Tautog Sinkings
Transport No. 15, sunk by USS Tautog
Patrol 1 26 Dec 1941 - 4 Feb 1942 |
No sinkings |
Patrol 2 24 Apr 1942 - 11 Jun 1942 |
呂30 - Ro-30 - listed in JANAC (misidentified; Ro-30 was not sunk in the war; no submarine was lost at that time in that location) |
Patrol 3 17 Jul 1942 - 10 Sep 1942 |
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Patrol 4 8 Oct 1942 - 21 Nov 1942 |
Nanshin Maru - (not included in JANAC; small vessel often not included in sinkings) |
Patrol 5 15 Dec 1942 - 30 Jan 1943 |
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Patrol 6 24 Feb 1943 - 19 Apr 1943 |
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Patrol 7 11 May 1943 - 4 Jul 1943 |
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Patrol 8 7 Oct 1943 - 18 Nov 1943 |
Submarine Chaser No. 30 - credited to Tautog in JANAC. Claim is unconfirmed; ship name is probably misidentified. Various sources say Submarine Chaser No. 30 (Cha-30) was sunk on December 24, 1944, by USS Barbero (SS-317). |
Patrol 9 12 Dec 1943 - 20 Jan 1944 |
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Patrol 10 24 Feb 1944 - 23 Mar 1944 |
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Patrol 11 17 Apr 1944 - 21 May 1944 |
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Patrol 12 23 Jun 1944 10 Aug 1944 |
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Patrol 13 17 Dec 1944 - 1 Feb 1945 |
Naga Maru #11 - (not included in JANAC; very small vessel (43 tons) often not included in sinkings) |
| Totals | 25 ships, including one very small ship (Nanshin Maru) not credited to Tautog in JANAC. These figures do not include Ro-30 and Submarine Chaser No. 30, but do include Hokuan Go, identified only as an "Unknown Maru" in JANAC. JANAC credits Tautog with 26 ships, including Ro-30, an "Unknown Maru" (Hokuan Go), and a small submarine chaser (Cha-30), and 72,606 tons sunk. 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 Tautog with 26 ships and 65,335 tons sunk, including Hokuan Go (called "Unknown Maru" in JANAC), and two small vessels (Nanshin Maru and Naga Maru #11) not credited to Tautog in JANAC. However, they do not credit Tautog with sinking Ro-30 and Submarine Chaser No. 30. both of which were credited to Tautog in JANAC. In addition, Alden-McDonald credit Tautog with 3 ships sunk by mines laid by the submarine, totalling 12,946 tons. War Patrol Reports and Endorsements credit Tautog with -- ships and -- tons sunk. SORG credits Tautog with 31 ships (over 500 tons), and 122,800 tons sunk. The Miramar Ship Index credits Tautog with ships and tons sunk. |
| Sources | Japanese Naval and Merchant Ship Losses - JANAC 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 Tautog Japanese Merchant Ship Losses 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/トートグ_(潜水艦) Japan Center for Asian Historical Records - National Archives of Japan - https://www.jacar.go.jp/index.html |
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