Surface and Destroy: The Submarine Gun War in the Pacific

Appendix: Submarine Gun Attacks in the Pacific, 1942–1945

Appendix Submarine Gun Attacks in the Pacific, 1942–1945 United States Vessel type 1942 1943 1944 1945 Auxiliary minesweeper 4 1 Barge 1 2 22 Cargo ship 6 16 16 7 Coaster 1 2 24 Escort 3 4 Fishing vessel 1 Frigate 2 Gun boat 1 Junk 1 1 113 Landing craft/barge 4 1 1 2 Lugger 3 44 Minelayer 1 Miscellaneous 1 1 7 Motorboat 1 Oiler 1 3 1 3 Passenger-cargo ship 3 Patrol vessel 4 14 9 Picket 1 21 Prau/native boat 1 3 Sailing vessel 2 15 Sampan 25 48 62 54 180 Appendix Vessel type 1942 1943 1944 1945 Schooner 1 16 14 109 Sea truck 16 82 Small craft 1 2 50 Sub chaser 2 6 2 14 Trawler 9 16 51 45 Tug 1 10 Yacht 1 1 1 Total 51 121 201 641 Total subs making attacks 17 37 83 91 Britain Auxiliary 1 Barge 2 5 Cargo ship 3 Coaster 75 95 Escort 1 Fishing vessel 1 Hulk 1 Junk 121 177 Landing craft 7 26 Lighter 13 23 Lugger 2 5 Merchant vessel 1 5 Minesweeper 2 Motor gunboat 1 Motor launch 2 Oiler 1 3 Patrol vessel 2 1 Q ship 1 Sampan 5 1 Schooner 32 12 Small craft 7 15 Appendix 181 Vessel type 1942 1943 1944 1945 Sub chaser 1 2 4 Submarine 1 Sub tender 1 Torpedo boat 2 Transport 1 Trawler 1 4 Tug 10 12 Total 1 1 293 393 Total subs making attacks 1 1 31 36 The Netherlands Cargo ship 1 Coaster 1 5 2 Fishing vessel 1 Junk 4 Landing craft 1 Merchant vessel 1 Oiler 1 1 Prau 2 5 Small craft 1 Total 1 1 14 10 Total subs making attacks 1 1 5 6 Notes: In the absence of standard definitions by submariners, the categories used offer only a rough guide to the types of vessels attacked. The figures provided include only attacks claimed to be successful. In a small number of cases more than one submarine simultaneously attacked the same target. The figures also include a small number of craft destroyed by burning or demolition. Sources: Compiled from John D. Alden, U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II (Including Allied Submarine Attacks in the Pacific Theatre) (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1989); John D. Alden and Craig R. McDonald, United States and Allied Submarine Successes in the Pacific and Far East during World War II (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009). ...