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 DepartmentWar 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