[Mush Martin]

of 25 available boats only three made contact with the enemy

Cuttlefish caught site of a tanker reported its position by
radio and then dived, that ended her part in the operation.

Tambor running on the surface in the dark fell in with
four cruisers and two destroyers, didnt realize until
dawn that they were enemy, any way at first light
USN and IJN realized who was who and in the ensuing
maneuvers two of the cruisers collided. both were damaged
and one sank in the afternoon of the same day. but neither
they nor any of the others were hit by tambor.

Nautilis had a little better luck, she happend upon a
soryu class carrier that was previously damaged in an
air attack, her skipper fired a spread of three torps
He saw one hit and flames and water spout then he dove to avoid escorts
He claimed the kill and was awarded it but it was overturned
by Janac after the war, japanese witnesses verified two misses
and a dud, flames were apparently from the earlier air attack.

not a great turn out really but US doctrine was unrestricted anti
commerce warfare and they were, rightly ,organized and oriented towards
that end not fleet support maneuvers though there was some
obvious fleet support work done over the course of the war

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