Submarine Operations Research Group Attack Data

USS Cuttlefish (SS-171)

Patrol Number Date Hour (00-23) Operational Command Latitude Longitude Approach Light Condition Approach Image Method Approach Surfaced or Submerged Attack Light Condition Attack Image Method Attack Surfaced or Submerged Weapon Used Number of Torpedoes Fired Number of Torpedo Hits Claimed Target Type Result Estimated Target Tonnage
1  1942-02-28  11  Pearl Harbor  28 N  130 E        Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Mark XIV Torpedo  2  0  AK  No Damage  1500 
1  1942-02-28  19  Pearl Harbor  28 N  130 E        Night  Visual  Surfaced  Mark XIV Torpedo  4  0  AK  No Damage  7000 
2  1942-05-19    Pearl Harbor  15 N  145 E        Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Mark XIV Torpedo  2  0  DE  No Damage   
2  1942-05-23    Pearl Harbor  1703N  14420E        Night  Periscope  Submerged  Mark XIV Torpedo  1  0  AK  No Damage   
3  1942-08-18    Pearl Harbor  3218N  13229E        Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Mark XIV Torpedo  2  0  DD  No Damage   
3  1942-08-21  19  Pearl Harbor  31 N  130E        Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Mark XIV Torpedo  3  2  AK  Sunk  10000 
3  1942-08-21  19  Pearl Harbor  31 N  130E        Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Mark XIV Type 1 Torpedo  1  1  DD  Damaged  1500 
3  1942-08-30    Pearl Harbor  31 N  131 E        Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Mark XIV Type 1 Torpedo  2  0  AK  No Damage   
3  1942-09-04    Pearl Harbor  34 N  133 E        Daylight  Periscope  Submerged  Mark XIV Torpedo  3  0  AK  No Damage   
3  1942-09-05  02  Pearl Harbor  34 N  133 E        Night  Visual  Surfaced  Mark XIV Type 1 Torpedo  3  2  AO  Not Final Attack on Target  19600 
3  1942-09-05  02  Pearl Harbor  34 N  133 E        Night  Visual  Surfaced  Mark XIV Type 1 Torpedo  1  0  AO  Not Final Attack on Target  19600 
3  1942-09-05  02  Pearl Harbor  34 N  133 E        Night  Periscope  Submerged  Mark XIV Type 1 Torpedo  1  1  AO  Sunk  19600 


   

A complete analysis of the SORG attack data and attacks not in SORG is currently available in the book United States and Allied Submarine Successes in the Pacific and Far East During World War II, 4th ed.

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