Patrol 1

9 Oct 1944 - 11 Dec 1944

浅間丸 Asama Maru

第38掃海艇 Minesweeper No. 38 (W 38)

第三十八号哨戒艇 Patrol Boat No. 38 (P 38)

満珠丸 Manju Maru (formerly さんとす丸 Santos Maru)

Patrol 2

6 Jan 1945 - 7 Mar 1945

第一大満丸 Daiman Maru No. 1

Patrol 3

2 Apr 1945 - 30 May 1945

No attacks

Patrol 4

3 Jul 1945 - 25 Aug 1945

第6号海防艦 Coast Defense Vessel No. 6 (CD 6)

6 ships, 33,761 tons

JANAC - 6 ships, 33,379 tons. Note that the criteria JANAC used included all Japanese Naval vessels (although JANAC did not usually count warships less than 500 tons that were converted from merchant ships) and all Japanese merchant vessels of 500 or more gross tons known or believed to have been lost during the war. Differences between JANAC figures and current research are noted above.

Alden-McDonald credit Atule with 6 ships and 33,379 tons sunk

SORG credits Atule with 7 ships and 34,200 tons sunk.

Japanese Naval and Merchant Ship Losses - JANAC on the NHHC website

JANAC on the Hyperwar website - https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJN/JANAC-Losses/JANAC-Losses-6.html

SORG- http://archive.hnsa.org/doc/subreports-sorg.htm (Excel spreadsheet download)

Archives of the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum (PFSM)

War Patrol Reports - USS Atule

Monthly Losses of Combatant and Non-Combatant Vessels

太平洋戦争時の喪失船舶明細表（汽船主体）- Lost Vessel table during the Pacific War (merchant vessels)

Alden, John D., and McDonald, Craig R. - U.S. & Allied Sub Successes in the Pacific & Far East during WWII - Fourth Edition, 2009

Cressman, Robert - The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, Naval Institute Press, 2000.

Enright, Joseph F. - Shinano! The Sinking of Japan's Secret Supership, St. Martin's Press, 1987.

Wrecksite - https://www.wrecksite.eu/wrecksite.aspx

Miramar Ship Index - https://www.miramarshipindex.nz/

Imperial Japanese Navy Page - http://www.combinedfleet.com/

Wikipedia Japan - https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Japan Center for Asian Historical Records - National Archives of Japan - https://www.jacar.go.jp/index.html

Official U.S. Navy Photos - Naval History & Heritage Command

Archives of the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum (PFSM)

Japanese Merchant Ship photos - Wrecksite - copyright owners retain all rights. Photos used on this site will be taken down should the owner request their removal.