Submarine drawing nimits12/23/2023 ![]() ![]() In all, Guardfish sank five major cargo ships with a total tonnage of almost 17,000 tons, and damaged others. Without the benefit of sophisticated SONAR, Guardfish sighted, or torpedoed, 77 enemy vessels in about 35 days, during one of her war patrols. On 4 September, Klakring attacked a convoy off Kuji, sinking two ships a third which had retreated into the harbor was then hit and sunk from a range of over 7,500 yards. Klakring worked out a tactic of getting inside of the sea lanes at night - just off the shore - to put his ship in position to attack the many ships moving along the coast. USS Guardfish’s first war patrol was in the previously unpatrolled waters off northeast Honshū and southern Hokkaidō. Mewhinney first command would be the Saury (SS-189). Burrows first command would be the Swordfish (SS-193) and Lieutenant Commander Leonard S. Taylor first command would be the Haddock (SS-231), Lieutenant Commander Albert C. Ross first command would be the Halibut (SS-232), Lieutenant Commander Arthur H. on the bridge of the Growler, 7 February 1943. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor after he was K.I.A. Gilmore first command would be the Growler (SS-215). Top row, left to right: Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Hull first command would be the Finback (SS-230). Patterson, Jr., Senior Assistant and Lieutenant Commander Jesse L. Hensel, Officer in Charge Lieutenant Commander George W. Klakring first command would be the Guardfish (SS-217), Commander Karl G. while commanding the Grunion, 30 July 1942. Abele first command would be the Grunion (SS-216). Those present are, bottom row left to right: Lieutenant Commander Mannert L. Naval Submarine Base, New London, Groton, Connecticut: Members of the 4th Command Class at the Submarine Base, February 1942. Lieutenant Commander Klakring commanded USS Guardfish (SS-217), from her commissioning in May 1942 through her fourth war patrol in March–April 1943. Leslie Klakring, was born in Annapolis, Maryland graduated from the United States Naval Academy with the Class of 1927. Klakring, the only child of Colonel and Mrs. It was only a little more than a year since the Pearl Harbor attack and the American people were desperate to see victories in the newspapers.ī. This particular attack by a submarine called the USS Guardfish would have a far reaching effect. Having an American submarine get this close to the home islands would have a material and symbolic impact. The second source was a follow on story from the Associated Press. So any attacks on their supply lines would be even more concerning. By December 1943, the tenacious assaults on the extended empire were being felt as well. They were still stinging from the attack from Doolittle’s Raiders which exposed their real vulnerabilities. They were supplemented by motivated airmen who wanted no more US incursions into the land of the Rising Sun. While Japan had suffered tremendous losses in the South Pacific in many major battles, she still had some of the better anti-submarine destroyers available to guard shipping in the home waters. This was an incredibly dangerous mission in those days. The first source comes from Time Life about a recent successful submarine raid on the coast of Japan (December 1942). I used two major sources for the story about a daring skipper and his incredibly brave crew. I often find these stories from snippets from old newspaper articles or while I am searching for other information. There is nothing more exciting to me than an adventure about a daring American Submarine Commander serving in the Pacific War that is the epitome of the word skulduggery. I mean, how unfair is it that someone can sneak up on your homeland with their dreaded weapons of war and interupt your day at the races? In the nicest sort of way, that is what submarines are best at. Using technology to sneak up on an enemy was once viewed by proper gentlemen as nothing more than skullduggery. ![]() Skulduggery has been described as underhanded or unscrupulous behavior. ![]()
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