![]() ![]() This year’s graduates will enter the force as the U.S. Naval Academy’s class of 2023, which now will move on for more advanced training and eventual deployment with the Marines or Navy. carrier air raid there.ĭelivered cargo to guerrilla activities in the Philippines.More than 1,000 graduates make up the U.S. She also rescued two downed aviators during a U.S. Thirteenth patrol was a photographic, reconnaissance of Palau. Three more freighters on her twelfth war patrol. In the East China Sea north of Formosa Seawolf sank a freighter-transport, three freighters and damaged She conducted herĮleventh patrol in the South China Sea and sank a largeįreighter-transport and an unidentified ship, and damaged a freighter. Going to an area off the China coast north of Formosa for her ninth patrol, Seawolf sank a freighter-transport and aĮast China Sea in August and September 1943 here she sank three largeįreighters and two sampans, while she damaged a third sampan. Sank a large freighter, a tanker, two sampans, and, on 23 April 1943, Patrol, in the Bonins-Formosa Area, Seawolf She sank theĤ0 miles inside the mouth of Davao Gulf on 3 November 1942.įreighter-transports and damaged a freighter on this patrol. Passage from Fremantle to Pearl Harbor, patrolling at Davao Gulf, Palau and Yap enroute. In the Makassar Strait for her sixth patrol, Seawolf sank a tanker and a freighter-transport, Returning to the Philippine area for her fifth patrol, Seawolf sank a freighter. She received the Navy Unit Commendation for this Vicinity of Lonibok Straits for her fourth run, Seawolf sank a transport and damaged three light cruisers, two Then took passengers from there to Surabaya. 50 caliber antiaircraft ammunition to Corregidor in January 1942 and Her second patrol was the passage from Manila to Port Darwin and Seawolf did not meet any enemy ships. The day the war began she started patrolling in the vicinity of northern Luzon, but returned with noĭamage to her credit. This gave her total tonnage for ships sunk It is also possible that she was lost due to an operational casualty or as aĭuring her first fourteen patrols, Seawolf Japanese report of antisubmarine attacks which could account for the loss of Seawolf, it is possible that Seawolf was sunk by friendly forces in an antisubmarine attack on 3 October 1944, in the vicinity of 02°-32'N, In view of the above facts, and the fact that there is no attack listed in the The Japanese submarine RO-41 sank Shelton on 3 October, and was After one of the several hedgehog attacks a smallĪmount of debris and a large air bubble were seen. Sound contact on the submarine, which then sent long dashes and dots which Rowell stated bore no resemblance to theĮxisting recognition signals. Knowledge of any friendly submarines in the area, and it was thought that Seawolf must be held down by these antisubmarineĪpparently lethal attack was conducted in conjunction with a plane which marked On 4 October, Seawolf again was directed to report her position, and again sheĪttacked a submarine in the vicinity of the attack on Shelton, having at that time no Their positions, and the other three did, but Seawolf was not heard from. Since there were fourįriendly submarines in the vicinity of this attack, they were directed to give Later the same day an enemy submarine attack was made atĢ°-32'N, 129°-18'E, which resulted in the sinking of U.S.S. On 3 October Seawolf and Narwhal exchanged SJ radar recognition Was directed to carry certain stores and Army personnel to the east coast of Samar. September 1944 beginning her 15th patrol, and arrived at Manus on 29 HyperWar: US Submarine Losses in World War II Seawolf (SS 197)ĭictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships] ![]()
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