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Originally Posted by KaleunMarco
actually, we lost quite a few boats to mines.
the prevailing wisdom, after the war (JANAC), was that if the enemy could not confirm anti-submarine activities in the vicinity of a patrol-loss, the suspected cause was mines. At least eight of fifty-two, possibly more. so many unknowns.
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I know lost a few to mines, I meant that in Operation Barney where FM was first used in combat, the Sea of Japan mission in 1945, did not lose boats to mines. Bonefish was sunk by escorts in Toyoma Bay.