Deployed for the Battle of Midway

24 May 1942 - 7 Jun 1942

Patrol 1

7 Jun 1942 - 11 Jul 1942

山風 Yamakaze

Patrol 2

8 Aug 1942 - 25 Aug 1942

Makin Island Raid - Two small unidentified ships in the lagoon sunk by gunfire; not credited to Nautilus in JANAC

Patrol 3

10 Sep 1942 - 5 Nov 1942

第六多聞丸 Tamon Maru No. 6

東生丸 Tosei Maru

乾雲丸 Kenun Maru

Patrol 4

13 Dec 1942 - 4 Feb 1943

Patrol 5

20 Apr 1943 - 25 May 1943

Patrol 6

16 Sep 1943 - 17 Oct 1943

Patrol 7

9 Nov 1943 - 4 Dec 1943

Patrol 8

27 Jan 1944 - 21 Mar 1944

Patrol 9

29 May 1944 - 11 Jun 1944

Patrol 10

12 Jun 1944 - 27 Jun 1944

Patrol 11

30 Jun 1944 - 27 Jul 1944

Patrol 12

17 Sep 1944 - 6 Oct 1944

Patrol 13

10 Oct 1944 - 20 Nov 1944

Patrol 14

3 Jan 1945 - 30 Jan 1945

Current research credits Nautilus with 6 ships totalling 21,799 tons, plus 3 small unidentified vessels of unknown tonnage.

Alden-McDonald credit Nautilus with 6 ships totalling 21,245 tons, plus 3 small unidentified vessels of unknown tonnage.

JANAC credits Nautilus with sinking 6 ships totalling 21,149 tons.

SORG credits Nautilus with 14 ships sunk (including a sampan of unknown tonnage) totalling 35,500 tons.

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 Nautilus

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.

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)

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

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.