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Originally Posted by merc4ulfate
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10 June 1942:
1200 miles SE of Tokyo. After sunset, an unidentified submarine fires two torpedoes at YAMATO about 100 miles NNE of Minami-Torishima (Marcus Island). YAMATO and the other ships in the Main Body turn to port and both torpedoes miss.
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The final run in toward port in Japan after Midway was tense, jittery and full of submarine alerts. However, there seems to be no record of an attack by a US sub on that particular date. Admiral English tried to organize some submarine attacks on the retreating Japanese, but it all came to naught. I think it's safe to say that after the calamity they had been through, that Yamamoto and company were a bit on edge and were seeing the enemy everywhere.