History of a Spanish War: Fremen (JFB) vs Fletcher (AFB).

[Fletcher]

FROM: CDR VAUGH, N. USS S-18, NORTHERN WATERS.
TO: RADM WITHERS, J.R., USN SUBMARINE FORCE, PACIFIC FLEET, P.H.
SUBJECT: ENEMY SHIP SUNK.
DATE: JAN 5TH 1942.

ENEMY SHIP SIGHTED NEAR DUTCH HARBOR, IDENTIFIED LIKE XAK AMAKUSA MARU. ATTACKED ON SURFACE WITH DECK GUN, 15 SHELL HITS AND FOUR TORPEDO HITS. ENEMY SHIP SUNK UNDER MY OWN EYES.

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[LoBaron]

LOL
 
one lucky ship. [8D]

[Fletcher]

ORIGINAL: LoBaron

LOL

one lucky ship. [8D]

Hi Lobaron, really she is lucky ! This is their first war patrol report (until today):

ETD San Francisco Dec 8th 1941-transit to Anchorage ETA Dec 20th 1941. Departure Anchorage Dec 30th 1941 to intercept enemy landings force. Jan 4th 1942, XAK Yubari Maru sunk after 2 torpedo hits near Dutch. XAK Amakusa Maru sunk after 4 torpedo hits near Dutch.

Two enemy ships sunk in two days.... I wait more !
Best of wishes, and thnx for your comments

[Fletcher]

FROM: K.XIV
TO: RADM DOORMAN, ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY, EAST INDIES SQDRN. BATAVIA.
SUBJECT: ENEMY DESTROYER TORPEDOED.
DATE: JAN 5TH 1942.

ENEMY SURFACE TASK FORCE SPOTTED NEAR DILI, PROBABLY ESCORTING AMPHIBIOUS FORCES. LAUNCHED TWO TORPEDOES AGAINST ENEMY DESTROYER IDENTIFIED LIKE DD YUKIKAZE, ONE TORPEDO STRUCK HER, BUT I MUST TO BOTTOMING OUT QUICLY AND CRASH DIVE. ENEMY RETALIATION WITH HEAVY DEPTH CHARGE ATTACK, SEVERAL NEAR MISSES, BUT NO HEAVY DAMAGE.
ENEMY SHIP IS NOT CONFIRMED SUNK
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[Fletcher]

FROM: LCDR PARKS, L.S. USS POMPANO, NORTHERN WATERS.
TO: RADM WITHERS, J.R., SUBMARINE FORCE, PACIFIC FLEET, P.H.
SUBJECT: ENEMY SHIP ENGAGED AT SURFACE.
DATE: JAN 6TH 1941.


XAKL KOKUYO MARU SPOTTED AT SURFACE. 09 SHELL HITS REPORTED BEFORE I MUST TO SUBMERGE DUE DAMAGE. ENEMY SHIP NOT CONFIRMED SUNK.
LIGHT DAMAGES ABOARD, FOLLOWING WITH OUR WAR PATROL.

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[Fletcher]

FROM: CPT J.W. BUNKLEY, USS CALIFORNIA, BB-44.
TO: RADM. ANDERSON, W.S, BATTLESHIPS, BATTLEFORCE, USN PACIFIC FLEET, P.H.
SUBJECT: CALIFORNIA TORPEDOED, RETURNING TO PEARL.
DATE: JAN 6TH 1942.

ENEMY SUBMARINE LAUNCHED 6 TORPEDOES AGAINST USS CALIFORNIA, ONE HIT ON MY SHIP. UNDERWATER CONDITION UNAVAILABLE TO FOLLOW WITH OUR TRANSIT TO WEST COAST, RETURNING TO PEARL WITH ASW ESCORTS.
REQUESTING ASW AIR SUPPORT AND MORE ASW SHIPS.

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[Fletcher]

FROM: RADM. SPRUANCE, RAYMOND A., USS ENTERPRISE.
TO: ADM. NIMITZ, CHESTER W., USN PACIFIC FLEET, P.H., HAWAII IS.
SUBJECT: USS SABINE SUNK BY TORPEDO
DATE: JAN 7TH 1941.

INTERCEPTED DISASTER MESSAGE FROM USS SABINE NEARBY TO NOUMEA (NEW CALEDONIA), LAST POSITION: 115, 160.
NEW CALEDONIAN ASW COASTAL PATROL AT GENERAL QUARTERS TO SEARCH AND DESTROY ENEMY SUB IDENTIFIED LIKE I-16.

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[Fletcher]

FROM: RADM SHERMAN, FREDERICK, USS SALT LAKE CITY, NORTH TASK FORCE.
TO: ADM. NIMITZ, CHESTER W., PACIFIC FLEET, P.H.
SUBJECT: ENEMY AIR ATTACK ON DUTCH HARBOR.
DATE: JAN 7TH 1941.

ENEMY HEAVY AIR STRIKE AGAINST OUR DEFENSES AND FACILITIES AT DUTCH HARBOR. THIS MORNING 21 KATES WITH 25 VAL ESCORTED BY 9 ZEROS HAVE STRIKE DUTCH HARBOR. TWO ENEMY DIVE BOMBERS WERE DOWN BY FLAK.

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[Galahad78]

Did USS California made port? Those pesky Japanese subs...[:@]

Good luck!

[Fletcher]

Hi Galahad78 !
Yes, she will get pearl harbor tomorrow, she can run 1 hex per 12 hours at cruise speed and she is now at 40 nm East of Honolulu.
Thnx
Ramón

[kriegmarine]

Hi Flecher, How many ships have your opponent lost through your subs? Have you talked to Fremen about that? Is it possible that having a bad defensive system and fails to protect its transport?
(Sorry but my English is not good)

[Fletcher]

Hi Kriegmarine !
Dont´worry about your english mine is worst....
About IJN ship lost by submarine action, I can report from USNavy:

16 xAK sunk from Dec 8th to Jan 7th 1.941.
1 x DMS sunk from the same dates.
1 Light Cruiser is reported sunk by submarine action, but sincerely I have serious doubts.

Netherlands Navy submarines have got a good record, i will report tomorrow with an update about it.

About Fremen, I don´t talk with him about it because he doesn´t like, I am not sure about their ASW-Convoy system, but I am sure that too much freighters are sailing without escorts in "shark" waters. In Home Island- Yellow Sea I have about 30 USN submarines in war patrol.

Best of wishes, tomorrow I will report about your request.
Thanks for posting.
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: LCDR. SHANE, L. USS SHARK.
TO: RADM WITHERS, JR., SUBMARINE FORCE, PACIFIC FLEET, P.H.
SUBJECT: ENEMY SHIP ENGAGED AT SURFACE.
DATE: JAN 8TH 1942.


ENEMY SHIP SPOTTED NEAR HAMAMATSU, AT 111,62. ENGAGED AT SURFACE WITH DECK GUN FIRE. 03 SHELL HITS CONFIRMED ON ENEMY SHIP. LOW ON AMMO, I MUST TO BREAKS OFF SURFACE ENGAGEMENT AND SUBMERGE.

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[Fletcher]

FROM: RADM. SHERMAN, FREDERICK, USS SALT LAKE CITY, NORTHERN TASK FORCE.
TO: ADM. NIMITZ, CHESTER W., USN PACIFIC FLEET HQ, P.H.
SUBJECT: USS HULL SINKS
DATE: JAN 8TH 1942

RADIO CONTACT LOST WITH USS HULL. THIS DESTROYER WITH ENGINE DAMAGE AND OUT OF FUEL REPORTS HER LAST POSITION AT 181,45 NEAR SITKINAK ISLAND HEADING NORTEAST TO ANCHORAGE.


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[Fletcher]

FROM: RADM. WITHERS, JR. SUBMARINE FORCE, PACIFIC FLEET, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII ISLANDS.
TO: ADM. NIMITZ, CHESTER W., CINCPAC, P.H.
SUBJECT: SUBMARINE WAR, ANACONDA PLAN.
DATE: JAN 9TH 1942.

SUBMAINRE WAR REPORT Dec 8th 1941 - Jan 9th 1942

USN Fleet Boats:    7 AK, 1 DMS and 1 CL (HIJMS Ternyu ?)
USN Electric Boats: 2 AKL and 13 AK
Dutch Submarines:  5 AK, 1 TB, 1 DD, 1 DMS

Total enemy ships sunks by submarines : 32

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[Galahad78]

I understand that electric boats are the S class armed with Mk10 torpedoes and fleet boats are the bigger subs, armed with Mk14? Not bad, the smaller ones have sunk twice as many ships as their bigger sisters [:D]

I will study your sub patrol zones, my submarines do not quite sunk even a 10th part of what yours do!

By the way, I've read in some AARs (and it is my experience too), that Japanese subs are very letal. How do you see it in overall? I've seen that they taken some good shots at valuable targets, but do you see them as a high priority menace or rather something manageable?

[Fletcher]

Hi Galahad78!
You are right, electric are the coastal USN submarines with Mk.X, obviously they have not the dude problems that that their bigger sisters with Mk.XIV.
Selecting a correct patrol war area is valuable, forget warships, patrol into japanese waters nearby the main ports: Kushiro, Ominato, Hakodate, Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Sasebo, Keijo, Port Arthur, Shimonoseki, Shangai, Toyohara and Shikuka, avoiding mine ports, patrol 40-120 miles..and you will get victims if your enemy have not a good convoy-asw system.
In the screenshots are the USN submarine in the war patrol areas at Honshu-Shikoku-Kyushu areas:

16 submarines are patrolling in the Yellow Sea-Honshu-Shikoku-Kyushu areas.
5 submarines are patrolling in Hokkaido waters (USS Skipjack, USS Spearfish, USS Saury, USS Plunger and USS Sargo).
Another 4 electric boats are in transit to their war patrol areas in the Yellow Sea (S-36, S-37, S-38 and S-41).
08 oceanic submarines are in patrol in the Carolines-Palaos area to attack enemy shippings to South Seas (several messages intercepted by HYPO reporting 4th Division targeting Port Moresby---now, I know this was a deception message, the 4th Division was unloaded at Koepang yesterday!)

[Fletcher]

FROM: RADM DOORMAN, EAST INDIES SQDRN, ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY, BATAVIA.
TO: ADM HART, TOMMY S., USN ASIATIC FLEET, MANILA.
SUBJECT: ENEMY BATTLESHIPS
DATE: JAN 9TH 1942

THIS NIGHT SEVERAL DUTCH PATROL TORPEDO BOATS HAVE BEEN ENGAGE BY ENEMY SURFACE TASK FORCE AT BALIKPAPAN. 4 PT BOATS HAVE BEEN SUNK WITH NO DAMAGE ON JAPANESE SHIPS. SPOTTED BB KONGO AND BB HARUNA OFFSHORE BALIKPAPAN WITH 2 HEAVY CRUISERS AND 1 LIGHT CRUISER.

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[Fletcher]

FROM: RADM DOORMAN, EAST INDIES SQDRN, ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY, BATAVIA.
TO: ADM. HART, TOMMY S., USN ASIATIC FLEET, MANILA.
SUBJECT: ENEMY BATTLEWAGONS AT KOEPANG.
DATE: JAN 9TH 1942.

FOLLOWING ENEMY BATTLESHIPS SPOTTED OFF KOEPANG:

BB HYUGA
BB ISE
BB YAMASHIRO
BB FUSO
BB NAGATO.

HEAVY NAVAL BOMBARDMENT AGAINST OUR DEFENSIVE POSITIONS IN THIS BASE. 04TH JAPANESE INFANTRY DIVISION DISEMBARKING AT KOEPANG !.

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[Fletcher]

FROM: SLDR BAKER, P., RAAF 1ST SQDRN. BALIKPAPAN.
TO: RADM DOORMAN, ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY EAST INDIES SQDRN. BATAVIA.
SUBJECT: ENEMY BATTLESHIP HIT
DATE: JAN 9TH 1942

GENERAL QUARTERS AT BALIKPAPAN AFTER ONE RECON FLIGHT REPORTING ENEMY BATTLESHIPS NEARBY TO OUR MAIN BASE. I TAKE OFF WITH ANOTHER 2 MORE HUDSON I AND LAUNCH AN STRIKE AGAINST BATTLESHIPS UNDER CLEAR SKY. 1 BOMB HIT ON BB HARUNA CONFIRMED.


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