USS Snook Memorial Reassembled

The USS Snook Memorial, originally installed on the grounds of McArthur Park in Little Rock by the Diamond Chapter of the Submarine Veterans of WWII, has been reassembled outside the main entrance to the North Shore Maritime Center on Riverfront Drive .

The Snook Memorial commemorates the 82 officers and men lost aboard USS Snook (SS 279), as well as all 52 American submarines lost during World War II.

USS Snook was declared overdue and presumed lost on 16 May, 1945 after disappearing on her ninth war patrol. She was patrolling the area around Hainan Island, off the coast of China. The cause of Snook's loss is unknown to this day, but was probably due to an attack by a Japanese submarine which was in turn sunk by American forces before she could report her attack on Snook to Japanese naval authorities.

Before her loss, Snook was responsbile for sinking 22 Japanese vessels, totaling 123,600 tons. She damaged another 10 vessels for 63,200 tons.

52 American submarines were lost during WWII. After the war, each state was assigned a submarine for commemorative and memorial purposes (California and New York were each assigned two submarines).

USS Snook is Arkansas’ adopted submarine.

For more information about Snook, please stop by and visit. A replica of Snook's battle flag hangs in the Snook Memorial Theatre in the Museum along with other information about this valient submarine and her crew.

Information can also be found on the internet, at the COMSUBPAC Web Site USS Snook page