in Brisbane harbor. Between 17 August and 13 September 1942, S-37 conducted her sixth war patrol, a defensive patrol in the Savo Island area in the Solomon Islands in support of U.S. forces fighting in the Guadalcanal campaign. On 2 September, she scored her only hit of the patrol when she damaged the last destroyer in a column of four which was steaming to the north of Savo. On 6 September, she moved into the Russell Islands, from which she departed the Solomon Islands and headed back to Brisbane. On 19 October 1942, she cleared Brisbane's harbor for the last time, and on 23 October 1942 she arrived at Nouméa, New Caledonia. After refueling, she served on a picket line station in defense of Nouméa. On 5 November 1942, after a fire in her port main motor added to problems of tank trouble, fuel shortage, and mechanical failures, she headed for Pearl Harbor. 1943–1945 From Pearl Harbor, S-37 continued on to San Diego, California, where she underwent an extensive overhaul during the winter of 1943. She remained at San Diego for the remainder of her career, employed as an antisubmarine warfare training ship through 1944. Decommissioning and disposal Decommissioned on 6 February 1945, S-37 was stripped, and her hulk was supposed to be expended as an aerial bombing target off San Diego, but she broke her tow cable and sank on 20 February 1945, coming to rest at a depth of some . Her name was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 23 February 1945. Salvagers unsuccessfully tried to retrieve the wreck of S-37 for its scrap value, but lost her again off Imperial Beach, California, in of water at , where she remains to this day. Awards Yangtze Service Medal China Service Medal American Defense Service Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with five battle stars World War II Victory Medal Notes References Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1975. Lenton, H.T. American Submarines. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1973. External links Kill record: USS S-37 United States S-class submarines World War II submarines of the United States Shipwrecks of the California coast Ships built in San Francisco 1919 ships Maritime incidents in 1923 Maritime incidents in February 1945 United States submarine accidents World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean