In preparing Admiral Armistead's morning briefing, I find the USS Grenadier is returning to base from it's last patrol. The patrol consisted of a "harbor-raiding" sighting-seeing cruise (with external camera no doubt), playing ring-a-round-the-rosie with one...repeat one sub-chaser, and firing upon various ships tied up at port which were unmanned, unable to defend themselves, and posed no immediate threat to American lives or vessels.
Noted are no instances where the USS Grenadier was actually fired upon. (Sorry, fireballs emitting from "glitchy" sinking vessels do not count). While displaying what as been previously described as "cowardly behavior", the Grenadier received damage to various parts of the sub but far more importantly lost several crew members.
To: LCDR Eugene Williams, USN
The admiral will want a list of the names of the deceased crew members upon your return to base. He will also want you to report to his office at 07:00 with your month and year statistics.
Your future as a submarine skipper will be evaluated by Admiral Armistead and you will be advised how he plans to use your services during the remaining war effort. Good day sir.
