Rank & Name: Lt. Commander Ethan Edwards
Cycle: 2 ( August 2003 )
Squadron & Division: Submarine Squadron 2,
Submarine Division 4A
USS & SS: Gato SS-212
Patrol Zone & Sector(s): Northern Japan areas NJ-2
and NJ-3
TDC: Auto
Realism (%): 100%
Crew experience: Veteran
Number of Warships sunk: 3
Number of Merchants sunk: 7
Warship tonnage: 6,938 tons
Merchant tonnage: 65,450 tons
Total JANAC tonnage: 36,194 tons
Types of Warship sunk:
|
Date |
Time |
Lat &
Long |
Class of
Vessel |
Tonnage |
|
April 16, 1942 |
06:09 |
38-11N, 141-52E |
B Type Submarine |
2,564 tons |
|
April 16, 1942 |
06:20 |
38-11N, 141-51E |
Kaidai Type Submarine |
1,810 tons |
|
April 16, 1942 |
06:21 |
38-11N, 141-51E |
C Type Submarine |
2,564 tons |
Types of Merchant sunk:
|
Date |
Time |
Lat &
Long |
Class of
Vessel |
Tonnage |
|
April 14, 1942 |
23:33 |
38-31N, 141-50E |
Standard Merchant |
10,960 tons |
|
April 14, 1942 |
23:40 |
38-31N, 141-50E |
Standard Merchant |
10,960 tons |
|
April 15, 1942 |
08:09 |
37-27N, 141-48E |
Troop Transport |
10,360 tons |
|
April 15, 1942 |
08:10 |
37-26N, 141-48E |
Troop Transport |
10,360 tons |
|
April 15, 1942 |
08:21 |
37-27N, 141-50E |
Armed Merchant Cruiser |
10,660 tons |
|
April 15, 1942 |
08:23 |
37-27N, 141-50E |
Large Freighter |
6,090 tons |
|
April 16, 1942 |
12:13 |
38-34N, 141-52E |
Oil Tanker |
6,060 tons |
Conducted Lifeguard duty: N / A
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Time |
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Long |
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Conducted Photo Recon: N / A
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Patrol Narrative: We left Pearl on April 3 and headed toward Northern Japan and arrived off the Japanese coast on April 13 where we started a standard war patrol.
On April 14, at about
23:00 hours, we spotted a small convoy that was unescorted. Moving in on the
surface we set-up on a Standard Merchantman and fired three torpedoes at her
set to run at 5 feet under the keel. ALL torpedoes missed under running the
target without exploding. I believe the MK IV magnetic exploder is defective
and we made an adjustment to try and
sink the ship. We moved ahead of the convoy again and fired again. This time
two were hits and one a dud. Since the ship is unarmed we decided to finish it
off with the deckgun. We set-up on a second Maru and fired three torpedoes and
all hit and sunk the target. We resumed our patrol.
On April 15, at about
07:30 hours, we spotted a small convoy without escort. We fired a single
torpedo at each of two Troop Transports. One hit sinking target and one dud.
Fired a second torpedo at the TT and sunk the target. Fired three torpedoes at
an AMC, two hits and one dud. Fired a single torpedo at a Large Freighter, dud
fired a second at the LF and it hit causing heavy damage. We opened the range
an than surfaced, we than attacked and sunk both targets with the deckgun. We
resumed patrol.
On April 16, at about
04:19 hours we spotted three IJN submarines moving on the surface in front of
us. We dove to avoid being spotted but the enemy must have also seen us as all
three submerged. Last course of enemy subs was about 180 degrees due south so
we turned to that course and went to full speed. 45 minutes later we surfaced
and still heading south we went another 45 minutes before turning back to
course 000. We submerged and awaited what we hoped would be the perfect ambush.
At 06:00 hours we spotted an IJN submarine surfacing ahead of our position. We
let he enemy come to us and after it passed us close aboard we fired a torpedo
from the stern tubes at a range of about 500 yards, sinking the target.
At 06:15 hours we
spotted two more IJN submarines surfacing ahead. We waited for the first to
pass our position and then fired a single torpedo from the bow tubes and one
from the stern tubes, both at a range of about 500 yards. Sunk both targets, we
surfaced and recharged our batteries and resumed our patrol.
On April 16 at about
11:29 hours we spotted a small convoy of four Marus and two escorts. We set-up
on a large Oil Tanker and fired a single torpedo at it. It was a dud so we
fired our last two torpedoes at the target, one dud and one hit, sinking the
target. We dove to avoid the escorts and were depth charged without any damage
to the boat. After loosing the escorts we surfaced and headed for Pearl.
Comments: The MK IV
magnetic exploder is definitely not working properly and should be deactivated,
and I believe there are other problems with the torpedoes as well. Out of 24
torpedoes fired we had the following results:
Misses due to under
runs - 3
Dud torpedoes - 7
Hits
- 14
Premature - 0
Rank & Name Lt. Commander Ethan Edwards