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USS Cisco (SS-290), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United
States Navy to be named for the cisco, a whitefish of the Great Lakes. Her
keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was
launched on 24 December 1942 sponsored by Mrs. A. C. Bennett, through her
proxy, Mrs. N. Robertson, and commissioned on 10 May 1943 with Commander
James W. Coe in command.[7] She reported to the Pacific Fleet.

Cisco sailed from Panama 7 August 1943 for Brisbane, Australia, arriving 1
September to assume local patrol duties, until 18 September, when she docked
at Darwin. She put out on her first war patrol 20 September, but never
returned. Japanese records tell of sighting a submarine leaking oil on 28
September in an area where Cisco is known to have been the only submarine
then operating. Japanese records state this submarine was sunk by bombs
and depth charges. Cisco is thus presumed to have been lost in action 28
September 1943. The only survivor from the crew was Chief Radioman Howell
B. Rice (USN ret.), who was taken sick in Darwin and sent ashore to the
Navy hospital prior to Cisco's final voyage.

Japanese records state that the submarine was attacked by Type 97 "Kate"
attack bombers of the 954 Naval Air Squadron and the riverboat Karatsu
(originally the U.S. Navy gunboat USS Luzon (PR-7), captured by Japanese
forces and put to work against her former owners).[8]

References

1.  Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An
    Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval
    Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
2.  Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of
    the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut:
    Greenwood Press. pp. 275–280. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
3.  Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of
    the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut:
    Greenwood Press. pp. 275–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
4.  U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 261
5.  U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
6.  U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311.
7.  SS-290, U.S.S. Cisco
8.  Japanese records (USS Cisco SS-290)

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American
Naval Fighting Ships.

External links

Photo gallery of Cisco at NavSource Naval History
On Eternal Patrol: USS Cisco
Obituary of Howell Barbee Rice (1917–2011), sole survivor of the USS Cisco

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From:
Military Records: World War II & Korean Conflict Overseas Interments
Ancestry.com
2002, (CD-ROM)

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Sterling KISHBAUGH
Inducted from NY
Rank:  Torpedoman's Mate Third Class
Combat Org:  US Navy Reserve
DOD:  8 Jan 1946
Status:  Missing
Monument at:  Fort William McKinley, Manila, The Philippines
US Award:  Purple Heart Medal

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