Son of Charles W. Adams, of Virdin, Amato County, Illinois. Machinist Mate First Class Adams died as a crewman aboard the USS S-26(SS-131), an American submarine, when it sank after being rammed at night by the American patrol boat USS Sturdy (PC-460), in the Gulf of Panama, with a loss of 46 men and 3 survivors. Leonard's body was not recovered.
U.S. Submarine Losses World War II, NAVPERS 15,784, 1949 ISSUE
USS S-26 (SS-131)
S-26 (Lt. Cdr. E. C. Hawk) was lost at 2223 on 24 January 1942, in the Gulf of Panama about fourteen miles west of San Jose Light in three hundred feet of water. There were three survivors, two officers, one of whom was the Commanding Officer, and one enlisted man. These people were on the bridge at the time of the collision; the fourth person on the bridge, an enlisted man, was lost.
S-26 was proceeding from Balboa, C. Z. to its patrol station in company with S-21, S-29 and S-44 and an escort vessel, PC-460, at the time of the disaster. At 2210 the escort vessel sent a visual message to the submarines that she was leaving the formation and that they could proceed on the duty assigned. S-21 was the only submarine to receive this message. Shortly thereafter PC-460 struck S-26 on the starboard side of the torpedo room and the submarine sank within a few seconds.
PC-460
Salvage operations were started immediately under Captain T. J, Doyle, USN, Commander Submarine Squadron Three and Submarine Base, Coco Solo, Canal Zone, and attempts at rescue were made but without success. The submarine was not raised. She had previously made one war patrol but had inflicted no damage on the enemy.
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Service No. 3370772
Entered the Service from: Illinois
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Father: Mr. Charles W. Adams, 430 West Holden Street; Virden, Illinois. Killed In Action.
***I would like to thank Don J Find A Grave ID 47106048 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jean Louis Vijgen Find A Grave ID 46842900 for adding his photo of Leonard to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Gary Sullivan, San Francisco, CA Find A Grave ID 50622380 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank blazen36 Find A Grave ID 49893165 for adding their photos of USS S-26 to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jack Williams Find A Grave ID 46856865 for updating the rank on this memorial***
U.S. Submarine Losses World War II, NAVPERS 15,784, 1949 ISSUE
USS S-26 (SS-131)
S-26 (Lt. Cdr. E. C. Hawk) was lost at 2223 on 24 January 1942, in the Gulf of Panama about fourteen miles west of San Jose Light in three hundred feet of water. There were three survivors, two officers, one of whom was the Commanding Officer, and one enlisted man. These people were on the bridge at the time of the collision; the fourth person on the bridge, an enlisted man, was lost.
S-26 was proceeding from Balboa, C. Z. to its patrol station in company with S-21, S-29 and S-44 and an escort vessel, PC-460, at the time of the disaster. At 2210 the escort vessel sent a visual message to the submarines that she was leaving the formation and that they could proceed on the duty assigned. S-21 was the only submarine to receive this message. Shortly thereafter PC-460 struck S-26 on the starboard side of the torpedo room and the submarine sank within a few seconds.
PC-460
Salvage operations were started immediately under Captain T. J, Doyle, USN, Commander Submarine Squadron Three and Submarine Base, Coco Solo, Canal Zone, and attempts at rescue were made but without success. The submarine was not raised. She had previously made one war patrol but had inflicted no damage on the enemy.
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Service No. 3370772
Entered the Service from: Illinois
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Father: Mr. Charles W. Adams, 430 West Holden Street; Virden, Illinois. Killed In Action.
***I would like to thank Don J Find A Grave ID 47106048 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jean Louis Vijgen Find A Grave ID 46842900 for adding his photo of Leonard to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Gary Sullivan, San Francisco, CA Find A Grave ID 50622380 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank blazen36 Find A Grave ID 49893165 for adding their photos of USS S-26 to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jack Williams Find A Grave ID 46856865 for updating the rank on this memorial***
Son of Charles W. Adams, of Virdin, Amato County, Illinois. Machinist Mate First Class Adams died as a crewman aboard the USS S-26(SS-131), an American submarine, when it sank after being rammed at night by the American patrol boat USS Sturdy (PC-460), in the Gulf of Panama, with a loss of 46 men and 3 survivors. Leonard's body was not recovered.
U.S. Submarine Losses World War II, NAVPERS 15,784, 1949 ISSUE
USS S-26 (SS-131)
S-26 (Lt. Cdr. E. C. Hawk) was lost at 2223 on 24 January 1942, in the Gulf of Panama about fourteen miles west of San Jose Light in three hundred feet of water. There were three survivors, two officers, one of whom was the Commanding Officer, and one enlisted man. These people were on the bridge at the time of the collision; the fourth person on the bridge, an enlisted man, was lost.
S-26 was proceeding from Balboa, C. Z. to its patrol station in company with S-21, S-29 and S-44 and an escort vessel, PC-460, at the time of the disaster. At 2210 the escort vessel sent a visual message to the submarines that she was leaving the formation and that they could proceed on the duty assigned. S-21 was the only submarine to receive this message. Shortly thereafter PC-460 struck S-26 on the starboard side of the torpedo room and the submarine sank within a few seconds.
PC-460
Salvage operations were started immediately under Captain T. J, Doyle, USN, Commander Submarine Squadron Three and Submarine Base, Coco Solo, Canal Zone, and attempts at rescue were made but without success. The submarine was not raised. She had previously made one war patrol but had inflicted no damage on the enemy.
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Service No. 3370772
Entered the Service from: Illinois
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Father: Mr. Charles W. Adams, 430 West Holden Street; Virden, Illinois. Killed In Action.
***I would like to thank Don J Find A Grave ID 47106048 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jean Louis Vijgen Find A Grave ID 46842900 for adding his photo of Leonard to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Gary Sullivan, San Francisco, CA Find A Grave ID 50622380 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank blazen36 Find A Grave ID 49893165 for adding their photos of USS S-26 to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jack Williams Find A Grave ID 46856865 for updating the rank on this memorial***
U.S. Submarine Losses World War II, NAVPERS 15,784, 1949 ISSUE
USS S-26 (SS-131)
S-26 (Lt. Cdr. E. C. Hawk) was lost at 2223 on 24 January 1942, in the Gulf of Panama about fourteen miles west of San Jose Light in three hundred feet of water. There were three survivors, two officers, one of whom was the Commanding Officer, and one enlisted man. These people were on the bridge at the time of the collision; the fourth person on the bridge, an enlisted man, was lost.
S-26 was proceeding from Balboa, C. Z. to its patrol station in company with S-21, S-29 and S-44 and an escort vessel, PC-460, at the time of the disaster. At 2210 the escort vessel sent a visual message to the submarines that she was leaving the formation and that they could proceed on the duty assigned. S-21 was the only submarine to receive this message. Shortly thereafter PC-460 struck S-26 on the starboard side of the torpedo room and the submarine sank within a few seconds.
PC-460
Salvage operations were started immediately under Captain T. J, Doyle, USN, Commander Submarine Squadron Three and Submarine Base, Coco Solo, Canal Zone, and attempts at rescue were made but without success. The submarine was not raised. She had previously made one war patrol but had inflicted no damage on the enemy.
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Service No. 3370772
Entered the Service from: Illinois
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Father: Mr. Charles W. Adams, 430 West Holden Street; Virden, Illinois. Killed In Action.
***I would like to thank Don J Find A Grave ID 47106048 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jean Louis Vijgen Find A Grave ID 46842900 for adding his photo of Leonard to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Gary Sullivan, San Francisco, CA Find A Grave ID 50622380 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank blazen36 Find A Grave ID 49893165 for adding their photos of USS S-26 to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Jack Williams Find A Grave ID 46856865 for updating the rank on this memorial***
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