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To:
ComSubRon 4A
CC:
ComSubPac
From:
CMDR Matt Schow II
Date: 6 February 1944
Subject:
Patrol Report, Cycle 9 (November 2002)
Remarks: 4th War Patrol, USS Greenling SS-213
Sub: USS Greenling SS-213 Class: Gato
Crew: Veteran Status:
Operational
Total Patrol Time: 10
Days Repair
Time: 0
Fuel Used: 95,847
Gallons (67%) Realism rating: 109%
Ships Sunk: 10 Tonnage:
54,980 / 18,308
Warships: 0 Merchants:
10
Pilots Saved: 0 Photo
Recons: 0
Weather: Partly Cloudy Sea: Moderate
Patrol Mileage: N/A
Ordnance Remaining: 0 - MK 14 Torpedos, 23 Deck Gun Rounds.
(Silent Hunter Awards: Navy Cross, Bronze Star)
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Damage Sustained:
Aircraft Encountered:
None
Depth Charges:
3
Torpedo
Performance:
Hits =
21
Duds = 0
Premature
= 0
Miss = 3
Commanders Comments:
04 January 1944 07:35 Departed Midway. Escorted through the safe zone by
the PBY
18 January 1944 17:22 37-18N, 124-36E Entered Patrol Zone Yellow Sea
Sector YS-2. Moderate seas and partly
cloudy. Plan to patrol the shipping
lanes between Inchon and the Port Arthur. Due to extremely shallow depth of the
patrol area, Greenling plans to work submerged during the day and concentrate
on Night Surface attacks.
18 January 1944
21:06 SJ RADAR contact 4 ships in a convoy Speed 3 Knots, Range 29000 Yards,
course 100 True. Pursuing contact on radar bearing.
18
January 1944 21:27 Visual contact with ships, SHIPs 1-3 (3 Sampans). Assumed the sampans were Korean, so steered away.
18
January 1944 23:21 SJ RADAR contact 7-9 ships in a convoy Speed 6 Knots, Range
31000 Yards, course 100 True. Pursuing contact on radar bearing.
19 January 1944 00:11 Visual contact with escort, SHIP 4 (1 DD/DE)
Unidentified.
19
January 1944 00:38 Visual contact with
two additional ships, SHIP 5 (1 AK) Large Freighter and SHIP 6 (1 AP) Troop
Ship. Worked into a SURFACED firing
position on SHIP 5. Convoy in line ahead formation.
19
January 1944 00:39 Visual contact with three additional ships, SHIP 7 (1 AK)
Large Freighter, SHIP 8 (1 AK) Small Freighter, SHIP 9 (1 DD) Mutsuki.
19
January 1944 01:16 Fired tubes 1,2, and 6 at 2300 yards at adjusted keel depth
(10 on 18 draft) with offsets of 0,0,1 at SHIP 5.
19
January 1944 01:17 Turned to evade the area and Fired tubes 7 and 10 at 2800
yards at adjusted keel depth (10 on 10 draft, in error) with offsets of 0,0
at SHIP 8. SHIP 5 - 3 hits target
destroyed. SHIP 8 2 misses, under target. Convoy remained in formation. Changed course to 260 at Flank speed to clear
the area and work up another attack.
ASW attack: SHIP 4 and SHIP 9 heading starboard of convoy and dropping
depth charges (3). Worked abeam of
escorts in pursuit and worked into firing position again on convoy.
19
January 1943 02:58 Visual contact with two additional ships, SHIP 10 (1 AK)
Small Freighter and SHIP 11 (1 DD) Fubuki Class. Fired tubes 1,2, and 5 at 2700 yards at adjusted keel depth (10
on 18 draft) with offsets of 0,0,0 at SHIP 7.
19
January 1944 02:59 Fired tube 7 at 2700 yards at adjusted keel depth (10 on
13 draft) with offset of 0 at SHIP 8.
19
January 1943 02:59 Turned to evade the area.
SHIP 7 - 3 hits target destroyed. SHIP 8 1 hit target destroyed. Convoy scattering, SHIP 11 heading down
torpedo tracks, evaded and worked into a position to attack the stragglers.
19
January 1943 03:19 Regained Visual contact with SHIP 06 and SHIP 10. Worked into Surfaced firing position. Fired
tubes 1and 5 at 2400 yards at adjusted keel depth (12 on 21 draft) with
offsets of 0,0 at SHIP 6. Fired tube 10 at 2300 yards at adjusted keel depth
(8 on 10 draft) with offset of 0 at SHIP 10.
19
January 1944 03:40 SHIP 6 - 3 hits target destroyed. SHIP 10 1 hit target
destroyed. Cleared the area.
19
January 1944 21:48 SJ RADAR contact 7-8 ships in a convoy Speed 6 Knots, Range
29,000 Yards, course 275 True. Pursuing contact on radar bearing.
19
January 1944 22:59 Visual contact with two SHIP 12 (1 AK) Standard Merchant and
SHIP 13 (1 AP) Troop Ship. Worked into
a SURFACED firing position on SHIP 12. Convoy in line abreast formation, 2 deep
4 wide. Worked into Surfaced firing
position on SHIP 12.
19
January 1944 23:10 Visual contact with four additional ships, SHIP 14 (1 AK)
Large Freighter, SHIP 15 (1 AP) Troop Transport, SHIP 16 (1 AK) Converted fish
factory ship, and SHIP 17 (1 AK) Small Freighter
19
January 1944 23:15 Fired tubes 1,2 and 3 at 2300 yards at adjusted keel depth
(18 on 26 draft) with offsets of 0,0, and 1 at SHIP 12. 2 Hits, 1 Miss. Convoy scattering, Greenling working into formation to sink lone,
unprotected ships. Visual contact with four additional ships, SHIP 18 (1 AK)
Armed Merchant Cruiser.
19
January 1944 23:18 Fired tube 7 at 2300 yards at adjusted keel depth (18 on
26 draft) with offset of 0 at SHIP 12.
1 Hits target destroyed.
19
January 1944 23:18 Fired tubes 8,9 at 3100 yards at adjusted keel depth (14 on
21 draft) with offsets of 0,0, and 1 at SHIP 13. 2 Hits. Manned deckgun to
sink SHIP 13 off with one round, target destroyed.
19
January 1944 23:26 Fired tube 10 at 2600 yards at adjusted keel depth (9 on
16 draft) with offset of 0 at SHIP 15.
1 hit, target destroyed.
19
January 1944 23:32 Fired tubes 1,4 and 5 at 2600 yards at adjusted keel depth
(15 on 22 draft) with offsets of 0,0, and -1 at SHIP 18. 3 Hits, target destroyed.
19
January 1944 23:37 Fired tubes 2 and 6 at 2200 yards at adjusted keel depth
(10 on 20 draft) with offsets of 0,0 at SHIP 16. 2 Hits, Manned Deck Gun, fired 71 rounds (61 Hits) target
destroyed
19 January 23:40 Out of torpedoes, return to SUB-BASE Midway.
02 February 1944 10:12 Arrived SUB-BASE Midway.
02 February 1944 08:00 Relinquished command to refit
CO, Lt Cdr Gable
Statistics
ordnance:
24
Torpedoes Fired, 21 Hits, 3 Misses, 0 Duds, and 0 premature detonation.
72- 3
gun cartridges Fired, 62 Hits, 10 Misses
Statistics
Medical: Only Minor injuries
Statistics
Fuel: 95847 gallons used.
Refit
damage repair request: None
Crewmen
lost to transfer:
CDR
Schow
LT.
Bill Bale
Ensign
Jake Edwards
SM1c
Willy Joiner
SM2c Bob
Wissas
MoMM 3c
Bill Orian
MoMM 2c
Sydner Galler
MoMM 3c
Bill Jenkins
EM 1c
Jason Jays
EM 1c
Lon Jask
EM 2c
Steven Duds
EM 3c
Rick Lister
TM1c
Jack Helm
TM 2c
John Donson
TM 3c
Don Johnson
TM 3c
Seth Latterate
CDR
SCHOW (II)
Commanding
Officer
USS
Greenling SS-213
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