Loss of POMPANO

                                          25-27 SEPTEMBER 1943                                              LOSS OF POMPANO On Thursday, September 30th, 1943, the staff of COMSUBPAC in Pearl Harbor awaited the arrival of USS POMPANO (SS-181), completing her seventh war patrol.  She had last been seen five weeks earlier on 20 August, Read More

Trouble at Lockwood Folly Inlet

                                               11 JANUARY 1863                            TROUBLE AT LOCKWOOD FOLLY INLET Lockwood Folly Inlet is a two-mile-wide break in the North Carolina coast south of Cape Fear.  It provides access to the Intercoastal Waterway and the Lockwood Folly River.  Its sand bars shift, making Read More