Eugene Bradley McKinney, USN
| Born | 31 Jul 1903 | Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA | |
| Died | 15 Aug 1986 | (83) | San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA |
| Ranks
Retired: 1 Jul 1962 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Eugene Bradley McKinney, USN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| USS Salmon (182) | Lt. | Submarine | Aug 1941 | 3 Feb 1943 |
| USS Skate (305) | T/Cdr. | Submarine | 15 Apr 1943 | 24 Jan 1944 |
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Submarine USS Salmon (182)
27 Nov 1941
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr Eugene Bradley McKinney) left Manila for a defensive patrol of the west coast of Luzon, when the Japanese attacked this patrol became her first war patrol.
13 Feb 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) ended her first war patrol at Tjilatjap, Java, Netherlands East Indies.
20 Feb 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) left Tjilatjap for her second war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Java Sea.
23 Mar 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) ended her second war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.
3 May 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) left Fremantle for her third war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.
26 May 1942 (position 10.00, 110.00)
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) torpedoed and sank the Japanese repair ship Asahi (11441 tons) about 180 nautical miles south-south-east of Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina in position 10°00'N, 110°00'E.
28 May 1942 (position 9.00, 111.00)
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) torpedoed and sank the Japanese merchant Ganges Maru (4382 GRT) in the South China Sea about 250 nautical miles south-south-east of Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina in position 09°00'N, 111°00'E.
24 Jun 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) ended her third war patrol when she returned to Fremantle.
21 Jul 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) left Fremantle for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the South China Sea / Sulu Sea area.
8 Sep 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) ended her 4th war patrol at Fremantle.
10 Oct 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) left Fremantle for her 5th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the vicinity of Subic Bay, Philippines.
10 Nov 1942 (position 15.10, 119.42)
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) sank a Japanese sampan with gunfire off Subic Bay in position 15°10'N, 119°42'E.
17 Nov 1942 (position 14.16, 119.44)
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) torpedoed and sank the Japanese repair ship Oregon Maru (5873 GRT) about 65 nautical miles north-west of Manila in position 14°16'N, 119°44'E.
7 Dec 1942
USS Salmon (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) ended her 5th war patrol at Pearl Harbor. She was ordered to the Mare Islands Navy Yard for an overhaul.
Submarine USS Skate (305)
9 Jul 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 9/10 July 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted trials and / or exercises in the San Francisco area.
18 Jul 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 18/19 July 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted trials and / or exercises in the San Francisco area.
29 Jul 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted trials and / or exercises in the San Francisco area.
30 Jul 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted trials and / or exercises in the San Francisco area.
31 Jul 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted trials and / or exercises in the San Francisco area.
1 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0900T/1, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) departed San Francisco for San Diego. She is escorted by USS Lawrence (T/Cdr. T.B. Hutchins, 3rd, USN) until 1930T/1 when USS Crane (T/Cdr. H.N. Coffin, USN) took over.
2 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1500T/2, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) arrived at San Diego from San Francisco.
3 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego.
4 Aug 1943
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego with USS Kennison (T/Cdr. J.B. Weiler, USN).
5 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 5/6 August 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego during which she was escorted / assisted by USS Williamson (T/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Pridmore, USN).
7 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 7/8 August 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego during which she was escorted / assisted by USS Williamson (T/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Pridmore, USN).
9 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego.
10 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 10/11 August 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego during which she was escorted / assisted by USS Williamson (T/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Pridmore, USN).
12 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego.
13 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
During 13/14 August 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego during which she was escorted / assisted by USS Williamson (T/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Pridmore, USN).
15 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego.
16 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off San Diego during which she was escorted / assisted by USS Williamson (T/Lt.Cdr. J.A. Pridmore, USN).
18 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0800T/18, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) departed San Diego for San Francisco.
19 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) arrived at the Mare Island Navy Yard from San Diego.
20 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises in the San Francisco area.
30 Aug 1943
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) departed San Francisco for Pearl Harbor.
5 Sep 1943
Around 1025VW/5, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) arrived at Pearl Harbor from San Francisco.
8 Sep 1943
From 8 to 10 September 1943, USS Cabrilla (T/Cdr. D.T. Hammond, USN) and USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor during which they were escorted / assisted by USS Litchfield (T/Cdr. J.R. McKnight, Jr., USN).
During 9/10 September exercises were carried out with an incoming convoy. This was convoy 2295 which had departed San Francisco on 31 August and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 10 September. This convoy was made up of the following merchant vessels; Maliko (American, 6847 GRT, built 1918), Mericos H. Whittier (American (tanker), 6972 GRT, built 1919), Nira Luckenbach (American, 5591 GRT, built 1919), Philippa (American, 9606 GRT, built 1902) and Thomas Ewing (American, 7180 GRT, built 1943). The convoy was escorted by USS Le Hardy (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Prause, USN).
15 Sep 1943
USS Grayback (T/Cdr. J.A. Moore, USN), USS Tinosa (T/Cdr. L.R. Daspit, USN) and USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor with and / or assisted by USS Allen (T/Lt.Cdr. H.H. Nielsen, USN).
16 Sep 1943
During 16/17 September 1943, USS Grayback (T/Cdr. J.A. Moore, USN) and USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor with USS Allen (T/Lt.Cdr. H.H. Nielsen, USN).
On the 16th USS Halford (T/Cdr. G.N. Johansen, USN) and USS Charles R. Greer (Lt.Cdr. W.T. Denton, USNR) also participated in the exercises.
18 Sep 1943
USS Grayback (T/Cdr. J.A. Moore, USN) and USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor with USS Litchfield (T/Cdr. J.R. McKnight, Jr., USN).
19 Sep 1943
USS Seadragon ( T/Cdr. R.L. Rutter, USN) and USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor with USS Allen (T/Lt.Cdr. H.H. Nielsen, USN).
21 Sep 1943
During 21/22 September 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor.
On 22 September she was joined by USS Cero (T/Cdr. D.C. White, USN) and USS Allen (T/Lt.Cdr. H.H. Nielsen, USN).
25 Sep 1943
Around 1300VW/25, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) departed from Pearl Harbor for her first war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Wake Island.
She was escorted out until 2000VW/25 by USS SC-1271 (Lt.(jg) S. Weinstein, USNR). (2)
29 Sep 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0900X/29, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) arrived at Midway.
Around 1710X/29, after voyage repairs and having embarked fuel and provisions, she departed for her patrol area. (2)
4 Oct 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conducted a periscope reconnaissance of Wake Island. Also pictures were taken through the periscope. (2)
6 Oct 1943
While conducting air/sea rescue duties during air attack on Wake Island by Task Force 14, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) was strafed by a Japanese Zero fighter aircraft (Mitsubishi A6M), Lt. W.E. Maxson III, USN, was hit by a bullit. He died of his wound on 8 October and was buried at sea. (2)
7 Oct 1943
While conducting air/sea rescue duties during an air attack on Wake Island, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) picked up two US naval aviators from the sea.
USS Skate was also bombed by Japanese aircraft while crash diving. She sustained damage but was able to remain on patrol. (2)
9 Oct 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) picked up a US naval aviator from the sea near Wake Island. (2)
10 Oct 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) picked up three more downed US naval aviators from the sea near Wake Island. (2)
14 Oct 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 2100L/14, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) departed the Wake Island area to proceed to the area to the east of the Mariana Islands so as to patrol on the Japan - Truk route. (2)
18 Oct 1943
At 1810K/18, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) received a sighting report from USS Saury (T/Cdr. A.H. Dropp, USN) which reported having encountered a Japanese task force in position 13°35'N, 149°55'E, which had two battleships in it.
By 0400K/19, USS Skate was thought to be in a suitable position to intercept by the enemy was not sighted.
The reported enemy task force must have been the one made up of the battleships Yamashiro, Ise, light cruiser Tatsuta and the destroyers Fujinami, Hayanami and Suzunami which were en-route from Japan to Truk with troops and supplies. (3)
23 Oct 1943
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) departed her patrol area to proceed to Midway. (2)
28 Oct 1943
Around 0715Y/28, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) ended her first war patrol at Midway. She was then taken in hand for a post patrol repair/refit period by USS Sperry (T/Capt. R.E. Blue, USN).
10 Nov 1943
During 10-12 November 1943, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) conduced training exercises at/off Midway. (4)
15 Nov 1943
Around 1500Y/15, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) departed from Midway for her second war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Truk.
24 Nov 1943
At 0501K/24, north-north-east of Truk, in position 08°06'N, 152°08'E, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) sighted smoke bearing 143° at a range of 27000 yards. Course was changed to 150° and the bearing then remained steady.
At 0510K/24, as it was getting light USS Skate dived and commenced a submerged approach. There appeared to be four transports in the convoy.
By 0527K/24, the smoke appeared to be drawing slowly to the right. Course and speed were changed to try to intercept the enemy which appeared to be making for the North Pass to enter Truk Lagoon. USS Skate was unable to obtain a favourable attack position as she was most likely detected and bombed at periscope depth by a Japanese aircraft at 0559K/24.
A convoy of so far four unidentified transports arrived at Truk on this day escorted by the destroyer Urakaze and the submarine chasers Ch-29 and Ch-31.
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At 1001K/24, in position 07°55'N, 152°00'E, the tops of the masts of five warships were sighted bearing 148° at a range of about 8 nautical miles. Course was changed to close but it was never possible to identify the ships however they appeared to be two heavy cruisers and three destroyers proceeding on a course of 080° at 20 knots.
The ships sighted were most likely the heavy cruisers Suzuya, Kumano and the destroyers Hatsuzuki, Suzutsuki, Fujinami, Hayanami and Hamakaze which were enroute from Truk to Kwajalein.
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At 2021K/24, north-east of Truk, in position 08°12'N, 152°30'E, USS Skate obtained radar contact on a vessel bearing 266° proceeding on course 075° at 9 knots. This is thought to be a submarine emitting radar signals on more or less the same frequency as USS Skate. This is thus most likely another US submarine and USS Skate continued to proceed northwards to send a report of today's sightings. [The closest US submarine seems to have been USS Apogon (T/Cdr. W.P. Schoeni, USN) but she was about 50 miles further to the south to the east of Truk.] (5)
30 Nov 1943
Well to the north of Truk, in position 09°03'N, 151°29'E, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) attacked a Japanese carrier with three torpedoes. No hits were obtained. Apparently one torpedo prematured close to the enemy carrier.
The enemy task force was expected due to an Ultra intercept of enemy radio traffic and USS Skate was in a position the intercept the enemy task force which had departed Truk for Japan earlier that day.
The enemy task force was made up of the light carrier Zuiho, escort carriers Chuyo, Unyo, heavy cruiser Maya and the destroyers Akebono, Sazanami, Ushio and Urakaze (all offsite links).
1053K/24 - In position 09°03'N, 151°29'E, well to the north of Truk, two destroyers and a converted carrier were sighted bearing 174° at a range of about 14000 yards.
Two more destroyers and two more, larger, carriers were sighted shortly afterwards. Many aircraft were patrolling the area.
The targets were seen to make a radical course change to the left. Range to the two largest carriers was about 9000 yards now. The leading right hand destroyer was heading directly towards USS Skate which went to 90 feet for a burst of speed to obtain a better attack position.
1106K/30 - Returned to periscope depth after heavy screws had been reported dead ahead. Set up for a stern tube attack.
1112K/30 - Fired three stern torpedoes from 1500 yards on the largest enemy carrier of about 20000 tons with no upperworks. Enemy course was 055° at 18.5 knots. This carrier was overlapping with the second largest carrier of the group. All torpedoes were heard to run normally after firing. It had not been possible to fire No.7 tube due to a malfunction.
One minute and fifty seconds after firing a large geyser was seen just forward of the center of the nearest carrier and the entire ship was seen heeling to port. The overlapping carrier turned sharply 90° to port. The explosion was heard but no smoke was seen coming from the target before Skate went deep. During the next fifteen minutes a total of thirteen depth charges were dropped but no damage was sustained.
USS Skate later surfaced and commenced to chase the enemy task force to try to attack again at dawn the following morning. (5)
1 Dec 1943
At 1415K/1, well to the north-north-west of Truk, in position 10°40'N, 150°45'E, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) obtained radar contact bearing 294° at 30000 yards. USS Skate commenced tracking, changed course and went to full speed. Obviously this was the same enemy task force encountered the day before.
By 0440K/1, the range had decreased to 19500 yards when one of the escorts pulled away from the enemy task force and commenced closing the submarine. It was getting light but as it was still to dark to have been spotted USS Skate most likely had been detected by radar.
At 0501K/1, an aircraft was detected by radar coming directly towards quickly. USS Skate quickly dived. Up to around 1000K/1, 15 depth charges were dropped in the area but none were close. USS Skate had to remain deep giving the enemy task force the opportunity to get away. (4)
7 Dec 1943
At 1525K/7, while patrolling submerged well to the north-west of Truk, in position 08°47'N, 150°44'E, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN), alerted due to a signal based on Ultra information (the interception and decoding of Japanese signals), sighted smoke bearing 190°. Pinging was heard on the same bearing.
Course was changed to 190° and the bearing remained steady.
At 1614K/7, the bearing appeared to be pulling to the right so course was changed to 300° and Skate went ahead at standard speed. The targets later changed course to the left. USS Skate continued to run in at speed but the range was not closed further then 8000 yards. The targets were seen to be two tankers and two escorts. Also air cover was present.
At 1800K/7, USS Skate surfaced to give chase and commence an end around so as to be able to attack at dawn the following morning.
A 2206K/7, a pip was picked up on the radar screen bearing 246°. Range was a phenomenal 55000 yards but this was probably due to low cloud, and as range decreased by 2000 yards a minute until it was 35000 yards, it was probably not correct.
An end around was then commenced which took all night and eventually USS Skate was 26000 yards ahead of the convoy.
At 0457K/7, the convoy could just be seen through the periscope. An attack was started but when about to fire torpedoes depth control was lost. At the same time one of the escorts obtained contact on the submarine. On return to periscope depth it was seen that the tankers had made a radical course change and that one escort was coming directly towards. USS Skate was still not in full depth control and she broached to 40 feet. She then immediately went deep. The escort dropped four depth charges which caused no damage.
The convoy encountered must have been the one made up of the tankers Fujisan Maru (9527 GRT, built 1931) and Shinkoku Maru (10020 GRT, built 1940) escorted by the destroyers Shimakaze and Tamanami. This convoy was on passage from Truk to Palau. (5)
12 Dec 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
At 1640K/12, while well north-north-west of Truk, in position 08°56'N, 151°09'E, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) sighted the tips of masts of a single ship bearing 037° at a range of 10500 yards. An approach was started but the range did not decrease. Finally after an hours run at greater depth the target was identified as a small patrol vessels with two high masts. She appeared to be lying to and was evaded. (4)
21 Dec 1943 (position 9.45, 151.56)
USS Skate (Lt.Cdr. E.B. McKinney) torpedoed and sank the Japanese fleet tanker Terukawa Maru (6433 GRT, built 1934) north-west of Truk, Caroline Islands in position 09°45'N, 151°56'E.
Terukawa Maru was a converted merchant vessel. She was on passage from Truk to Saipan escorted by the destroyer Amagiri but according to the patrol report of USS Skate a second escort was present.
2123K/20 - Well north-north-east of Truk, in position 08°36'N, 152°39'E, radar picked up a target at 30500 yards bearing 348°. Commenced tracking and the plot soon showed an enemy course of 045° at 11 knots. Later the target changed course to 000°. An end around run was started.
0303K/21 - Skate was now ahead of the target at a range of 25000 yards. There were too many clouds to make a night attack from periscope depth. It was decided to attack at dawn.
0514K/21 - Submerged and reversed course. The target was seen to have three masts and it was thought another ship was alongside. A patrol vessel was about 2000 yards away on the port quarter of the target. The other escort had been patrolling wide on the targets starboard beam.
0620K/21 - In position 09°50'N, 151°55'E, fired four bow torpedoes from 1300 yards. The target had been positively identified as Terukawa Maru. Enemy course was 290° at 11 knots.
Three explosions followed but the results could not be observed as Skate broached after firing torpedoes. One of the escorts was seen coming towards and Skate went deep.
0622K/21 - Depth charging started. During the next five and a half hours the two escorts were hunting. A total of 38 depth charges were dropped quite a few of which were close and some minor damage was sustained.
1135K/21 - The last depth charges, four in number, were dropped.
1209K/21 - Returned to periscope depth. Large clouds of smoke were seen but nothing else of the target was visible.
2122K/21 - The target blew up with a tremendous explosion.
25 Dec 1943 (position 10.05, 150.32)
USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) torpedoed and damaged the Japanese battleship Yamato (offsite link) well to the north-north-east of Truk, in position 10°05'N, 150°32'E.
Yamato was en-route from Yokosuka to Truk carrying troops and supplies. She was escorted by the destroyers Yamagumo and Tanikaze.
Once again USS Skate had been alerted about the approaching Japanese task force due to Allied code breaking of Japanese signals.
0440K/25 - In position 10°13'N, 150°27'E, radar contact was obtained bearing 321° at a range of 27500 yards. Changed course to 270° to intercept as the contact was drawing to the left.
0446K/25 - Range had decreased to 23000 yards so submerged and speeded up to close the range. Sound picked up three sets of screws. Course was changed to 240°. It was still too dark to make out the targets.
0518K/25 - Fired all four stern tubes from 2400 yards. Enemy course was 145° at 19 knots. Torpedoes had been set to 10 feet.
After about two minutes a torpedo explosion was heard followed by a muffled explosion. It was still too dark to observe the results.
0521K/21 - Depth charging started. A total of six were counted but none were real close. The attacking destroyer remained in the area for about 30 minutes but she was never in contact with the submarine.
26 Dec 1943
At 2222K/26, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) departed her patrol area off Truk to proceed to patrol near Wake Island. (4)
30 Dec 1943
Around 0300K/30, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) arrived in her new patrol area near Wake Island. (4)
2 Jan 1944
Around 0100L/2, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) left patrol to proceed to Pearl Harbor. (4)
7 Jan 1944
Around 1330VW/7, USS Skate (T/Cdr. E.B. McKinney, USN) ended her second war patrol at Pearl Harbor. She was escorted in by USS PC 603 (Lt. E.D. Gasson, USNR) which had joined around 0810VW/7.
USS Skate was then taken in hand for post patrol repairs / refit by USS Bushnell (T/Capt. C.T. Bonney, USN). It was noted that the material condition of USS Skate was worse then what was to be expected after two war patrols.
Sources
- http://www.homeofheroes.com/members/02_NX/citations/03_wwii-nc/nc_06wwii_navyM.html
- USS Skate report of first war patrol
- USS Skate report of first war patrol + Imperial Japanese Navy website
- USS Skate report of second war patrol
- USS Skate report of second war patrol + Imperial Japanese Navy website
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