John C. Adams, Jr.
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Service # 0-283277
United States Navy
Entered the Service from: District of Columbia
Officially Declared Died: 1-Apr-46
Missing in Action: USS Kete (SS-369)
Awards: Purple Heart
USS Kete (SS-369), a Balao-class submarine,While patrolling west of Tokara Retto on the night of 9 March and 10 March 1945 she surprised an enemy convoy and torpedoed three marus totaling 6881 tons. During the night of 14 March, she attacked a cable-laying ship.
With only three torpedoes remaining, she was ordered to depart the area 20 March, refuel at Midway Island, and proceed to Pearl Harbor for refit. Kete acknowledged these orders 19 March; and, while steaming eastward the following day, she sent in a weather report from a position south of Colnett Strait. She was neither seen nor heard from again. She was scheduled to arrive Midway by 31 March; when repeated attempts to contact her by radio failed she was reported as presumed lost on 16 April. Circumstances surrounding her loss remain a mystery. The cause could have been an operational malfunction, a mine explosion, or enemy action. Kete received one battle star for World War II service.
On April 16, the sub was declared overdue, and eventually it was recorded as "all hands lost."
LtJg John C Adams, Jr was a member of her crew.
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Service # 0-283277
United States Navy
Entered the Service from: District of Columbia
Officially Declared Died: 1-Apr-46
Missing in Action: USS Kete (SS-369)
Awards: Purple Heart
USS Kete (SS-369), a Balao-class submarine,While patrolling west of Tokara Retto on the night of 9 March and 10 March 1945 she surprised an enemy convoy and torpedoed three marus totaling 6881 tons. During the night of 14 March, she attacked a cable-laying ship.
With only three torpedoes remaining, she was ordered to depart the area 20 March, refuel at Midway Island, and proceed to Pearl Harbor for refit. Kete acknowledged these orders 19 March; and, while steaming eastward the following day, she sent in a weather report from a position south of Colnett Strait. She was neither seen nor heard from again. She was scheduled to arrive Midway by 31 March; when repeated attempts to contact her by radio failed she was reported as presumed lost on 16 April. Circumstances surrounding her loss remain a mystery. The cause could have been an operational malfunction, a mine explosion, or enemy action. Kete received one battle star for World War II service.
On April 16, the sub was declared overdue, and eventually it was recorded as "all hands lost."
LtJg John C Adams, Jr was a member of her crew.
John C. Adams, Jr.
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Service # 0-283277
United States Navy
Entered the Service from: District of Columbia
Officially Declared Died: 1-Apr-46
Missing in Action: USS Kete (SS-369)
Awards: Purple Heart
USS Kete (SS-369), a Balao-class submarine,While patrolling west of Tokara Retto on the night of 9 March and 10 March 1945 she surprised an enemy convoy and torpedoed three marus totaling 6881 tons. During the night of 14 March, she attacked a cable-laying ship.
With only three torpedoes remaining, she was ordered to depart the area 20 March, refuel at Midway Island, and proceed to Pearl Harbor for refit. Kete acknowledged these orders 19 March; and, while steaming eastward the following day, she sent in a weather report from a position south of Colnett Strait. She was neither seen nor heard from again. She was scheduled to arrive Midway by 31 March; when repeated attempts to contact her by radio failed she was reported as presumed lost on 16 April. Circumstances surrounding her loss remain a mystery. The cause could have been an operational malfunction, a mine explosion, or enemy action. Kete received one battle star for World War II service.
On April 16, the sub was declared overdue, and eventually it was recorded as "all hands lost."
LtJg John C Adams, Jr was a member of her crew.
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Service # 0-283277
United States Navy
Entered the Service from: District of Columbia
Officially Declared Died: 1-Apr-46
Missing in Action: USS Kete (SS-369)
Awards: Purple Heart
USS Kete (SS-369), a Balao-class submarine,While patrolling west of Tokara Retto on the night of 9 March and 10 March 1945 she surprised an enemy convoy and torpedoed three marus totaling 6881 tons. During the night of 14 March, she attacked a cable-laying ship.
With only three torpedoes remaining, she was ordered to depart the area 20 March, refuel at Midway Island, and proceed to Pearl Harbor for refit. Kete acknowledged these orders 19 March; and, while steaming eastward the following day, she sent in a weather report from a position south of Colnett Strait. She was neither seen nor heard from again. She was scheduled to arrive Midway by 31 March; when repeated attempts to contact her by radio failed she was reported as presumed lost on 16 April. Circumstances surrounding her loss remain a mystery. The cause could have been an operational malfunction, a mine explosion, or enemy action. Kete received one battle star for World War II service.
On April 16, the sub was declared overdue, and eventually it was recorded as "all hands lost."
LtJg John C Adams, Jr was a member of her crew.
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