Lieut. Comdr. YASUMOTO, Shisei, IJN... Interview

woofiedog · 04-20-07, 08:00 AM

An interview with Lt. Comdr. Yasumoto IJN... Commander of the escort vessel Shiokaze, March 1944 to June 1945; Staff Officer of 103rd Convoy Escort Squadron, Seventh Fleet, from June 1945 to end of war.

Link: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/...JO/IJO-45.html

Submarine attacks on Japanese Shipping in the SOUTH CHINA SEA and adjacent waters became increasingly severe during early 1944 and brought about more strict convoy escort instructions and some uniformity of escort formations. However, the lack of escort vessels and the ability of American submarines to attack convoys in very restricted waters where escort formations could not be maintained, partially nullified these efforts to save the rapidly shrinking Japanese Merchant Marine.
Carrier air strikes on shipping in MANILA and CORON Bays in September 1944 disrupted the regularly traveled North-South shipping route which coasted the Western PHILIPPINES prior to that time. Other forms of air attack were of secondary importance until the last month or two of the war, when aircraft mining, low-level attacks by B-25s, and harassing attacks by day and night search planes contributed materially to the final destruction of Japanese shipping.

Link for the Shiokaze: http://www.combinedfleet.com/shioka_t.htm

Sailor Steve · 04-20-07, 10:43 AM

Cool stuff! Thanks for the link.

tater · 04-20-07, 10:53 AM

Another awesome find!

Note that this is late in the war when they started actually using convoys. The escorts were pretty mixed between a few DDs, and much lesser types. He mentions a 150 ton subchaser---that's tiny.

Here's his ship's TROM:

http://www.combinedfleet.com/shioka_t.htm

04-20-07, 08:00 AM	#1
woofiedog Engineer Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New England Posts: 216 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Lieut. Comdr. YASUMOTO, Shisei, IJN... Interview An interview with Lt. Comdr. Yasumoto IJN... Commander of the escort vessel Shiokaze, March 1944 to June 1945; Staff Officer of 103rd Convoy Escort Squadron, Seventh Fleet, from June 1945 to end of war. Link: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/...JO/IJO-45.html Submarine attacks on Japanese Shipping in the SOUTH CHINA SEA and adjacent waters became increasingly severe during early 1944 and brought about more strict convoy escort instructions and some uniformity of escort formations. However, the lack of escort vessels and the ability of American submarines to attack convoys in very restricted waters where escort formations could not be maintained, partially nullified these efforts to save the rapidly shrinking Japanese Merchant Marine. Carrier air strikes on shipping in MANILA and CORON Bays in September 1944 disrupted the regularly traveled North-South shipping route which coasted the Western PHILIPPINES prior to that time. Other forms of air attack were of secondary importance until the last month or two of the war, when aircraft mining, low-level attacks by B-25s, and harassing attacks by day and night search planes contributed materially to the final destruction of Japanese shipping. Link for the Shiokaze: http://www.combinedfleet.com/shioka_t.htm __________________

04-20-07, 10:43 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Cool stuff! Thanks for the link. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-20-07, 10:53 AM	#3
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Another awesome find! Note that this is late in the war when they started actually using convoys. The escorts were pretty mixed between a few DDs, and much lesser types. He mentions a 150 ton subchaser---that's tiny. Here's his ship's TROM: http://www.combinedfleet.com/shioka_t.htm