WW2 US submarine patrol reports

Gino · 02-19-09, 09:10 PM

Picked this one up on the Rontini BBS:

Folks,

The entire collection of Submarine War Patrol Reports are now available online via the HNSA web site:

http://hnsa.org/doc/subreports.htm

At the end of each war patrol of WW II, submarine commanders created a report on the patrol. These reports were used as the raw material to inform intelligence, improve tactics, evaluate commanders, etc. During WW II, over 1,550 patrol reports containing approximately 63,000 pages were generated. During the 1970s these were photographed and reproduced on microfilm to make them more easly accessible and easily reproduced (approx. 250 rolls). During 2008 a copy of this microfilm was scanned into digital format (110 GB), and in 2009 it was made available online here (14 GB).

HNSA thanks John Clear EMC (SS) USN Ret. and Dan Martini EMCM(SS) USN Ret. for their generous donation of the digital copies of these war patrol reports used to create this online version. We also wish to thank the Naval Undersea Museum for loaning their microfilm copies of the war patrol reports for the project. The online versions have been compressed and optimized for online reading, higher resolutions versions on DVD that may print or OCR better may be purchased from http://www.usssealion.com/ (Unrelated to HNSA). Many of the original documents without any reproduction artifacts many be found at the US National Archives and Record Administration in College Park, Maryland.

Have fun,

groetjes,

Torplexed · 02-19-09, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gino

Picked this one up on the Rontini BBS:

Folks,

The entire collection of Submarine War Patrol Reports are now available online via the HNSA web site:

http://hnsa.org/doc/subreports.htm

Excellent!

Falkirion · 02-19-09, 10:41 PM

Brilliant!

LukeFF · 02-20-09, 12:07 AM

Glad to see Mr. Clear help out with this, especially for those who want to read these reports but not spend the money for the DVDs he offers on his site.

Ivan Putski · 02-20-09, 01:31 AM

A really fantastic site, tons of info there. Gino, thanks for the link. Puts

sunvalleyslim · 02-20-09, 03:50 AM

Thanks Gino,
I spent hours reading my ships patrols (USS Segundo SS-398) I never got to meet the men who served earlier, but was proud to be a member of her last crew. Every Sub Sailor has a tale of his time on the Boat, but the WWII Sub Sailors are true Heroes.......................

02-19-09, 09:10 PM	#1
Gino Pacific Sub Expert Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 148 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	WW2 US submarine patrol reports Picked this one up on the Rontini BBS: Folks, The entire collection of Submarine War Patrol Reports are now available online via the HNSA web site: http://hnsa.org/doc/subreports.htm At the end of each war patrol of WW II, submarine commanders created a report on the patrol. These reports were used as the raw material to inform intelligence, improve tactics, evaluate commanders, etc. During WW II, over 1,550 patrol reports containing approximately 63,000 pages were generated. During the 1970s these were photographed and reproduced on microfilm to make them more easly accessible and easily reproduced (approx. 250 rolls). During 2008 a copy of this microfilm was scanned into digital format (110 GB), and in 2009 it was made available online here (14 GB). HNSA thanks John Clear EMC (SS) USN Ret. and Dan Martini EMCM(SS) USN Ret. for their generous donation of the digital copies of these war patrol reports used to create this online version. We also wish to thank the Naval Undersea Museum for loaning their microfilm copies of the war patrol reports for the project. The online versions have been compressed and optimized for online reading, higher resolutions versions on DVD that may print or OCR better may be purchased from http://www.usssealion.com/ (Unrelated to HNSA). Many of the original documents without any reproduction artifacts many be found at the US National Archives and Record Administration in College Park, Maryland. Have fun, groetjes, __________________ Gino

02-20-09, 12:07 AM	#4
LukeFF Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 3,610 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 5	Glad to see Mr. Clear help out with this, especially for those who want to read these reports but not spend the money for the DVDs he offers on his site. __________________ ROW Sound Effects Contributor RFB Team Leader

02-20-09, 01:31 AM	#5
Ivan Putski Captain Join Date: May 2005 Location: Memphis, Tn. U.S.A. Posts: 548 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	A really fantastic site, tons of info there. Gino, thanks for the link. Puts __________________ " Is He?..........Yeah..........Nothing Moving, But His Watch."

02-20-09, 03:50 AM	#6
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Thanks Gino, I spent hours reading my ships patrols (USS Segundo SS-398) I never got to meet the men who served earlier, but was proud to be a member of her last crew. Every Sub Sailor has a tale of his time on the Boat, but the WWII Sub Sailors are true Heroes....................... __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

02-19-09, 10:41 PM	#3
Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Brilliant!