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Originally Posted by Von Tonner
To get a really true picture I would be interested to know the total amount of patrols taken and total number of subs that accrued these patrols - anyone know?
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Hi!
Clay Blair in
Silent Victory has data for every patrol in the Pacific. I glanced through the results through December 1942: six submarines lost in 335 patrols, or on the order of about one in 50.
Pablo
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