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Patrol Reports

FTB1(SS) David Ray Bowman

Podcast stories from the US Navy Submarine Force - 1900 to today Brought to you by the Bremerton Base of United States Submarine Veterans, Inc

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00:06:33

The Sorcerer Strikes

Patrol Reports ·

2025/10/02

In the autumn of 1944, the submarine USS Aspro slipped out of Fremantle and into the vast expanse of the South China Sea. This was her fifth war patrol, a mission that would test the nerves of her crew and the steel of the boat against Japan’s desperate efforts to keep its sea lanes open.For weeks the men endured the grind of patrol life, stalking convoys, dodging aircraft, and bracing against the thundering shocks of depth charges. The climax came on October 2, 1944, when Aspro closed in on a

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00:07:45

Jack's Silver Star Moment

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2025/09/28

On June 26, 1943, the submarine USS Jack prowled the waters off Japan on her first war patrol. She was young, aggressive, and her crew carried a dangerous confidence. That morning, Jack struck hard, firing a spread of torpedoes into a convoy and sending two ships to the bottom. The crew was elated, convinced they had the war figured out.But in the shadow of victory came disaster. A Japanese bomber swooped down and dropped a depth charge so close it blew Jack’s stern clear out of the water, wrecked

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00:05:24

From Harbor Tragedy to a Resilient Legacy: The USS...

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2025/09/26

In September of 1921, San Pedro Harbor was the bustling new home of the Pacific Fleet. Battleships filled the anchorage, destroyers patrolled the coast, and tied to the tender USS Camden was the small submarine USS R-6. She was a product of the pigboat era, a generation of submarines built during World War I that were experimental, cramped, and dangerous. On the night of September 26, her crew worked late into the evening preparing exercise torpedoes for the next day’s practice. What began as

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00:05:36

Mrs. Hutchinson's Son - USS Sargo's (SS-188) Fifth...

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2025/09/25

In September of 1942 the submarine USS Sargo left Fremantle on her fifth war patrol, a mission that would take her deep into enemy waters of the South China Sea. For nearly a month she stalked empty horizons, her crew wrestling with leaking exhaust valves and the constant threat of discovery. Then came September 25, when Sargo fired at a Japanese freighter and nearly paid with her own life when one torpedo turned in a deadly circle. The target was finished with gunfire, but the victory was followed

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00:05:54

41 Cold War Sentinels - USS John Marshall SSBN-611

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2025/09/24

The USS John Marshall was never meant to be famous. She did not fight great battles or fire weapons in anger. Yet her legacy is important. She shows how the Navy adapted in the Cold War, repurposing old ships for new missions, keeping pressure on adversaries, and supporting allies in ways that never made the papers. She carried the name of a man who defined the rule of law, and she embodied the paradox of nuclear weapons: built for destruction, but used to keep the peace.

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00:05:38

41 Cold War Sentinels: USS Henry L. Stimson SSBN-655

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2025/09/21

The Cold War was fought in silence as much as in speeches. Deep beneath the Atlantic, submarines carried weapons that no one ever wanted to fire, and crews who lived in a world without sunlight to make sure those weapons remained ready. The USS Henry L. Stimson, SSBN 655, was one of those boats. She was part of the 41 for Freedom, the fleet of American missile submarines that kept the balance of power by disappearing. Her life tells us about the sailors who endured months underwater, the technology

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00:05:26

The Last Act of the USS O-9 Submarine Tragedy

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2025/09/21

On September 20, 1941, the Navy confirmed what many had feared since that summer. The wreck of the USS O-9 had been found, lying deep off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Three months earlier, on June 20, the old submarine had slipped beneath the waves during a routine test dive and never returned. Thirty-three men went with her, lost in an instant when the Atlantic crushed her beyond her limits.For weeks, the Navy searched, divers risking their lives, families waiting for word, and oil

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00:05:48

How America’s First Submarines Launched the Silent...

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2025/09/19

On September 19, 1903, the United States Navy brought a strange little boat into service. She was called USS Plunger, Submarine Torpedo Boat Number Two. At just over sixty feet long, with a gasoline engine that filled her hull with fumes and a single torpedo tube that may or may not have worked as advertised, she hardly looked like the future of naval power. But that is exactly what she became.Plunger never sank an enemy ship, never fought in a war, and yet she changed everything. She carried a

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00:05:51

In the Silent Depths: The Fighting Life of USS Gurnard

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2025/09/18

On September 18, 1942, the USS Gurnard joined the fleet as one of the many Gato class submarines built to carry the war into enemy waters. She would go on to complete nine patrols across the Pacific, striking hard at Japanese shipping and earning her place among the hunters of the deep. The story of Gurnard is not only about steel and tonnage, but about the men who endured long weeks of silence and sudden bursts of terror as depth charges rained down and torpedoes ran true. From the sinking of the

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00:05:54

41 Cold War Sentinels - USS Von Steuben SSBN-632

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2025/09/17

The USS Von Steuben was one of the silent sentinels of the Cold War, a ballistic missile submarine built not to fight battles but to prevent them. Commissioned in 1964, she carried her crews into the depths of the Atlantic on patrols that lasted months at a time, unseen and unheard, yet always ready. Her mission was deterrence, to make sure that any enemy understood an attack on the United States would never go unanswered.The sailors who served aboard lived lives of secrecy and routine, broken by

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00:06:02

USS Guavina’s Fierce Attack - September 15, 1944

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2025/09/15

On September 15, 1944, the crew of USS Guavina found themselves staring down the kind of target submariners rarely got a shot at. Anchored tight in Sarangani Strait was a Japanese light cruiser, sitting still but bristling with guns and men. What followed was not a quick strike or a clean kill. It was an all-day brawl against the sea, the current, and the stubborn will of a ship that refused to die easily.In this episode, we’ll take you inside the boat and through the log, minute by minute. You’ll

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00:06:33

Growlers Legendary Down-the-Throat Torpedo Attack of...

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2025/09/12

On September 12, 1944, the USS Growler and her crew faced one of the most extraordinary days in submarine history. Operating as part of a wolf pack in the waters between Formosa and Luzon, Growler found herself in the middle of a heavily guarded Japanese convoy. What followed was a series of bold attacks that pushed both the submarine and her men to the limit.This was the day Commander Thomas B. Oakley Jr. ordered torpedoes fired straight down the throat of a charging destroyer. It was the day

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00:06:37

A Cold War Legacy and 21st Century Vanguard: USS...

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2025/09/11

This episode takes us beneath the surface, into the hidden world of one of the Navy’s most formidable submarines. USS Michigan was commissioned on September 11, 1982, as part of the Ohio class, carrying the weight of America’s nuclear deterrent during the darkest days of the Cold War. Later, she was transformed into a guided missile submarine, bristling with Tomahawks and carrying special operations forces into the 21st century.But this story is not just about steel and missiles. It is about the

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00:06:25

The Turtle vs. HMS Eagle: America’s First Submarine...

Patrol Reports ·

2025/09/07

Special Guests Lena and Graham from the Patrol Reports Podcast join us today to talk about the first US Submarine attack in history… during the Revolutionary War…On the night of September 7, 1776, New York Harbor looked like a wooden forest, crowded with the towering masts of the Royal Navy. The British had come to town, and they came in force. Admiral Richard Howe’s fleet lay at anchor, its warships bristling with cannon, their lanterns glowing against the dark water. The American cause seemed

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00:15:00

USS Paddle and the Tragedy of Shinyo Maru

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2025/09/07

Welcome to another episode of Patrol Reports, where we bring you the stories of the Silent Service in World War II. Today we follow the USS Paddle on patrol during the first week of September 1944, a mission that would become one of the most tragic chapters of the submarine war in the Pacific.For the crew of Paddle, it was another dangerous assignment. They spent days dodging aircraft, slipping through narrow passages, and stalking Japanese shipping along the Mindanao coast. On September 7 they

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00:06:16

The Silent Prowler and the Submarine School Graduate:...

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2025/09/03

The USS Cod was one of the Silent Service’s proud hunters in World War II, a steel prowler built to stalk and sink the ships that kept Japan’s war machine alive. Commissioned in June of 1943, she quickly entered the fight in the South China Sea and the waters off Java and Luzon. Aboard her during the second and third war patrols was Calvin Baker, a young man who had graduated from submarine school on September 3, 1943.Baker’s story is not about medals or headlines, but about stepping out of the

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00:07:05

USS S-5: The Sunken Submarine That Cheated Death off...

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2025/09/01

Welcome back to Patrol Reports. Today we’re taking you back to September 1, 1920, when the brand-new submarine USS S-5 went down off the Delaware Capes in what should have been a routine dive. Thirty-eight men were suddenly trapped in what one survivor later called a steel coffin on the ocean floor. Their air was fouling, chlorine gas was forming, and the Atlantic was doing its best to finish them. What followed was one of the greatest survival stories in American submarine history. A desperate plan

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00:14:59

USS F-4 Raised from the Depths: How the U.S. Navy...

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2025/08/29

On August 29, 1915, the U.S. Navy accomplished something no one had ever done before: it raised a lost submarine from the ocean floor. The USS F-4, a pioneer of America’s early undersea fleet, had sunk off Honolulu months earlier, entombing her crew in the dark. Salvaging her seemed impossible. The boat lay more than 300 feet down, crushed by pressure and mud, beyond the limits of human endurance at the time. Yet through grit, ingenuity, and some downright stubborn determination, naval engineers and

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00:47:21

USS Queenfish at the North Pole: Captain Jim Harvey...

Patrol Reports ·

2025/08/27

Welcome to Patrol Reports, stories from the history of the United States Submarine Force, brought to you by the United States Submarine Veterans Bremerton Base. On this episode, we journey north—far north—with Captain Jim Harvey, former commanding officer of USS Queenfish (SSN-651). In August of 1985, Queenfish and her crew did what only a handful of submariners had ever done: they surfaced at the North Pole.Captain Harvey shares the planning, the challenges, and the nerves that come with taking a

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00:12:20

USS Guitarro’s Moonlit Victory: The Surface Gun...

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2025/08/26

On August 27, 1944, the USS Guitarro found herself in the thick of Japan’s desperate effort to keep its supply lines open in the Philippines. By that stage of the war, large tankers and freighters were easy prey, so the Japanese turned to smaller intercoastal vessels, hoping their shallow drafts and coastal routes might spare them from American attack. That gamble ended when Commander Enrique D’Hamel Haskins brought Guitarro to the surface under a pale moon and engaged the Nanshin Maru No. 27.The

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