is also possible that she was lost due to an operational casualty or as a result of

an unrecorded enemy attack.

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The Sinking of a Japanese shipDown goes Sagami Maru as out goes Seawolf (SS-197), chased by Zeros. Photo

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Sargo Class Submarine: Laid down, 27 September 1938, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 15 August 1939; Commissioned, USS

Seawolf (SS-197), 1 December 1939; Final Disposition, while on 15th patrol, accidentally sunk by depth charge attack from Richard M. Rowell (DE-403),

3 October 1944, off Morotai, with loss of 100 lives; Struck from the Naval Register, 20 January 1945. Seawolf received 13 battle stars for World War II

service.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,400 t., Submerged: 2,350 t.; Length 310' 6" ; Beam 27' 1"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed, Surfaced 20 kts, Submerged 7.75

kts; Complement 5 Officers, 50 Enlisted; Maximum Depth Limit, 250'; Armament, eight 21" torpedo tubes, 24 torpedoes, one 3"/50 deck gun, two .50 cal

machine guns, two .30 cal machine guns; Propulsion, diesel-electric engines, GE diesel engines, HP 5500, Fuel Capacity, 190,000 gals., GE motors, HP

2740, 252 battery cells. twin propellers.

SEAWOLF SHIPMATES IN ETERNAL REST - 1944

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Arnold Frank

Bargenquast

1914-1944

Gerald Edgar

Bekke

1922-1944

Robert Jordan

Bennett

1925-1944

Patrick Kenneth

Bergevin

1925-1944

Dallas Victor

Bolon

1923-1944

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Norman D. Coon

1922-1944

Marion Lee Asa

1919-1922

John Michael Astarita

1924-1944Edward Chapman

1919-1944

Pictured on right

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Lloyd Richard Balch

1914-1944

Francis Arden

Ballard

1916-1944

Jack Bannister

1921-1944

Albert Marion

Bontier

1913-1944

Wilfred Leslie

Cash

1917-1944

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RICHARD LAWRENCE

MILLER

Robert Leon

Cox

1917-1944

James Patrick Cunnally

1912-1944

Robert Floyd

Devitt

1923-1922

Paul Doane

1920-1944

Robert Nelson

Fixler

1925-1944

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Kenneth Judd

Flynn

1921-1944

Peter Franco

1918-1944

James (right) with his brother, Thomas

James Grimes

1901-1944

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William Thomas

Hadley

1921-1944

Charles H.

Hammill

1922-1944

John Gordon

Harris

1924-1944

Robert P.

Herbig

1923-1944

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Alfred Herman

Howard

1922-1944

James Everard

Johnson

1922-1944

Michael Jurinic

1921-1944

Charles Stanley

Krempa

1919-1944

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Alfred Eric

Kuehn

1921-1944

Chester Gelean

Lawson

1914-1944

Merton Hibbard

Leeman, Jr.

1924-1944

Gilbert Roland

Likert

1922-1944

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Carl Dean

Lynch

1920-1944

Dallas Leroy

Malone

1920-1922

George Franklin

Marston, Jr.

1921-1944

Charles Robert

Maus

1924-1944

Walter Glen

“Bud”

McCoy

1914-1944

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Forrest Samuel

Michael

1925-1944

George

Francis

Miller

1918-1944

Ralph Van Dorn

Miller

1918-1944

Richard

Lawrence

Miller

1925-1944

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Clinton Leroy

Nivison

1921-1944

Edward Francis

O’Brien, Jr.

1917-1944

Albert Francis

Page

1921-1944

Elmer Norman

Peterson

1918-1944

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Robert Thomas

Miller

1924-1944

Harold Edward

"Junior"

Mitchell

1925-1944

Edward Lyle

Morris

1922-1944

Joseph Albert

Morris

1924-1944

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Howell Stewart

Kopp

1896-1944

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George Gilbert

Nazay

1923-1944

Donald Joseph

Naze

1919-1944

Wasil Politylo

1919-1944

W. F. Reiland, Jr. (center) before

receiving his commission as

an officer

William Frederick

Reiland, Jr.

1920-1944

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Guy Benjamin

Rhoads

1918-1944

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Mahlon Richard

Riggle

1925-1944

Benjamin Franklin

Rogers

1912-1944

James William

Saint

1918-1944

Gerald Andrew

Steinecker

1923-1944

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George Melvin Needham

1909-1944

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Clarence Elias

Strausser

1923-1944

Edward John

Szendrey

1913-1944

William Hopkins

Underhill

1911-1944

John Van Andel

1914-1944

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SMN VERNON PALMER WALL1922 - 1944

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Vernon Palmer

Wall

1922-1944

Thomas Wilson

Warren

1922-1944

David Bernard

Wyatt

1924-1944

Edward

Andrew Zuel

1922-1944

Robert

Porterfield

Young

1923-1944

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October 3, 1944, the USS Seawolf

(SS-197) was lost at sea. Eighty-three

U.S. Navy submariners and 17 U.S.

Army Alamo Scouts (being

transported to a mission) died. One of

those lost was Chief Motor Machinist’s

Mate Michael Paul Wiegenstein. The

family remembrance was held on the

70th anniversary of the loss of the

Seawolf.

John Brewen, one of Wiegenstein’s

nephews, said in a letter to many of

the other relatives: “The loss of Mike

left a void in our family and a wound

that never healed for our parents and

aunts and uncles. With all of his

siblings gone, it is now up to us, his

nieces and nephews, to remember the

brother our parents and aunts and

uncles loved and the sailor who

served his country. “As the greatest

generation fades, we should

remember the sacrifice made by Mike

and the service of all who served

during World War II.”

Michael Paul Wiegenstein1920-1944

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Naval Reserve I.D. Card for James W. Saint who want down with the Seawolf when she was

depth charged by the USS Rowell. James W. Saint was 6' 2+ inches in height.

Photos from the Family Archive of Robert D. Mitchell of his grandfather James W. Saint.

James Saint

James W. Saint1918-1944

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On 28 December 1944, SEAWOLF was announced overdue from patrol and presumed lost.

She was struck from the Navy list on 20 January 1945.

Ts/SGT Emiliano A. Almero

LT(jg) Marion Lee Asa

S1 John Michael Astarita

EM1 Lloyd Richard Balch

GM2 Francis Arden Ballard

BK3 Jack Bannister

MoMM1 Arnold Frank Bargenquast

F1 William Berndt Beck

RMC Gerald Edgar Bekke

S1 Robert Jordan Bennett

S1 Patrick Kenneth Bergevin

F1 Dallas Victor Bolon

CDR (CO) Albert Marion Bontier

SGT George Batara Bueno

RM1 James Burdell Call

F1 James Purcell Carithers

EM3 Robert Jack Carnegie

MoMM3 Wilfred Leslie Cash

T/5 Amadeo C. Cendania (AKA Cedonia, O. C.)

MoMMC Edward Chapman

RT2 Norman D. Coon

YN1 Chester Mayo Copas

CAPT Howell S. Kopp

MoMM1 Charles Stanley Krempa

QM1 Alfred Eric Kuehn

TM2 Chester Gelean Lawson

S1 Merton Hibbard, Jr. Leeman

BM1 Gilbert Roland Likert

EM2 Carl Dean Lynch

TM2 Dallas Leroy Malone

TM2 George Franklin, Jr. Marston

SM2 Charles Robert Maus

MoMMC Walter Glen "Bud" McCoy

RM3 Forrest Samuel Michael

1st LT George Francis Miller

LT(jg) Ralph Van Dorn Miller

S2 Richard Lawrence Miller

TM2 Robert Thomas Miller

TM2 Lannie Tolbert, Jr. Mills

S2 Harold Edward Mitchell

FC2 Edward Lyle Morris

S1 Joseph Albert Morris

MoMM3 George Gilbert Nazay

TMC Donald Joseph Naze

EM1 George Melvin Needham

EM1 Clinton Leroy Nivison

LCDR Edward Francis, Jr. O'Brien

EM2 Albert Francis Page

MoMM1 Leonard Alton Page

1st SGT George E. Peralta

MoMM1 Elmer Norman Peterson

EM3 Wasil Politylo

SGT Emil L. Pugosa (AKA Pugose, Emil L., Pugase, E. L.)

Pfc Aquilino B. Ramos (AKA Ramos, O. B.)

ENS William Frederick, Jr. Reiland

MoMM1 Guy Benjamin Rhoads

TM2 Mahlon Richard Riggle

Pfc Juan F. Rimando

St2 Saturnino Rocaya

SGT Ireneo R. Rodriguez

RTC (COB) Benjamin Franklin Rogers

CCK Tomas Rosete

T/5 Ruperto R. Ruiz

TM2 John Colby Sadler

MoMM1 James William Saint (AKA W. Saint James)

F1 Gerald Andrew Steinecker

F1 Clarence Elias Strausser

LT(jg) Edward John Szendrey

Cpl Antonino B. Tria (AKA Fria, A. B.)

MoMM2 William Hopkins Underhill

ENS John Van Andel

MoMM1 Vernon Palmer Wall

TM2 Thomas Wilson Warren

MoMMC Michael Paul Wiegenstein

CWO Braynard L. Wise

S1 David Bernard Wyatt

EM3 Robert Porterfield Young

EM2 Edward Andrew Zuel

SC3 Wayne Houston Cotton

LT Robert Leon Cox

MoMM1 James Patrick Cunnally

MoMM2 Robert Floyd Devitt

LT Paul Doane

QM3 John Lewis Ewing

S1 Robert Nelson Fixler

EM1 Kenneth Judd Flynn

S/SGT Alberto C. Francisco (AKA Framisco, A.

C.)

MoMM2 Peter Franco

EM3 Lloyd George

QM2 James Grimes

PhMC William Thomas Hadley

S/SGT Charles H. Hammill

F1 John Gordon Harris

SGT Robert P. Herbig

TM2 Alfred Herman Howard

MoMM2 Roy Edward Huff

S/SGT Artemio I. Ibea

RM2 James Everard Johnson

SC1 Michael Jurinic

S1 Jack Edward Kenney (AKA Kennedy, J. E.)

Memorials

Seawolf received 13 battle stars for World War II service. She ranked fourteenth in

confirmed tonnage sunk (71,609 tons) and tied for seventh in confirmed ships sunk (with

USS Rasher and USS Trigger), according to the JANAC accounting postwar. The

contributions and sacrifices of Seawolf and her crew are officially commemorated in Seawolf Park, located on Pelican Island at Galveston, Texas

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Disgusted with the weather, the USS Seawolf turns southward towards the northern tip of Luzon. The weather continues to get worse and again the

Seawolf is forced to make a surface attack under abyssimal conditions. Later she aborted pursuit of a large Japanese convoy due to the weather, which

endured all the way back to port.

First patrol of the USS Seawolf, SS-197 based out of Manilla. Plagued by dreadful weather, visibility was down to approximately 250 yards due to heavy fog. After shadowing this Japanese merchant for almost 2 days in

hopes of fairer weather, the Seawolf opts for a surface attack.

Surfacing at dusk for some fresh air. The Seawolf had been plagued by aircraft while patrolling off the coast of Singapore.

Video Game design work

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http://www.pigboats.com/subs/197.htmlThe family of James. D. Saint

http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-seawolf-197.htmGoogle Searches

http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08197.htmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWbiFB_OZIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ4KmpdHUVsThe Koral, Kenney & Gabik families

ON ETERNAL PATROLKENNEY, Jack E, SEA1, 8779671, USNR, from California, USS Seawolf, location Netherlands East Indies, missing, date of loss October 3, 1944 (pm) + KENNEY, Jack E, Seaman First Class, 8779671, USN, from

California, Oct-45, Manila American Cemetery (bm)

I put this together for my family and in honor the memory and sacrifice of our Uncle Jack/Father/Grandpa/Great Grandfather - SI Jack Edward Kenney

And all who served aboard. Jack perished with his shipmates onboard the Seawolf SS-196 in 1944

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83113797

Resources:

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Jack Kenney was a beloved family man and an only child. He was born in Kansas to his parents Walter E. and Ruth Moriarity Kenney. He left behind his wife and infant daughter. He would have been very proud to have known that his family was loved again and we celebrate the two of the

most Incredible men our family could ever know. Kudla Koral Kenney married Lt. Col. George Joseph Gabik, who was a Patriot and served our nation proud. George is a Pearl Harbor Survivor, beloved grandfather and great grandfather. We are so proud of both of them.