The Search for the Grunion Blog

My Great Uncle, Torpedoman’s Mate 3rd Class Carmine Parziale was lost aboard USS Grunion. I never really thought too much about my Grandfather’s lost brother, not until my husband was stationed at the sub base in Groton, CT. Our first day on base, I saw a street sign with the name USS Grunion, the 1942 date and that 70 souls had gone down with her. I made a phone call and then another…Grunion was the name of the sub that Uncle Carmine had gone down on, and it was then that I had learned that Electric Boat had built her, and that she was one of Groton’s own. I had first read an artice published by the Groton Base newspaper on the Grunion in 2004. I believe that I may be able to get copies of it through archives.

If by any chance, my living Great Uncle, Francis Gerber reads this as he has submitted information to Eternal Patrol website… I am Vince’s grandaughter, and I serve as the Ombudsman for Naval Healthcare New England. My husband is an enlisted Electronics Technician who works out of Newport, Rhode Island and Groton, CT. Groton has much information about the lost subs which were commissioned out of their facility. I may be contacted either at

 constance.bowen@nhcne.med.navy.mil or at bowenconstance@yahoo.com

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