Rank & Name: Commander Ethan Edwards
Cycle: 9
Submarine Squadron 2 / Submarine Division 4A
U.S.S. Pogy SS-266
Patrol Zone & Sector(s): Formosa F-3 & F-4 Jan
and Feb 1944
TDC: Auto
Realism (%): 100%
Crew experience: Elite
Number of Warships sunk: 0
Number of Merchants sunk: 10 ( plus 3 Sampans not
counted )
Warship tonnage: N / A
Merchant tonnage: 100,590 tons
Total JANAC tonnage: 50,295 tons
Types of Warship sunk:
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Date |
Time |
Lat &
Long |
Class of
Vessel |
Tonnage |
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Types of Merchant sunk:
|
Date |
Time |
Lat &
Long |
Class of
Vessel |
Tonnage |
|
January 20, 1944 |
02:32 |
24-19N, 127-11E |
Oil Tanker |
9,020 tons |
|
January 20, 1944 |
02:33 |
24-19N, 127-11E |
Troop Transport |
6,280 tons |
|
January 20, 1944 |
02:34 |
24-19N, 127-11E |
Troop Transport |
6,280 tons |
|
January 20, 1944 |
19:36 |
24-38N, 127-34E |
Oil Tanker |
9,990 tons |
|
January 20, 1944 |
19:36 |
24-38N, 127-34E |
Troop Transport |
10,070 tons |
|
January 21, 1944 |
13:23 |
23-24N, 126-18E |
Oil Tanker |
15,420 tons |
|
January 21, 1944 |
03:49 |
24-31N, 127-26E |
Standard Merchantman |
11,600 tons |
|
January 21, 1944 |
03:49 |
24-31N, 127-26E |
Standard Merchantman |
11,600 tons |
|
January 22, 1944 |
13:34 |
23-31N, 125-55E |
Oil Tanker |
11,490 tons |
|
January 23, 1944 |
20:12 |
24-06N, 126-46E |
Oil Tanker |
8,840 tons |
|
January 1944 |
|
|
3 Sampans |
N / A |
Conducted Lifeguard duty: NO
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Date |
Time |
Lat &
Long |
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Conducted Photo
Recon: YES
|
Date |
Time |
Location |
Lat &
Long |
|
January 19, 1944 |
07:48 hours |
Naha, Okinawa |
26-18N, 127-12E |
Patrol Narrative:
We departed Midway on
January 3, 1944 and headed for our assigned patrol area of the East China Sea
(Formosa). We arrived in the area on January and headed for our patrol area.
January 15 thru 17 no sightings.
January 17, 22:51 hours, received orders from
ComSubPac to Photo Recon the harbor facilities outside the port of Naha,
Okinawa on of before 15:38 hours on January 19, 1944. We headed for the area.
January 18, 07:49 hours, just north of the islands of
Tori Shima and Okinawa Gunto off the western coast of Okinawa we encountered a
small patrol. Dove to 300 feet and proceeded toward Naha and avoided contact
with the patrol.
January 19, 0030 hours, off the port of Naha, will
await daylight to get the photographs requested. 07:48 hours we completed
taking all the photos and plotted a course to get back to deeper water and
avoiding the patrol we encountered earlier. The port only had two Marus and a
single DD patrolling and we were not detected.
January 20, 01:19 hours, radar contact, maneuvered
toward the contact. 02:15 we spotted a large convoy in four columns. We set up
on the lead ship in column three and two in column four. Fired two fish at each
and all hit and exploded sinking an Oil Tanker and two Troop Transports. Dove
to avoid the escorts and got the boat under a thermal layer. We lost contact
and resumed our patrol.
January 20, 18:35 hours, radar contact ahead. 19:11
hours we spotted a medium convoy. Set up on two ships and fired. Sunk an Oil
Tanker and a Troop Transport. Dove to avoid the escort. Depth charged with no
damage to the boat. Lost contact and resumed our patrol.
January 21, we spotted three Sampans most likely out
of Okinawa. Found the crews to be Japanese collaborators. Sunk all three and left the crews in the
water to fend for themselves.
January 21, 12:40 hours, radar contact ahead. 12:53
hours we spotted a small convoy of three ships, set up on the lead ship, an Oil
Tanker, but the escort on this side is in the line of fire and we can not get a
clear shot. Decided to fire the torpedo to run under the escort and hope it
hits the target. Set the torpedo for 15 feet, OT is estimated to have a 30-foot
draft and the escort is estimated to be 11 feet. Fired and it worked, the
torpedo ran under the DD and hit the Oil Tanker MOT sinking it. Dove to avoid
the escorts and received a light depth charging with no damage to the boat.
Lost contact and we resumed our patrol.
January 22, 03:17 hours, radar contact ahead. 03:37
hours we spotted a medium convoy. Set up on the second and the third ship in
the single file line and fired. Sunk two Standard Merchants. Dove to avoid the
escort and it never picked us up. Lost contact and we resumed our patrol.
January 22, 12:50 hours, radar contact ahead. 13:18
hours we spotted a small convoy. Set up on the trailing ship and fired sinking
an Oil Tanker, dove to avoid the escorts and lost contact. Resumed our patrol.
January 23, 19:13 hours, radar contact ahead. 19:56
hours we spotted a large convoy in four columns. Set up on an oil tanker in the
third column and fired the last two torpedoes at it. Both hit and sunk the
target. We dove to avoid the escorts and after a light depth charging we were
able to evade and lost contact. Surfaced and headed for Midway, all torpedoes
expended.
NOTE: we had a full load of MK 18 –1 Electric
Torpedoes this trip out and all preformed perfectly. 24 shot, 24 hits.
Good Job BuOrd.
Commander Ethan Edwards