USN
Gato Class Submarine

Built
Electric Boat Company commissioned 21 Sept 1942

Displacement
1870 tons surfaced

312' | 27' | 17

Armament
1 3"/50 or 1 4"/50
6 bow and 4 stern torpedo tubes, (24) 21" torpedoes ( plus reloads: 10 fwd, 4 aft)

Crew
80

Wartime History
On her first patrol, CORVINA (Cmdr. R.S. Rooney) departed from Pearl Harbor on 4 November 1943. After topping off with fuel at Johnston Island she proceeded to an area south of Truk, there to attack enemy naval forces during our surface operations in the Gilbert Islands. She was to patrol as close to Truk as enemy antisubmarine measures would permit. Sunk by Japanese attack on November 16, 1943, her crew of 82 were all lost.  Enemy records indicate that CORVINA met her doom on 16 November 1943, by enemy action. An enemy submarine reported having sighted a surfaced submarine and torpedoed her. Three torpedoes were fired and two were reported to have hit, causing “a great explosion sound.”

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