Extract from USS Wahoo 5th War Patrol Report :-
15. FUEL OIL EXPENDED
Enroute to Area......................... 8.68 gal. per mile.
In Area................................. 8.53 gal. per mile.
From Area...............................15.80 gal. per mile.
NOTE: Passage to area appears to have been mostly at "2 engine speed"
Passage home appears to have been at "3 engine speed."
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"Pitt was the greatest fool who ever lived to encourage a mode of war which they who commanded the seas did not want, and which, if successful, would deprive them of it." Earl St.Vincent (allegedly)
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