U.S.S. PERMIT (SS-178) — war patrol report SS-178_PERMIT_Part1.pdf

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DATE: 10.26.79

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ALL MATERIAL ON THIS REEL IS RECLASSIFIED

FOR DECK LOSS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1943
AND FOR AUGUST 1943-NOVEMBER 1945
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J. AMONZ

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10 May 1939, Lieutenant Commander Charles O. Humphreys was relieved as Commanding Officer of PERMIT by Lieutenant Commander Adrian M. Hurst, USN.

PERMIT sailed from San Diego on 16 October 1939 for a month of operations in Hawaiian waters, then set course with Submarine Division 14 by way of Guam in the Marianas for the Philippine Islands. She arrived in Manila on 1 December 1939, assigned with her division as a unit of Submarine Squadron 5, U. S. Asiatic Fleet. Tended by the famed submarine tender CANOPUS (AS 9), she conducted practice patrols in Lingayen Gulf, Davao Gulf and the southernmost waters of the Philippines, Tawitawi Bay. She intervened this service by a cruise which found her based at Tsingtao, China (2 July-21 August 1940). PERMIT then resumed duty in the Philippines and in May 1941, was assigned to Submarine Division 203, Squadron 20, U. S. Asiatic Fleet. By this time strined relations with Japan were such that it appeared she might go to war and Admiral Hart, commanding the Asiatic Fleet in flagship cruiser HOUSTON, readied his sea forces. Submarine Tender HOLLAND (AS 3) in company with four submarines reached Manila on 18 November 1941 to bolster the Asiatic Fleet as intelligence disclosed that the movement of Japanese troops and naval task forces appeared to be in preparation for an amphibious expedition either against the Philippines, Thai or Kra Peninsula, or possibly Borneo. Navy amphibious patrol aircraft covering the western approaches to the Philippines brought word on 2 December 1941 that a large Japanese convoy was assembling in Camranh Bay, French Indo-China. Known to comprise at least 50 ships, this convoy soon sailed and disappeared into a fog which prevented aerial observation. On 8 December 1941 (7 December in Hawaii), the Japanese landed on beaches some 400 miles north of Singapore and the invasion of Malaya was begun. At this same time, news of the infamous Pearl Harbor raid reached Man'ia. PERMIT, moo-ed in Canacao Bay, Manila Harbor, received word along with many of her sister submarines at 0400 8 December 1941, when flashing light signals on tender CANOPUS spelled out: "From Commander Asiatic Fleet ... To Asiatic Fleet ..., Urgent ... Break ... Japan Has Commenced Hostilities ... Governor Yourseives Accordingly." Lieutenant Commander Adrian M. Hurst was in command of PERMIT who darkened ship. Near daylight she moved alongside the tender for battery water before shifting off Sangley Point for the night. A few hours before the dawn of 9 December 1941 she observed the large fires of a heavy bombing attack on Nichols Field. The following afternoon she was forced out into the safety of deeper water of Manila Bay as a Japanese aerial amada pounded the city of Manila and blasted the Cavite Naval Base. After midnight she cleared the minefields to conduct her first patrol off the West Coast of Luzon.

PERMIT found no sign of enemy ships by 20 December 1941 when she returned to Manila Harbor. Near sunset the next day submarine STINGRAY (SS 13) radioed word to the Commander-in-Chief of the Asiatic Fleet that the Japanese invaders had arrived in Lingayen Gulf. The enemy infantry went ashore at daybreak of 22 December, unhampered by STINGRAY who was ringed in by Japanese destroyers who worked in pairs along the easily-guarded gulf entrance. That same morning PERMIT put to sea on her second war patrol off the West Coast of Luzon. Two torpedoes aimed at two

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1941. Near midnight of 28 December, she reached her destination on 27 December members of Admiral Hart's Staff, Lieutenant Commander (later Admiral) Robert Lee Dennison, Lieutenant Commander (later Rear Admiral) Raymond S. Lamb, and eight navy men of lesser rank for evacuation to the Dutch Submarine Base, Scerabaja, Java. She completed her third war patrol enroute, scouting off Negros and Mindanao, thence off Celebes where enemy landings were reported at Kema. From the last named vicinity she shifted on 17 January 1942 to patrol Peleng and Greyhound Straits where no enemy ships were sighted. Her patrol came to an end on 6 February 1942 when she put her passengers ashore in Sceraba, Java, Netherlands East Indies. Eight days later Lieutenant Commander Adrian M. Hurst, USN, was relieved as commanding officer by Lieutenant W. Alfred G. Chapple, USN.

FEMINIST SEVERAL: For her fourth war patrol on 22 February as the Japanese began to close a deadly strip on oil-rich Java, Singapore had fallen on the 15th and the Philippines had been overwhelmed except Bataan and Corregidor. Every measure had been taken by the Japanese to stop the undersea traffic to Corregidor but fleet submarine SWORDFISH got through on 19 February 1942 to rescue distinguished per.ons including Emanuel Quezon, President of the Philippines. Now it was PERMIT's turn to penetrate the blockade to the "Rock" and she was prepared for anything the enemy might throw at her. She gave two Japanese destroyers the slip a few minutes after midnight of 28 February 1942. Three hours later she moved in at flank speed on a task force of three cruisers screened by an equal number of destroyers and launched three torpedoes without gaining a hit. She dodged depth charges of a destroyer the nights of 1, 2 and 4 March and on the 13th, made rendezvous with the unseaworthy (no fuel and faulty engines) motor torpedo boat PT-32 off Taguayan Island. Taking on board the crew of 2 officers and 13 men, she sank the hulk of the PT with gunfire after stripping the boat of all useful material. Her appointed rendezvous off Corregidor was made with the United States Merchant tanker RANGER the night of 15-16 March 1942. She received three torpedoes, 8 officers and 32 men from the RANGER. Eight of the crew of PT-32 joined the defenders of Corregidor and PERMIT landed her ammunition allowance (several thousand rounds). A few hours before midnight of 17 March 1942 she sighted three destroyers and let go two torpedoes at one of this trio for no hits. All three enemy escorts attempted to box the submarine in and she experienced 14 close explosions for minor damage before the destroyers were eluded. The next morning she headed for her new base at Fremantle, Australia, where she arrived 7 April 1942.

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1943

SHIPS NAMED PERMIT

shelled a plainly visible aircraft hangar with 28 salvos from her deck gun. On the night of 10 May she commenced radar tracking of a three-ship convoy which was guarded by one escort. Less than an hour after midnight she let go four torpedoes and observed two explosions on target, one forward and one aft. Clouds of smoke hid the scene of attack for a time and when the smoke had cleared, the target had rolled over. Meanwhile PERMIT fired two torpedoes at another target, hearing and observing two explosions. This action took place in Latitude 16°15' North, Longitude 146°53' East but the identity of these two ships could not be established in the light of records available after close of the war. However, these records are far from complete and thus do not rule out the sinkings reported in the war diary of the submarine. She terminated her eighth war patrol at Pearl Harbor on 25 May 1943.

PERMIT was refitted at Pearl Harbor and left that port astern on 20 July to join submarines LAPON and PLUNGER at Midway Island which she reached on the 24th. These three submarines had been selected to make the first war-time penetration into the Sea of Japan. That body of water, hitherto safe behind the land barrier of the Japanese Home Islands, was filled with shipping traffic carrying raw material to the Japanese war plants from Manchuria and Korea. Of four narrow entrances, one was unavailable as it lay in Russian territory, two were guarded by minefields (Tussuhins Strait between Korea and Japan and Tsugaru Strait between the Japanese Home Islands of Honshu and Hokkaido), and the fourth, La Perouse Strait which formed an entrance between northernmost Hokkaido and Sakhalin Island, was frozen up for much of each year. Little was known of this last mentioned strait except that it was often obscured in pea-soup fog and dangerously shallow. The use of this strait by Russian shipping made it appear this passage was not mined.

JUNE 4

PERMIT cleared Midway on 25 July and the raiders transited Etorofu Strait of the Kurile Islands, undetected under cover of night, thence southward across the southern end of the Sea of Okhotsk and transited La Perouse Strait near midnight of 6 July 1943 for an assigned 96 hours of hunting. Their hope was to hit targets and make their way out before mining or other measures could "plug up" La Perouse Strait, their only means of safe exit from the Sea of Japan. PERMIT's assigned area was the western coastline of Hokkaido while PLUNGER was assigned the mid-sea between Dogo Island and the Northern end of Honshu. LAPON was to patrol the southern end of the Sea of Japan.

PERMIT manned all battle stations, having issued Monseen lungs and lifebelts to those anticipating the danger of mines, and shot through the deepest part of the channel of La Perouse Strait at four-engine speed. Though the original plan was to start the 96 hour shoot at the stroke of midnight announcing the beginning of 7 July, PERMIT arrived on the scene about four hours earlier and at 2224, 6 July, fired two torpedoes which blasted the 787-ton cargo ship BANSHU MARU into debris and leaving only an oil slick to mark her demise in Latitude 43°35' North; Longitude 140°21' East. 7 July 1943 was seven minutes old when radar contact by PERMIT was developed into a two-ship convoy headed for the Korean coastline.

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0143 a salvo of two torpedoes were sent on their way toward the doomed 2,212 ton cargo ship SHOWA MARU who sank five minutes later in Latitude 43°-14' North; Longitude 139°-43' East. Three quarters of an hour later two torpedoes were launched at the second target. PERMIT rose to the surface one minute after this shot and was hit by a wave of water which half-filled her conning tower and left two feet of water in the pump room. Meanwhile her target continued on course, not pursued by PERMIT because of damage to her rada-. At 0015, 8 July 1943, she let go three torpedoes and was rewarded by the sound of two explosions on target, the second seen to be the result of a hit under the main mast. This enemy ship settled by the stern but did not sink as the submarine maneuvered for the kill. At this point the running lights of the formerly over-confident target were extinguished and the ship disappeared into the morning dark. In less than two hours PERMIT found another target and exploded a hit under the bow which obscured the enemy ship in steam and mist. A second try resulted in no hits, but on the third try, an explosion on target shook the submarine beach, out of the lethal grasp of PERMIT who had expended the last of her torpedoes. While submarine NARWHAI created a diversion by the bombardment of an enemy airstrip on Matsuwa Island, Kurile Islands Chain, PERMIT and her two companions made their exit from the Sea of Japan as swiftly as they had entered. Once in the open Pacific she made her way to Dutch Harbor, Alaska (16-19 July) thence to Pearl Harbor where she terminated her ninth war patrol on the 27th. With the return of these pioneer raiders came the news that American submarines could successfully invade the Sea of Japan and numerous contacts made in its northern surface were marked down for future reference.

PERMIT was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for outstanding heroism in action against enemy shipping and combatant units during her tenth war patrol. She set course from Pearl Harbor on 23 August 1943 and after replenishing at Johnston Island, conducted photographic reconnaissance of Taroa, Malelop, Wotje and Kwajalein Atolls in the Marshall Islands, thus playing a valuable role for the planned invasion for their capture which took place in January-February 1944. She found many ships at anchor at Kwajalein where on 3 September she dived from two escorts and found herself the target of aerial aircraft bombs. She safely evaded these winged hunters and continued her reconnaissance of this stronghold and "key" to the Marshalls until the night of 9 September 1943 when she sighted the smoke of a large ship. Submerging ahead of the target near midnight, she moved in. One torpedo tube, misfired. The submarine then let go a second salvo as two escorts came ranging down her track and dropped nine depth charges. She pursued the damaged cargo ship until daybreak without success, then returned off Kwajalein.

While off Kwajalein on 11 September 1943, PERMIT spotted three ships with several patrol boat escorts and three planes overhead, leaving Gea Pass in the direction of Truk Atoll 'n the Carolines. She caught up with this convoy shortly before daybreak of 12 September, fired five torpedoes, and was swinging for a stern shot as she observed two hits on the middle target and one hit on a near target. She let the near target have one

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1945, 23 February 1945, and 23 February 1945, and entered the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 23 February for overhaul. This work was complete by 12 May when she shifted operations to the Submarine Base at New London, Connecticut. The remainder of her career was spent as a schoolship for the student officers and men of the New London Submarine School. This duty came to an end on 30 October 1945 when she entered the Boston Naval Shipyard for inactivation.

PERMIT was decommissioned in the Boston Navy Yard on 15 November 1945. She remained in reserve until her name was strike from the Navy List on 26 July 1956. Her hull was sold for scrapping on 28 June 1958 to the A. G. Schoonmaker, Incorporated, of New York City, for $162,850.

PERMIT earned the Navy Unit Commendation, ten battle stars, and other awards for the operations listed below:

1. Star/HILIPPINE ISLANDS OPERATION:
   11-20 December 1941, 22-27 Dec 1941, 22 Feb-7 Apr 1942

2. Star/SEVENTH WAR PATROL-PACIFIC:
   5 Feb-16 Mar 1943

3. Star/EIGHTH WAR PATROL-PACIFIC:
   6 Apr-25 May 1943

4. Star/NINTH WAR PATROL-PACIFIC:
   20 Jun-27 Jul 1943

5. Star/TENTH WAR PATROL-PACIFIC:
   23 Aug-18 Sep 1943

6. Star/ELEVENTH WAR PATROL-PACIFIC:
   2 Jan 1944-18 Mar 1944

7. Star/TWELFTH WAR PATROL-PACIFIC:
   23 Apr-5 Jun 1944

8. Star/MARIANAS OPERATION:
   Fourth Bonins Raid: 4-5 Aug 1944

9. Star/FOURTEENTH WAR PATROL-PACIFIC:
   21 Sep-11 Nov 1944

PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION BADGE:
11-20 Dec 1941; 22-27 Dec 1941; 22 Feb-7 Apr 1942

NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION - TENTH WAR PATROL:
23 Aug-18 Sep 1943

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17 Mar 1937 – 10 May 1939
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ADRIAN M. HURST, USN: 10 May 1939 – 14 Feb 1942
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WREFORD G. CHAPPLE, USN: 14 Feb 1942 – 4 Aug 1943
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER CARTER L. BENNETT, USN: 4 Aug 1943 – 20 Mar 1944
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER DONALD L. SCHERER, USN: 20 Mar 1944 – 24 Dec 1944
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER HERBERT I. MANDEL, USN: 24 Dec 1944 – 2 Nov 1945
LIEUTENANT STANLEY J. BEDNARCZYK, USNR: 2 Nov 1945 – 15 Nov 1945

The second PERMIT (SS(N) 594) is under construction by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. This nuclear-powered submarine is scheduled to be launched on 1 July 1961, under the sponsorship of Mrs. John A. McCone, wife of the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.

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Compiled and stenciled 15 Jun 1961 (kee)

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25 Feb-8 Mar 1943
FROM C.O. USS PERMIT (SS-178)
SERIAL NO. 01-43
DATE 25 Feb-8 Mar 1943
SUBJECT SUBMARINE ACTION REPORT, Forming of. Forwards 5 form reports of action in Lat.41.05 N, Long. 141 25 E, during 5th War Patrol (5 Feb-16 Mar 43). Claims 1. Sampan, 2 cargo vessels sunk; 1 cargo vessel damaged.
(CENTRAC: U.S. SUBMARINE ACTIONS)
FILED: War Diary
Separately as ORIGINAL

DATE 9 July 1943
FROM CO - USS PERMIT (SS-178)
SERIAL NO. 0020-43
DATE 9 July 1943
SUBJECT Sinking of Russian SEINER #20, Reports of Forwards statements covering events surrounding sinking of Russian SEINER #20 on 9 Jul 43 in the JAPAN Sea in the belief it was a Japanese craft.
(CENTRAC: US SUB OPS)
FILED: War Diary
Separately as ORIGINAL

MICROSERIAL NO. ACTION REPORT 1943-1 (11-55)

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1/2" x 1/2" U.S.S. PERMIT (SS178)
U.S.S. PERMIT - REPORT OF 1st WAR PATROL (Continued)

B. Weather -
FIRST DAY - December 11, 1941
Wind - NW force 2, Sea NW - 2, visibility 30.
SECOND DAY - December 12, 1941
Wind - SS - 2; Sea SS - 2; visibility 30.
THIRD DAY - December 13, 1941
Wind - (A.M. NW - 2 Sea (A.M. NW - 1 visibility 40.
(P.M. SE - 3 (P.M. SE - 2 visibility 35.
FOURTH DAY - December 14, 1941
Wind - NE - 2; Sea NE - 2; visibility 35.
FIFTH DAY - December 15, 1941
Wind - (A.M. E-3 Sea (A.M. E-2 visibility 35.
(P.M. SE-4 (P.M. SE-2 visibility 35.
SIXTH DAY - December 16, 1941
Wind - (A.M. SE-2 Sea (A.M. SE-4 visibility 35.
(P.M. NE-3 (P.M. NE-4 visibility 35.
SEVENTH DAY - December 17, 1941
Wind - NE - 3; sea ESE - 2; visibility 30.
EIGHTH DAY - December 18, 1941
Wind - SE - 2; sea SE - 4; visibility 30.
NINTH DAY - December 19, 1941
Wind SE-3; Sea SE-2; visibility 30.

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1941
From: The Commanding Officer.
To: The Commander Submarines, U.S. Asiatic Fleet.

Subject: U.S.S. PERMIT - Report of Second War Patrol, forwarding of.

Enclosure: (A) Report of Second War Patrol, period December 22, 1941 to December 27, 1941.
(B) Track charts for period.
(C) Radio log for period.

1. Pursuant to instructions enolostres (A), (B), and (C) are forwarded herewith.

A.M. HURST

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December 27, 1941

U.S.S. PERMIT - REPORT OF SECOND WAR PATROL

Period from 1500, 22 December to 27 December, 1941

Area: 17N and Coast of LIZON, thence 240° T for 30 miles, thence 330° T for 3x miles, thence 060° T for 25 miles, thence 090° T to Coast of LIZON.

Zone time kept - 1 mins 9

A. FIRST DAY, 22 DECEMBER, 1941

This vessel got underway at 1500 in accordance with orders from Consubs AF and stood out: AITIA BAY, passing through inner mine field and entering off LAYTILES BAY at 1707. At 2000 stood through outer field and at 2025 cleared. Steared various courses at speed 17.5 until 10 miles off CORRESIDOR, thence course 317° T up coast to pass CAPONES at least 10 miles abeam, thence course 346° T.

SECOND DAY, 23 DECEMBER, 1941

Underway as before stendnig northward 10 miles off coast. 0617 Submerged west of CAPES JOLIAD LT, bearing 0660 T, distance 15 miles, 0736 Changed course to 0360 T to head for area. 0619 Sighted unidentified plane bearing 2850 T, distance 10 miles. 1015 Came back to course 000° T to view BOLIVIAN more distance. 1116 Sighted two JEP DD's bearing 0250 T, distance 13,000 yards on patrolling on approximately 115° T, the other on 2850 T from CAPES BOLIVIAN to about 15 miles. 115° T, the other on 2850 T. Station and attempted to close westward patrolling DD but could not approach closer than 5000 yards. At 1250 Changed course to 270° T and abandoned approach. 1335 Changed course to 315° T and at 1352 changed course to 000° T to work to northward of patrol line. 1420 Changed course to 315° T and at 1436 changed course to 000° T when it became evident that the JEP DD at AUGUST, class had changed course such that an attack might be possible. At 1442 it appeared that JEP had heard this vessel and had changed course toward. Changed course to 315° T and prepared stern tubes for firing, insufficient time being available to bring bow tubes to bear. 1445 Fired 2 torpedoes from stern tubes at JEP DD using TDC as angle solver with only a quick setup available at a range of about 1500 yards estimated. The torpedoes appeared to run normally and evidently missed ahead because DD was observed to

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3.3/76/A16-3
Serial: C-024
U.S.S. PERMIT (SS178)

U.S.S. PERMIT - REPORT OF SECOND WAR PATROL (Continued)

In accordance with instructions received to enter Gulf, 2053 sighted vessel 100 on port bow, submerged, went deep and rigged for depth charge attack. Steered various courses to aird what sounded to be a DD, 2120. Ieard automatic pinging - or, dently not directed at this vessel. Three other sets of sources were heard evidently searching, 2230. Surfaced on course 270 T. Free 2250 to 2330 maneuvered on various courses to avoid so-ews bearing 1150 T. 2310 steadied on course 1500 T.

FOURTH DAY - 25 December, 1941

Underway on course 1500 T, speed 9.5 knots, 0055 Sound heard across on starboard bow of what was believed a S/M. Nothing in sight. 2043 Sighted 3/M submerged bearing 0600 T, distance 3000 yards. Believed to be one of our latest living MANY GULF. 0257 Changed course to 1600 T to head down center of Gulf. 0337 sighted 3/M bearing 1600 T undistracted and at 0345 it disappeared from view, 0410. Submerged on sighting on starboard bow went deep, ran silent, and rigged for depth charge attack. 0415 Screws heard bearing 3460 T, 200 yards, 100 rpm, evidently listening and at 0425 these screws drew away on 0450 T. 0537 Ieared 2 sets of screws on port beam and abart port beam, and at 0540 after most vessel faded out astern, 0650 came to periscope depth of 5417. SAW FERNANDO slightly inside Gulf, changed course to 1400 T to work towards eastern side, 0700 heard screws on 2920 T and 3500 T, the latter making 215 rpm as if coming in to attack. 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3/7/41
SSI 78/A16-3
Serial: C-024
U.S.S. PERMIT - REPORT OF SECOND WAR PATROL (Continued).

SIXTH DAY - 27 December, 1941

Underway as before, 0100 Slowed to 12.5 knots. 0151 Started 0450 T standing toward CORRIGOR. 0503 Entered outer mine field. 0545 Anchored off turning buoy HAVYLESS.

B. WEATHER:

FIRST DAY - 22 December, 1941

Wind E-2; Sea - NE-2; Visibility - 40.

SECOND DAY - 23 December, 1941

Wind A.M. - NW-4; Sea A.M. - NW-2
P.M. - NW-3; Visibility - 35 - 40

THIRD DAY - 24 December, 1941

Wind A.M. - NW-4; Sea A.M. - NW-2
P.M. - NW-3; Visibility - 30

FOURTH DAY - 25 December, 1941

Wind - NE (1-2) - Visibility 30
Sea - A.M. NE-5; P.M. NE-1

FIFTH DAY - 26 December, 1941

Wind - NW-2; Sea - NW-1; Visibility 30

C. TIDAL INFORMATION.

No remarks.

D. NAVIGATIONAL AIDS.

No remarks.

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1. U.S.S. PERMIT (SS178)
: 2. U.S.S. PERMIT - REPORT OF SECOND WAR PATROL (Continued)
: 3. DESCRIPTION OF SHIPS SIGHTED
: 4. SECOND DAY, 23 December, 1941
: 5. 1116 Sighted 2 Japanese Destroyers, 2 stacks, similar to AMAGIRI class, in approximate position 12 miles west of BOLINAO LIGHT, patrolling in an easterly - westerly line in opposite directions.
: 6. THIRD DAY, 24 December, 1941
: 7. 0049 Sighted 2 single stack Jap DD's hull down, in middle of area, patrolling in line to northward. Not identified.
: 8. 1950 Sighted S/M on surface in north western part of area. Was observed to stand off to westward. Not identified.
: 9. 2053 Sighted DD 100 on port bow while heading for LINGAYEN CUTL and being at that time on southern edge of area. Not identified.
: 10. FOURTH DAY, 25 December, 1941
: 11. 0243 Sighted S/M submerging off entrance to LINGAYEN. Believed to be one of ours.
: 12. 0337 Sighted another S/M off entrance to Gulf, also believed to be one of ours.
: 13. 2000 Sighted Jap DD bearing 1200 T distance about 2 miles in Iat. 16-53.5 N, Long. 119-45.0 E. Not identified as to class but know it was enemy because he dropped 6 depth charges.
: 14. AFTRAST SIGHTED.
: 15. SECOND DAY, 23 December, 1941
: 16. 0019 Sighted plane through periscope off C. BOLINAO distant 10 miles. Not identified.
: 17. PARTICULARS OF ATTACKS MADE.
: 18. 1436 After changing course to 000° T, Jap DD of AMAGIRI class patrolling to westward of CAPE BOLINAO changed course so that approach was possible. It is believed he was searching by sound while patrolling and may have picked up this vessel causing him to