USS BARB 3-8 JANUARY 1944
TMO Update BH V2.0
After 15 great patrols in NAUTILUS SS-168 from December 1941- November 1944, was sunk by "Friendly Fire" , a US John C. Butler Class Destroyer Escort
off Morotai on 5 November 1944, en route Brisbane via Mios Woendi to end the 15th patrol.
Started a new career, want to tested out some things did in 1944 for the upcoming TMO Update V2.0. I was assigned USS BARB SS-220. I was happy with this. Since January 1944 was before Fluckey was her CO, I looked up and used the name of LCDR JR Waterman. Will edit the file to reflect Fluckey's taking command in April 1944 when appropriate.
Assigned to Area 8(one of the new patrol orders I added to campaign) , a real hot zone at this point in war, looking forward to getting there .
3 January
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1300 Underway from Pearl Harbor in accordance with COMSUBPAC Operation Order 06-44.
1336 Exited channel and rendezvoused with BARB's escort, PC-461.
1515 Escort detached.
1530 Dive. Dive time 45 seconds. Will conduct drills to improve time.
1545 Surfaced
1550 En route Midway Island.
4 January
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En route Midway
0700 Dive. Improved time to 40 seconds.
0715 Surface
0900 Gunnery Drill
1000 Emergency Drill
1300 Dive
1305 Torpedo Fire Control Drill
1400 Surface
5 January
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0700 Dive
0730 Surface
1000 Crash Dive drills. Submerged in 38.9 seconds.
1015 Surface
6 January
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En route Midway
0630 Dive
0700 Surface
3 January
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1300 Underway from Pearl Harbor in accordance with COMSUBPAC Operation Order
06-44 with PC-461 as escort.
1515 Escort detached.
1530 Dive. Dive time 45 seconds. WIll conduct drills to improve time.
1545 Surfaced
1550 En route Midway Island.
4 January
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En route Midway
0700 Dive. Improved time to 40 seconds.
0715 Surface
0900 Gunnery Drill
1000 Emergency Drill
1300 Dive
1305 Torpedo Fire Control Drill
1400 Surface
5 January
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0700 Dive
0730 Surface
7 January
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0630 Dive
0700 Surface
0800 Docked Midway Island
Topped off fuel and stores.
1300 Departed Midway
1400 Dive
1430 Surface
1445 Course 270 to AREA 8
8 January
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En route to patrol area.
Course 271 degrees. 14 knots.
0645 Dive
0700 Surface
Last edited by Bubblehead1980; 02-25-22 at 01:45 AM.
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