08-23-10, 08:15 AM
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Ace of the Deep 
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Originally Posted by Mescator
...I do recall an instance where a American sub sunk a POW ship and killed hundreds of prisoners though.
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That could be the Growler...
" For the tenth war patrol Growler was lead submarine in a wolf-pack with Sealion and Pampanito in Formosa Strait. On 12 September the group attacked a convoy and Growler sank the 870 ton frigate Hirado and the 1950-ton destroyer Shikinami. Three days later the subs passed the area of the attack again and they found men clinging to rafts and floating debris, but the voices they heard were english. They were prisoners of war onboard the sunken convoy ships, other subs were called in to assist and 159 allied prisoners were rescued."
Source: The Last Patrol by Harry Holmes. ISBN-1-85310-414-0
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