Rank & Name: Lt Rick Turk
Cycle: 9
Submarine Squadron: Squadron 14
USS & SS: USS Pollack (SS 180)
Patrol Zone & Sector(s): East China Sea
Realism (%):90 (TMO)
Special Mission Conducted: No
Number of Warships sunk: 0
Number of Merchants sunk: 3
Total Warship tonnage:0
Total Merchant tonnage: 19,802
Total Gross Tonnage:19,802
Total JANAC tonnage:17,822
Types of Warship sunk: N/A
Types of Merchant sunk:
291028 DEC 1943
RYUUN MARU, 6682 ton
Long 139° 36' E, Lat 29° 22' N
291620 DEC 1943
HAKUSIKA MARU, 8294 ton
Long 139° 05' E, Lat 29° 38' N
292123 DEC 1943
BUZYUN MARU, 4826 ton
Long 138° 38' E, Lat 29° 53' N
Patrol Narrative:
120600 DEC 1943
Underway from Pearl Harbor
162200 DEC 1943
Refueled at midway
250000 DEC 1943
Celebrated Christmas with rest day at 150 ft. Battery capacity tested good. Surfaced and conducted battery charge.
290805 DEC 1943
Radar contact to NNE on WSW heading. Positioned on the track for submerged attack. Identified as 5 ship convoy with small escorts ahead and astern, Fired 4 forward tubes at overlapping targets in center of convoy. Went deep to avoid escorts. Heard 4 hits and breaking up noises from one target. Evaded below the layer . Escorts never made contact.
291110 DEC 1943
Surfaced and reestablished radar contact. Convoy now bearing NW on NNW heading. Initiated an end-around at flank speed.
291335 DEC 1943
Positioned ahead of convoy on the track setting up for stern shot. Convoy began turning away at a range of 2000yds. Escorts turned also and no increase in speed. Don't believe we were detected - Convoy was returning to base course WSW. Fired two stern tubes with target at 2500 yds and opening. Both missed
291415 DEC 1943
Surfaced and conducted another end-around while tracking on radar
Positioned ahead of convoy and set up for bow shot. Fired 4 tubes at 1100 yards and went deep. Four hits to sink a second ship of the convoy. Cleared to the south under a layer. Again Escorts never made contact.
291728 DEC 1943
Surfaced and regained radar contact. Again Convoy had turned NNW. Assumed they would return to base course and initiated an end-around to the south.
292028 DEC 1943
Continued to track on radar and turn to West occurred. Submerged on the track. Fired 4 forward tube at overlapping targets. Swung around to bring stern tubes to bear and fired last 2 torpedoes. Went deep to evade. Had 4 hits, a dud and 1 missed. Third ship of the convoy was sunk. Evaded to the South.
292340 DEC 1943
Surfaced and set course 090 for Midway
