Submarine Operations Research Group Attack Data

USS Spikefish (SS-404)

Patrol Number Date Hour (00-23) Operational Command Latitude Longitude Approach Light Condition Approach Image Method Approach Surfaced or Submerged Attack Light Condition Attack Image Method Attack Surfaced or Submerged Weapon Used Number of Torpedoes Fired Number of Torpedo Hits Claimed Target Type Result Estimated Target Tonnage
2  1945-02-24  10  Pearl Harbor  2905N  12725E  Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Mark XVIII Type 1 Torpedo  6  3  AK  Damaged  5000 
2  1945-02-24  10  Pearl Harbor  2905N  12725E  Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Mark XVIII Type 1 Torpedo  0  0  AK  No Damage  5000 
2  1945-03-05  08  Pearl Harbor  2920N  12926E  Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Mark XVIII Type 1 Torpedo  4  0  AK  No Damage  2000 
2  1945-03-05  08  Pearl Harbor  2920N  12926E  Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Mark XVIII Type 1 Torpedo  2  0  AK  No Damage  2000 
3  1945-05-14  22  Pearl Harbor  2413N  12218E  Night  Radar  Surfaced  Night  Radar  Surfaced    3  0  TRK  No Damage  500 
4  1945-08-11  05  Pearl Harbor  2837N  12413E  Twilight  Visual  Surfaced  Twilight  Visual  Surfaced  Deck Gun  0  0  TRK  Sunk  300 
4  1945-08-14  04  Pearl Harbor  2902N  12353E  Night  Radar  Surfaced  Twilight  Radar  Submerged  Mark XXIII Torpedo  6  2  SS  Sunk  1500 


   

A complete analysis of the SORG attack data and attacks not in SORG is currently available in the book United States and Allied Submarine Successes in the Pacific and Far East During World War II, 4th ed.

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