at Truk I was being depth charged by one dd and four patrol boats after I had sunk three stationary merchants near the southwest entry channel. I ended up fleeing to the nearest Jap port and moored, submerged, in a boat slip in an attempt to escape their weaponry. The boat slip quay walls blocked their depth charge explosions. The dd docked alongside the slip for a few hours, like a polar bear waiting for a seal to come up for air. But I never did. Eventually the dd departed, as did the patrol boats which had been swarming about laying down depth charges. I got away after dark
, noting the Japs had sunk one of their own merchants while they were firing at my boat. My boat: no damage with one wounded. Kill totals: three merchants, plus one merchant the Japs sunk gunning for my boat.
