Submarine Report

Depth Charge, Bomb, Mine, Torpedo and Gunfire Damage
Including Losses in Action
7 December 1941 to 15 August 1945

1 January 1949   Preliminary Design Branch
Bureau of Ships
Navy Department
War Damage Report No. 58
Printed By U.S. Hydrographic Office


Contents

Section   Page
I Foreword 1
II General 2
III Japanese Anti-Submarine Warfare and Weapons 8
  Name No. Damaged by Locale Date  
IV Perch 176 Depth Charge Java Sea 3/3/42 17
V Kingfish 234 Depth Charge Formosa 3/23/43 26
VI Tunny 282 Depth Charge Palau Is. 8/26/43 47
VII Salmon 182 Depth Charge S.E. of Kyushu 10/30/44 61
VIII Grenadier 210 Bomb Malaya 4/22/43 82
IX Scamp 277 Bomb Mindanao, P.I. 4/7/44 89
X Tang 306 Torpedo Formosa 10/24/44 109
XI Bergall 320 Mine Gulf of Siam 6/13/45 125
XII Grampus 207 Gunfire Truk 5/17/42 131
XIII Growler 215 Collision New Britain 2/7/43 137
XIV Dragonet 293 Grounding Kurile Is. 12/15/44 148
Part II
XV Behavior of Underwater Non-Contact Explosions 161
XVI Hull Damage and Strength 177
XVII Stability, Buoyancy and Flooding 193
XVIII Shock Protection 203
XIX Engineering Notes 213
XX Piping 223
XXI Habitability 233
XXII Submarine Escape Notes 239
XXIII Conclusion 248
Appendix    
I Briefs of Damage Incurred by U.S. Submarines During World War II 250
II Tabular Summary of U.S.Submarine Losses During World War II 296
III Map Covering Area of Principal U.S. Submarine Operations  



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