United States and Allied Submarine Successes in the Pacific and Far East During World War II, 4th ed.

377 Pages·2009·1.83 MB·English

by  John D. Alden

United States and
Allied Submarine Successes
in the Pacific and Far East
During World War II
THIRD EDITION
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United States and
Allied Submarine Successes
in the Pacific and Far East
During World War II
THIRD EDITION
JOHN D. ALDEN and
CRAIG R. MCDONALD
Foreword by Erich Mühlthaler
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London
LIBRARYOFCONGRESSCATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATIONDATA
Alden, John D., 1921–
United States and Allied submarine successes in the Pacific and Far East
during World War II / by John D. Alden and Craig R. McDonald ;
foreword by Erich Mühlthaler.—3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7864-4213-3
softcover : 50# alkaline paper
1. World War,1 939–1945—Naval operations—Submarine—Chronology.
2. World War, 1939–1945—Naval operations, American—Chronology.
3. World War, 1939–1945—Naval operations, British—Chronology.
4. World War, 1939–1945—Naval operations, Dutch—Chronology.
5. World War, 1939–1945—Pacific Area—Chronology.
I. McDonald, Craig R., 1951–
II. Title.
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To the commanding officers and crews
of the United States and Allied submarines
that served in World War II,
especially those still on Eternal Patrol
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CKNOWLEDGMENTS
The individuals mentioned provided per- Rear Admiral John D. H. Kane, USN (Ret.),
sonal correspondence and source material. Par- former director of naval history
ticular thanks are due to the following who of- Ralph J. Lotito, San Francisco, California
fered assistance and encouragement during the John B. Lundstrom, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
collection of data for this compilation: Gregory Michno, Westland, Michigan
Erich Mühlthaler, Burghausen, Germany
Roger W. Allan, Japan Roger Pineau, Bethesda, Maryland (deceased)
Dean C. Allard, former director of naval his- Professor Jürgen Rohwer, Weinstadt, Ger-
tory many
Captain Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.), James C. Sawruk, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C. (deceased) William G. Somerville, Lincolnshire, England
Gus Britton, assistant director, Royal Naval John D. Spek, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
Submarine Museum, HMS Dolphin, Go- Dirk Sweerstra, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
sport, England (deceased) Stefan Terzibaschitsch, Leonberg, Germany
Bernard E. Cavalcante, Office of Naval His- (deceased)
tory Anthony Tully of www.combinedfleet.com
Walter Cloots, Herentals, Belgium Maurice Voss, Welkenraedt, Belgium
Commander P. R. Compton-Hall, MBE, RN David C. R. Webb, Dartford, England
(Ret.), director, Royal Naval Submarine Christopher C. Wright, editor, Warship Inter-
Museum, HMS Dolphin, Gosport, En- national
gland (deceased)
Peter E. Cundall, Parramatta, NSW, Aus- I am particularly indebted to Craig Mc-
tralia, and www.combinedfleet.com Donald of Bloomington, Indiana, for recover-
Robert Hackett of www.combinedfleet. ing my data from obsolete diskettes, converting
com them to a current database, and entering thou-
Jan-Olaf Hendig, Stockholm, Sweden sands of updates and changes. Without his as-
Gerard Horneman, Koog aan de Zaan, sistance this edition could not have been pub-
Netherlands lished.
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ABLE OF ONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Foreword by Erich Mühlthaler 1
Preface 3
A Detailed Explanation of the Data 5
Chronological Listing of U.S. and Allied Submarine Attacks 27
Soviet Submarine Attacks in the Pacific, August 1945 336
Appendix: U.S. and Allied Submarine Minelaying Activities 337
Attack Number Index by Submarine Name 349
Attack Number Index by Japanese Vessel Name 355
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