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Aboard a submarine at Guam, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (the Navy's No. 1 submariner) did honor last week to the feats of the undersea service-feats which must still remain unsung for reasons of security. Awarding medals to officers and enlisted men wearing the dolphin insignia, Nimitz announced their total accomplishment in the war against Japan: 1,119 ships sunk, aggregating 4,500,000 tons-more than half the ocean-going tonnage with which Japan started the war. In the last year, 2,000,000 tons went to the bottom...
...submarines, prowling the far Pacific in ever-greater numbers, reported last week their juiciest bag: among 27 Japanese vessels sunk, seven were combat craft, and of the seven, one was a large aircraft carrier. Twice previously the undersea raiders had been credited with enemy flattops "probably sunk"; in the Battle of Midway, the Nautilus polished off the crippled Soryu. But this was the first time a sub had been credited with a certain kill, unassisted by other forces. No details were disclosed; Navy Secretary Forrestal regretted that the submarine fleet must remain the Navy's silent service. Silent...
Twenty U.S. submarines have been lost in action since Pearl Harbor.* The disappearance of four was announced within eight days ending last week-as many as were lost in all 1942. It looked as if the cost of the undersea campaign was rising. In that campaign the Pacific Fleet's submarines have hung up a record which makes Navy chests swell with pride-a record which many military men consider the finest of all the Armed Forces...
...others in the "guesswork" category called "probably sunk or damaged"), an average of 4½ Jap ships for each of the 113 submarines that the U.S. had at the time of Pearl Harbor. As more U.S. submarines bore through to the Pacific, no Jap ship is safe from undersea attack, in harbor or at sea, alone or in convoy, near home or at the fringes of Japan's empire...
...public knows about U.S. subs. Jap sub production is a mystery. So is the use of the Jap sub fleet. It has never very seriously menaced U.S. shipping. Jap subs have been used for supplying outposts in tight spots or for evacuation (e.g., Kiska). Probably the Japs use their undersea craft mostly for reconnaissance. One theory: Admiral Shimada is saving his torpedoes for the all-out battle with the U.S. Pacific Fleet...