Intermission Story (7) – Submarines of the Pacific War
During the war, submarines of the United States Navy were responsible for 55% of Japan’s merchant marine losses; other Allied navies added to the toll. The war against shipping was the single most decisive factor in the collapse of the Japanese economy. Allied submarines also sank a large number of IJA troop transports, killing many thousands of Japanese soldiers and hampering the deployment of IJA reinforcements during the battles on the Pacific islands.
They also conducted reconnaissance patrols, landed special forces and guerrilla troops and performed search and rescue tasks, especially in the Philippines. The majority of the submarines involved were from the U.S. Navy, with the British Royal Navy committing the second largest amount of boats and the Royal Netherlands Navy contributing smaller numbers of boats.
The Allied submarine campaign is one of the least-publicized feats in military history, due in large part to the efforts of Allied governments to ensure their own submarines’ actions were not reported in the media.
However, the U.S. Navy was poorly prepared for a submarine war against commerce. Although a few officers had anticipated such a role, in spite of the the prize rules, the submarine service had not trained for it. U.S. submarines were plagued by defective torpedoes during the first two years of war, whose faults were due in part to the design emphasis on their use against heavily armored warships. However, once the faults were remedied, the submarines sank over half the ships of the Japanese merchant marine.
American submarines also enjoyed significant successes against warships, accounting for six fleet carriers. three escort carriers, a battleship, twelve cruisers, over 40 destroyers, and numerous lesser warships and auxiliaries. An estimated 182,000 Japanese soldiers were lost at sea from sunken transports. This was accomplished at a relatively low cost. Of the naval powers that constructed significant submarine forces, the Americans suffered the lowest casualties in the Second World War: 52 American submarines were lost, versus 74 British submarines lost, 90 Italian submarines lost, 128 Japanese submarines lost, and nearly 800 German U-boats sunk. The 374 officers and 3131 men killed in American submarine operations constituted 13% of the submarine sailor corps, or over 1 in 7.
During the air strikes preceding the Gilberts invasion, the Pacific Fleet experimented with deploying submarines near target atolls to rescue downed aviators. This proved so successful that the deployment of lifeguard submarines became a standard feature of carrier strike planning for the remainder of the war.
The Japanese Navy did not even establish an antisubmarine warfare school until March 1944. Convoying was adopted rather late in the war and too few ships and planes were assigned to escort duty. Japanese depth charges were too small and were usually set too shallow, at least until one of the stupidest men* to ever darken the doors of Congress blurted out in a press conference why American submarines were able to evade counterattack. The Japanese did make effective use of minefields and developed a working airborne magnetic anomaly detector (Jikitanchiki).
* Andrew Jackson May (June 24, 1875 – September 6, 1959) was a Kentucky attorney, an influential New Deal-era politician, and chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee during WWII, infamous for his rash disclosure of classified naval information that may have resulted in the losses of up to ten American submarines and up to 800 sailors, and his subsequent conviction for bribery. May was a Democratic member of the US House of representatives.
The boats shown are merely examples of the submarines we had in the Pacific. The article subject was requested by 56Packardman. Thank you for suggesting it. The information here was retrieved from the US Navy.gov, “Submarines of the World” by Robert Jackson and Wikipedia.
For those even more interested in submarines, our fellow blogger, The Lean Submariner, has many a sea going tale to tell you – ENJOY!
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Farewell Salutes –
Homer Buck – Mesa, AZ; US Army, WWII, 34th Infantry Div., Silver Star, Purple Heart
Benjamin Capua – Somers, NY; US Army Air Corps, WWII & Korea, 11th Airborne Division, Purple Heart
Paul Jarchow – IA; US Army, WWII, ETO, radioman
James Hough – Miami, FL; US Army Air Corps, WWII
Morton West – Newton, MA; US Army, WWII, Purple Heart
The remaining six Marines to be identified from the Mississippi crash…
Robert Cox – Ventura, CA; USMC, SSgt.
Sean Elliott – San Diego, CA; USMC, Captain
Caine Michael Goyette — Waterford, CT; USMC, KC-130T Hercules Comdr., Major (22 yrs.)
Chad Jensen – Redondo Beach, CA; USMC, Sgt.
Owen Lennon – Pomona, NY; USMC, Sgt.
Collin Schaaff – Pierce County, WA; USMC, Corporal
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Posted on July 17, 2017, in Uncategorized, WWII and tagged 1940's, History, Marines, Military, Military History, Navy, Pacific, Pacific War, submarines, veterans, WW2. Bookmark the permalink. 132 Comments.
Very interesting love your blog!
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Well, thank you very much. I’m afraid I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to check yours out properly.
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hanks for the link.Great film of the submarines
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My pleasure, Mary Lou. I’m glad you found it interesting.
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I toured the USS Bowfin and was again struck by what it must have been like to have been in a submarine during WWII. I could not have done it.
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A bit too cramped, eh RoseMary? It takes a special breed to stay down there.
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Glad to see the photo of the USS Submarine Nautilus. My husband’s great uncle
served aboard her.
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A grand serving vessel with a brave crew. You must be very proud!
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My daughter’s Godbrother is a graduate of the Naval Academy–now serving as an Officer in the Navy.
When people ask where he is, my daughter will usually reply, “He’s somewhere underwater.”
LOL!!
But seriously, those submarines are a sight to see.
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Please thank your Naval Officer for me the next time you hear from him!! It’s a special breed that tackles that duty!
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A special breed for sure! I will certainly offer him your thanks 🙂
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I went to Hawai’i in 2008 and naturally I went to Pearl Harbor, I was at tht time still guiding at the Australian National Maritime Museum, as you know I have a deep interest in things naval.The tour of the USS Missouri was all that I wanted and expected. Unfortunately my tour of the USS Bowfin was anything but.
There were no guides, or anybody that could answer any of the many questions I had; just security officers, intent on making sure I didn’t try to steal this boat.
I was very disappointed, spoilt my day at ‘Pearl’, well not really. A great, moving, place to visit; the type of place , like the Liberty Bell in Philly, that all Americans should strive to visit, at least once in their lifetime.
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Agreed Beari, though I am very sorry the Bowfin did not live up to your expectations. Someone should have been there to answer your questions.
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I used to do a turn of duty aboard the sub the HMAS ONSLOW, now an historic memorial at the ANMM. It is probably the most visited vessel there, and the questions are never ending. and there is always guides/volunteers to answer them. In fact one of the guides still working this boat happened to be the First Lieutenant when the boat was first commissioned in the 60’s. The only war it was in was the Vietnam so it didn’t get much action action, but it doesn’t stop peoples interest in these vessels. There is a special ships log for ex-submariners to sign with plenty of space for comments. It’s amazing the number of ex USN sub-mariners have visited this boat and left comments
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I can understand former submariners returning. The events in the boat more and likely seem like another life, long ago. By visiting, the memories flood back. These boats are quite fascinating.
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Thank you very much for that link, Fascinating I was spellbound through the video presentation. What a pity there are no guides to tell some of this story to visitors to grab their interest. My interest was there but no one to help it. Thanks again Beari.
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Hi, GP, In researching my Kerr family history for my blog, found that I had a relative, John Kerr Fyfe, who was captain of the USS Batfish, considered the “championship submarine-killing submarine of World War II.” Additional history about the USS Batfish is covered at the website:http://www.ussbatfish.com/ His entire crew won the Presidential Unit citation, and he was awarded the Navy Cross.
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You must be so proud to find this information on your relative. I would be honored to include him in the next Farewell Salutes; do you happen to know his hometown or state?
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Got married on Sunday, gpcox! She’s singing me a love song… https://flic.kr/p/WQoBdN
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CONGRATULATIONS, KOJI AND KIM!! I couldn’t be happier, Koji! Your lovely bride has such a beautiful voice and her love for you shines. 真の愛と幸福は永遠に。
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What a lovely comment, gpcox… Thank you so very much!
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I was going to send you two a card, at the very least and thought I had your address, but I don’t. I hope the honeymoon is still in full swing! How are the children these days?
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I cannot comprehend being sealed up in a submarine. What men, then and now. Thanks.
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My pleasure. They deserve the recognition.
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Wow, I had no idea about this. I only knew about German warfare not about the allied powers. Really informative and is written in an interesting way.
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Thank you. The Pacific War affected us in so many ways and still does today, yet the school systems fail to educate our children about much of it. You can’t learn from a history you don’t know about.
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That is sad. We miss out on so many war stories and so many realities. I had no idea the Pacific war still has effects. They say we are taught history to not repeat the past mistakes. Yet they fabricate the history they tell us and don’t cover so many things that have happened. I don’t see the point of it all..
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Unless we tell the truth – there is no reason for talking. I agree. We can’t learn from a history we don’t know!!!
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Exactly. It makes absolutely no sense. Why do people not see the bigger picture at all? What do you think of our education?
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It leaves a lot to be desired by our school systems and the parents.
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Ahh I feel like school just gives you the basic knowledge the rest is upon us to find.
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Good for you – but I fear there are few others that will bother.
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I have never seen any movie that glorified Submarine warfare. And I figure those who entered the Navy didn’t have this assignment in their minds. Doubt that we could have prevailed without their contribution though. Hope they’ve received their Due.
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Well said, I agree!! Although I doubt they got all they deserved!
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Reblogged this on Ancien Hippie.
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Thank you very much, Penny, for sharing this article on some very brave men and their proud service!!
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An excellent article about an aspect of the war I knew absolutely nothing about. Mr May was in fact slightly changing a very frequent slogan used on propaganda posters over here in England, so as far as he is concerned, “Loose Lips don’t sink ships”.
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Thanks to his big mouth though, we lost 800 good men.
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Aiding and abetting the enemy… In time of war, sedition and treason qualify for a firing squad. Too bad they didn’t shoot his A**.
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Oops … *faction* … fact passed off as fiction (and vice versa).
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There seems to be a disconnect between reality and ‘faction’* in the US (and face it, every other bugger’s~!) systems. I keep happening across it (actually I was going to post on it but got waylaid)—
—the code-breakers who could have turned the Pearl Harbour tragedy right around (without losing the gains America scored by getting sneak attacked) but who were sidelined and silenced.
Those defective torpedoes … I’m reading a modern ‘definitive’ work on Midway right now, same torpedo thing, and it’s making me boil.
How about: how about ‘somehow’ it be made that the guys denying the torpedo/whatever defects be drafted to active duty, using those very “nothing wrong with ’em” weapons? You know … people making fortunes by flogging off sub-standard equipments to the military be forced to survive in the front lines, using only them?
Truth coming out half a century later doesn’t help the grunt at the front right now …
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Didn’t we have something similar going on in the Middle East with sub-standard body armor?
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I don’t remember that one but it certainly wouldn’t surprise me …
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Tang was sunk with the last torpedo she carried making a circular run on her. If they’d only just returned to base… F’n waste.
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You’re right! Such an admirable boat and crew!
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As an Artillery officer , during our training days we visited a sub to understand their gunnery and Man was I impressed with the submariners. Truly stupendous ambush and stealth creatures, and great men too. Thank you sir for writing this so well researched post. Salute to all those great men and women.
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Thank you very for giving us a first-hand view of the submariners. I appreciate hearing of all you experience.
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Having gone to college across the river from the sub base in Groton, CT, I found this quite interesting.
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And we’d be interested in anything you remember from then too, Amy. The home front stories are just as important!!
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Well, since I went to college in the early 1970s, there’s not much besides a few anti-war protests that I can recall from my college days!
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I’ve just been reading about the submarine warfare of the Great War – much more complex than I’d imagined.
It can’t have been any easier in the next one.
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Going down there in a time of war deserves so sort of plush atmosphere, but these guys do it in cramped, uncomfortable and crowded conditions – they make a foxhole look good to me!!
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Plus I like something solid underfoot!
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As small as the Japs were, they made good sized subs; they simply hadn’t a clue as to their proper use. Our subs were much larger than German U boats.
Ironic thing – Much has been made about U-571, a total fiction. The only real and accurate sub movie was Das Boot. Long ago I had a copy of Iron Coffins, a book that must have inspired that movie.
About those U boats; they were so small, the crew was (SOP) to rush to the bow when diving to submerge to the desired depth faster. They only were able to carry 12 torpedoes.
Karl Dönitz realized the strategic value of those subs, had wanted to start the war with 300; had only 57 when the war began.
From WIKI:
By November 1937, Dönitz became convinced that a major campaign against merchant shipping was practicable and began pressing for the conversion of the German fleet almost entirely to U-boats.[6] He advocated a strategy of attacking only merchant ships, targets relatively safe to attack. He pointed out that destroying Britain’s fleet of oil tankers would starve the Royal Navy of supplies needed to run its ships, which would be just as effective as sinking them. He thought a German fleet of 300 of the newer Type VII U-boats could knock Britain out of the war.[7]
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A lot of info here I hadn’t known, thank you.
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The Slient Service story needs to be told
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Yes – most definitely! I was glad 56Packardman called me on it.
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For those of your readers who are interested –
https://profilesincourage.wordpress.com/category/wwii/the-silent-service/
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Thank you for contributing to the post!!
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I don’t think I could ever serve on a submarine, given the confined quarters! I’ve toured a couple from World War II. Incredible. –Curt
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Those men are to be commended, I agree!!
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Whatever happened to Andrew May? Men like that still exist unfortunately.
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This is from Wikipedia, Bev. Some people don’t pay like the rest of us.
Following news reports of irregularities concerning his conduct in office, May was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress. The bribery scandal was intensified by testimony of excessive profit-taking in the Garsson munition business, and that the Garsson factory produced 4.2-inch mortar shells with defective fuzes, resulting in premature detonation and the deaths of 38 American soldiers. After less than two hours of deliberation, May was convicted by a federal jury on July 3, 1947, on charges of accepting bribes to use his position as Chairman of the Military Affairs Committee to secure munitions contracts during the Second World War. Murray and Henry Garsson also received prison terms. After protracted efforts to avoid incarceration, May subsequently served nine months in federal prison.
However, he continued to retain influence in Democratic party politics, and President Truman decided to grant May a full pardon in 1952. Unable to revive his political career, he returned home to practice law until his death.
May died in Prestonsburg, Kentucky on September 6, 1959, and is buried in Mayo Cemetery.
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Ought to have been buried face down so he could see where he was going…
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chuckle…
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Yes! This man * Andrew Jackson May is directly responsible for my uncle’s death on the Wahoo. Until he made that statement they had been very successful. The crew died after a brutal, long attack.
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I am so very sorry to hear that! How awful to know that your uncle’s death was directly caused by this idiot!!
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Thank you. It seems idiots occur in every generation.
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Especially in Congress!! lol Just wish they could take a lie-detector test BEFORE we elect them!
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Me too!
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Interesting history. I had to read the image captions to be sure they were really submarines. Definitely not built for speed.
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I’m sure nowadays they move much faster, Jacqui. I’m very glad you found this interesting. Your daughter doesn’t plan on sub service does she?
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Another far sighted design produced too late:
https://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=Type-XXI-Uboat
This boat was chronicled in the book Iron Coffins.
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Great fact bearing post. I had a buddy that was stationed on a sub. It is a difficult assignment.
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I sure don’t think I could volunteer for it. I’m not claustrophobic, but jeez!!
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After reading your post, Doug’s stories began coming back again with thankfulness for his service.
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Perhaps you could write down these memories.
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Yes, I should.
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Glad Andrew Jackson May and stupid were mentioned in the same sentence. Surprised he wasn’t tried for treason. Thanks, GP.
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It seems some people tend to get away with just about anything they pull, eh, John?
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Especially since his loose lips cost 800 lives.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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Thank you very much.
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I nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award, you can find all the info here: https://captivedreamswindow.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/6630/. Blessings~
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I thank you very much RobbyeFaye and I am flattered, but I’m afraid I don’t accept them. I feel this blog is about the troops and they did all the work – I have just been lucky enough to have this chance to research some of the things they did for us! I hope you are not offended.
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I’m not at all offended, I understand.
I appreciate all the work and research you put into your blog. It means a lot to me as every male, on both sides of my family, served in the military, as far back as the Civil War. (That includes my husband and son, too!).
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Please thank them all for me [as many as you can, that is]. You have an outstanding lineage!!
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Thank you, I will.
I agree patriotism runs strong in my family!
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Thanks!!
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You are welcome!
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“Lost” should have been “post”.
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No problem – I do typos on a daily basis!!
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Another great lost. My uncle Bob was a submariner. True to the unspoken creed of the WW Two vet, he did not talk about his service or how much danger he was in.
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Any book you open up about the subs will give you a pretty good idea of what your Uncle Bob went through. You must be very proud of him!! If he is still with us, please thank him for me!!
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He passed away in 1985 at age 60, the first of my father’s sibling to die. He had a heart attack, I think related to his wartime service. He told my brother he was awarded a Purple Heart, for burning himself with a souldering iron while the boat was being depth-charged.
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Sorry to hear of your loss. He was too young!!
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I posted this to FB. There a number of Navy vets in my church who will enjoy it. Subs were built in Manitowoc, WI. The USS Cobia can be toured there as well as an interesting museum. Thanks!
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Thank you for sharing the article and please thank your friends for me for all they’ve done! I appreciate you adding in the USS Cobia!!
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GP – Thank you for this! The US subs in the Pacific were commanded by Admiral Charles Lockwood under Admiral Chester Nimitz. It was Lockwood who went to battle against the Navy bureaucracy to prove that the torpedoes the Navy was using in the first two years were severely defective. Lockwood did trial shots of the torpedoes at Pearl Harbor to prove his point. He met with fierce resistance from the Navy’s Ordnance Bureau. (The Navy was manufacturing its own torpedoes.) Once the torpedo problem was solved, the subs really took their toll on Japanese shipping.
Admiral Lockwood is buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA on the peninsula south of San Francisco along with Admiral Nimitz and Admirals Raymond Spruance (the commander at the Battle of Midway) and Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner and their wives. They specified that the be buried “with the ranks who served with them in the Pacific” and they get the same tombstones as the ranks – no monuments.
A little-known story of the subs is how U.S.S. Pampanito, SS383, came across British and Australiansurvivors who built the Bridge Over The River Kwai floating in the Pacific. Pampanito rescued 73 of them. Robert Parker Teel commented about how cramped the sub he visited was – Pampanito was REALLY cramped with those POWs aboard. You can read more about it here: https://maritime.org/pamphist/davis.htm
here:
https://maritime.org/pamphist/patrol3.htm
and here:
https://maritime.org/pamphist/pows.htm
There are also moving photos of the rescue at the Maritime Museum website.
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I was hoping this article was what you had in mind. I appreciate your further contribution of information and links for those who find it all as interesting as we do!!
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I work with a number of ex-submariners, and I have nothing but respect for their effort and their service. I was shocked to see 800 German subs had been sunk. I knew we had finally figured out how to find them, but I didn’t know we did that mush damage.
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We’re better than you thought, eh, Dan? Statistics are usually boring – but at times they give you a lift!!
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I’ve toured the USS Bowfin. I felt impressed with how a crew could live in such cramped quarters without a general brawl breaking out. They must have been very well disciplined. I also can’t help but imagine what a horrible way it would be to die in the belly of one of these vessels.
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I can’t even attempt to put myself in their shows. I can only say I admire their dedication.
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Lol! I love the submarine cartoon…obviously very lost!!😃
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I have a few cute ones for the sub guys. I’m glad they have a sense of humor.
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Look forward to seeing more GP. 😃
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1 in 7 or 13%. Those are some brave, brave men. I understand that the Germans lost 28,000 men, a staggering 75% loss rate. It is never good to celebrate these statistics, but thanks to Allied Submarines, anti-submarine warfare aircraft like the Liberator, Catalina and Sunderland, and of course surface assets, the ‘scourge’ of the U-boat ended. We must of course remember the brilliant code-breakers who cracked the enigma code. Thanks for an excellent post GP.
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My pleasure, Rich. But I’m afraid I don’t even come close to all you do!!
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I must agree that “It is never good to celebrate these statistics,” Rich. The casualties each represent a son mourned by his parents – and all are brave, regardless of side.
Still, I believe it is important to read the histories of these battles, and I am so grateful that “our side” won this particular war – so thanks for another great post, GP.
My Dad’s last assignment was as Congressional Liaison, btw, and he was always extremely wary of what he called “those loose idiot lips” sinking ships! I agree with John, “Glad Andrew Jackson May and stupid were mentioned in the same sentence. Surprised he wasn’t tried for treason.”
xx,
mgh
(Madelyn Griffith-Haynie – ADDandSoMuchMORE dot com)
ADD/EFD Coach Training Field founder; ADD Coaching co-founder
“It takes a village to educate a world!”
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I couldn’t agree more Madelyn. Sometimes in order to have peace we have to go to war. There are people in this world (like Kim Jong-in), who want to do us harm. These people need to be stopped so that we may live in peace. GP is a great guy, I write news, GP writes about real personal experiences. Hopefully one day I will have the courage to write about mine. In the meantime, I take courage from people like GP, from you John and from your Father.
God bless.
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Thank you for your kind words in your reply to Madelyne. Hopefully one day you will tell me your stories.
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You are welcome GP.
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Great attitude, Rich. In today’s world it takes great fortitude to keep up in order to write about it. I’m sure you have the courage to tackle anything you take on.
xx,
mgh
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Thanks Madelyn, that is very kind of you 🙂
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My pleasure, Rich.
xx, mgh
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This is an excellent capsule history of sub warfare. The US sub force was very successful– and I still wouldn’t like my chances for survival!
I walked through one of these, Gato-class, the USS Croaker sub, in Buffalo, NY. I’m not a tall guy, and it seemed very, very cramped, and hard to avoid banging into things.
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You’ve got to really want to be down there!! Thanks for reading, Robert.
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We hear so much about the German U-Boats during WW2, and very little about the allied submariners. Good to read about these, GP, and get some idea of the other side of the war under the water.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That title “Run Silent, Run Deep” pretty much explains how they operated. Not many people think of the subs during the war in the Pacific. Thanks for coming by, Pete.
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The Silent Service…
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Exactly. I believe that’s why 56Packardman spoke up for them! Thanks for dropping in, Pierre!
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Thank you very much for giving this some attention.
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Thank you, Andrew, for linking to this article. Submariners are often a very silent service and not recognized enough.
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Thank you, Ian!
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I appreciate you sharing this info on the ‘silent service.’
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