My typical patrol to the East China Sea goes like this: leave Pearl, run at Ahead Full to Midway. This uses up about 20-25% of the fuel. Refit to get a full tank of diesel. Head west at ahead 1/3. Once you get a few days west of Midway, start spending the days underwater and nights on the surface, all at ahead 1/3. Arrive on station with 74% diesel remaining. Hunt using fuel as needed until fuel reaches 50% or torpedoes run out, then return to Midway by the same method. Refit and return to Pearl to end the patrol.
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We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
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