Joseph John Larkin | American Battle Monuments Commission

Unit	USS Bass
Rank	Electrician's Mate Third Class U.S. Navy
Date of Death	August 17 1942
Buried	Plot C Row 5 Grave 21 Corozal American Cemetery Corozal American Cemetery Calle Rufina Alfaro Edif. #6566 Panama

USS Bass

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A 25 year old American man from Maysville, Kentucky serving on active duty as an Electrician's Mate Third Class aboard the submarine "USS Bass" (SS-164), during World War II with a year and a half service. On August 17, 1942 while submerged, a fire started in the after battery room and spread to the torpedo room killing 25 crew members from asphyxiation from poisonous gas. He was buried at the Corozal American Cemetery.