A beautiful little park for fishing in the river and picnicking.
Saw quite a bit of wildlife from fishies to duckies. This cache
should not stump you, its quite an easy find. Take a moment to soak
in the scenery, though. I’m thinking this will be very pretty in
the fall! Camouflaged Ammo can with trinkets and log. Enjoy!
<<P align=center>Lagarto: A lizard fish.
Keel laid: 12 January 1944
Launched 28 May 1944 Commissioned 14 October
1944; Cdr. Frank D. Latta in command
LAGARTO contacted USS BAYA (SS-318), already
patrolling in Siam Gulf on 2 May 1945, and exchanged calls with her
by SJ radar. Later that day BAYA sent LAGARTO a
contact report on a convoy she had contacted consisting of one
tanker, one auxiliary and two destroyers. LAGARTO soon
reported being in contact with the convoy, and began coming in for
an attack with BAYA. However, the enemy escorts were
equipped with 10 cm radar, and detected BAYA and drove her
off with gunfire, whereupon the two submarines decided to wait and
plan a subsequent attack.
Early on the morning of 3 May 1945, LAGARTO and
BAYA made a rendezvous at about 7!-55'N;102!-18'E and
discussed plans. LAGARTO was to dive on the convoy's tack to
make a contact at 1400, while BAYA was to be ten to fifteen
miles further along the trank. During the day, numerous contact
reports were exchanged. At 0010 on 4 May after a prolonged but
unsuccessful attack, BAYA was finally driven off by the
alert escorts, and no further contact of any kind was ever made
with LAGARTO.
Japanese information available now records an attack on a U.S.
submarine made by the minelayer HATSUTAKA, believed to be
one of the two radar-equipped escorts of the convoy attacked. The
attack was made at 7!-55'N;102!E in about 30 fathoms of water, and
in view of the information presented above, the attack here
described must be presumed to be the one which sank
LAGARTO.
This vessel's first patrol was in the Nansei Shoto chain as part
of an antipicket boat sweep made by submarines to aid Admiral
Halsey's Task Force 38 in getting carrier planes to Japan
undetected. She sank the Japanese submarine I-371 on 24 February
1945, and participated in several surface gun attacks with USS
HADDOCK II (SS-231) and USS SENNET (SS-408). Two small
vessels were sunk and two more damaged in these attacks, and
LAGARTO shared credit for the results with these submarines.
Cdr. Latta had previously made seven patrols as Commanding Officer
of USS NARWHAL II (SS-167). Every patrol made by this
officer was designated successful for the award of combat insignia,
a record surpassed by no commanding officer in the Submarine
Force.
Made 1 war patrol. Sank Japanese submarine
RO-49.
Shipmates on Eternal Patrol in USS LAGARTO
(SS-371):
Harold D. Andrews, TMC / Charles Anker, MoMMC / Frederick L.
Auchard, LTjg / Charles H. Bjornson, F1 / Charles W. Breithaupt,
Jr., YN2 / Wardour L. Britain, RMC / Aaron Brock, S2 / Clark R.
Byrer, F1 / William E. Carleton, RM1 / Lloyd F. Cathey, MoMM3 /
Sylvester G. Catozzi, QM3 / George E. Clouse, TM2 / Caldwell T.
Cook, MoMM1 / John E. Davis, Jr., TM2 / Leslie M. Doud, RM2 / Alvin
H. Enns, TM3 / Richard L. Fisher, MoMM1 / John J. Franze, S1 /
Oakley R. Frasch, MoMM1 / James N. Gerlach, F1 / Richard F. Grace,
F2 / William Graves, QM1 / Dennis J. Gray, EM2 / Robert Green, SM2
/ Richard L. Gregorick, EM1 / James P. Gregory, S2 / Glen E.
Halstead, RM3 / Thomas Hardegree, MoMM1 / George C. Harrington,
MoMM3 / Thomas J. Harrington, MoMM2 / James B. Harris, S1 / James
C. Harrison, MoMM3 / Walter E. Hinken, TM3 / William F. Honaker,
EM3 / Lloyd G. Irving, LT / Hezekiah, Jefferson, S1 / Jesse Jobe,
EMC / Fred Johnson, S1 / John R. Johnson, EMC / William H. Jordan,
Jr., S1 / A.H. Keeney, Jr., LT / Philip M. Kimball, RT1 / Albert
Kirtley, SM1 / John W. Kneidl, MoMM2 / Frank D. Latta, CDR (CO) /
Noah B. Lee, Jr., S1 / Robert J. Lewis, MoMM2 / Louis J. Lynch, F1
/ William T. Mabin, SM1 / Joy M. Marriott, Jr., S1 / James H.
McDonald, SC2 / Justin M. McGee, TM2 / William H. Mendenhall, LT
(XO) / Willis L. Moore, F1 / William G. Moss, S1 / Lloyd R. O'Hara,
RT2 / Howard E. Ortega, F1 / Dick M. Paper, S1 / Joseph S. Pash,
LTjg / Robert R. Patterson, RM3 / Robert C. Perry, EM3 / John W.
Peterson, TM3 / Robert F. Peterson, QM3 / Walter B. Phelps, LTjg /
Harry R. Plushnik, F1 / Gerald A. Price, MoMMC / Morris D. Reeves,
EM2/ Raymond E. Reichert, F1 / Eugene T. Robison, BM1 / John H.
Root, MoMM1 / Roy T. Ruble, LT / Walter J. Rutledge, S1 / Wesley C.
Shackelford, SM2 / Ralph E. Simmerman, TM2 / Robert B. Spalding,
PhMC / John E. Stehn, GM2 / Doandl G. Stiegler, EM2 / Ulysses M.
St. John, Jr., EM3 / Floyd Tait, MoMM2 / Harold A. Todd, Jr., LTjg
/ Frank D. Turner, GMC / Arthur M. Wade, S1 / William C. Warnick,
S1 / Max M. Wicklander, MoMM2 / John L. Williams, S1 .... Sailors,
Rest Your Oars! Awarded one battle star for
Service