Remnants of sunken Whale Factory burning at Takanabe on 7/5/45 @ 0030.
Spotted four merchants heading SSE 100m off the beach 137 km @ 202 degrees from Kagoshima on 7/6/45 @ 0017. Detected no escort until passing the small NW head of the island where we were taken under fire by a trapped Momi. Submerged and continued after the convoy. DD then went into emergency reverse, running his stern high aground and exploding.
Not sure that last is not more interesting being left as is.
USS Balao, ex-Saipan, assigned to patrol just WSW of the island above.
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