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Originally Posted by 4H_Ccrashh
USS Sailfish (Sargo Class)
12 December 1941
Cavite Naval Base , Philippines.
First mission to deliver supplies to Formosa. No enemy contacts.
After completion, I sent a status report and was given new orders to patrol northwest of Luzon near Convoy College.
1428: Picked up distant sound contact , surfaced and racing south to prosecute.
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1510: Tracked target southwest through Luzon Straights. Sighted large tanker Nippon Maru (10,000 tons).
1547: Fired three torpedoes at 1500 yards. 60 deg AOB, fish set to slow speed, contact, depth 10 feet, Three degree spread.
Observed two hits. On aft of amidships the other forward amidships. Target burned and sank immediately. No lifeboats.
Cleared the area to the west.