[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by Flaskegaard

24 August 1944:
At 0630, as USS HARDER and LtCdr Frank E. Haylor’s (USNA ’36) USS HAKE (SS-256) close Dasol Bay, Haylor makes out a three-stack ship and a smaller one coming out of the bay. Haylor consults his ONI 41-42 naval-intelligence warship recognition booklet. He incorrectly identifies three-stack PB-102 (captured Clemson class destroyer USS Stewart) as old Thai destroyer PHRA RUANG and also misidentifies kaibokan CD-22 as a minesweeper. As they come out of the harbor, the crews of PB-102 and CD-22 see the submarines' two periscopes. PB-102's captain turns about and heads back into Dasol Bay, but CD-22 comes straight on. [2]
LtCdr Haylor does not like the setup, as he sensed a trap, so USS HAKE breaks off, goes deep, and begins evasive maneuvers. However, USS HARDER continues in towards the bay. CD-22 suddenly comes under a torpedo attack. Cdr Dealey fires three torpedoes at CD-22 in a down-the-throat attack, but misses. Two torpedoes pass off CD-22's port side and one off her starboard side. Wanting to get another crack at her, Dealey does not order deep submergence, probably thinking it's only a minesweeper, and not believing her capable of delivering a serious counter-attack. But the "minesweeper" was actually CD-22, a Type D Kaibokan, armed with 16 Type 94 DC throwers, eight on each side of her fantail. After evading the torpedoes, CD-22 detects USS HARDER with her Type 3 sonar. At 0728, CD-22 commences a depth charge run with her Type 94 DC throwers with each charge set to detonate deeper than the last. This attack sinks USS HARDER with all hands. A large amount of oil, pieces of cork and wood surface thereafter. CD-22 soon departs the area to catch up with PB-102 and NIYO MARU. At 1948, all three arrive at Manila. [3]

Sure would like to know where that came from. My info came from the official publication of the US Sub Veterans of World War II, the Polaris. Unfortunately the organization was disbanded in 2015, their website is gone and all those great "Remember this?" stories are not on the web any more. The website that was responsible for all Paul Wittmer's material is also gone.