The Galloping Ghost (42 page)

Read The Galloping Ghost Online

Authors: Carl P. LaVO

BOOK: The Galloping Ghost
12.24Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub

BOWDEN, Dallas G. EM1

BROOCKS, William R. QM2

BRUNTON, Howard A. F1c

BURNETT, Michael FC3

CHAPMAN, Paul S1c

COLE, David F. StM2

CUSTER, Russell A. MoMM3

DELAMATER, John T. RM2

DONNELLY, William E. CPhM

DURBIN, Troy M. MoMM2

EDWARDS, Mason L. MoMM2

ELLIMAN, Russell R. Bkr3

EPPS, James O. EM1

FANNIN, William M. S1c

FLAHERTY, Thomas J. S1c

HANSLEY, John C. FC1

HATFIELD, Billy R. EM3

HAZELWOOD, Emmit MoMM3

HIGGINS, John H. QM1

HINSON, Edward H. CRM

HOUSTON, Traville S. MoMM2

HUDGENS, Thomas J. CMoMM

HUTCHINSON, Alden MoMM1

JOHNSON, Charles MoMM1

KIRK, Travis G. S1c

KLINGLESMITH, Edward TM3

KOESTER, Glen L. EM2

LARSEN, Norman EM3

LAUGHTER, Wade V. TM2

LEGO, Herman F. CY

LEHMAN, John H.
RT2

LINDBERG, Wallace RM2

MAHER, Timothy P. RT1

MARKUSON, John MoMM1

MAXWELL, Richard S. TM2

McDOLE, Frederick EM1

McKEE, Edward L. MoMM3

MILLER, Donald L. TM2

MULRY, Raymond D. EM2

NEWLAND, Lawrence SC1

NOLL, Thomas J. CMoMM

NOVAK, Emil L. F1c

PARKER, Todd D. TM1

PENNA, Jesse L. MoMM2

PETERSON, Howard MoMM1

PETRASUNAS, Joseph GM2

PHILLIPS, Robert C. SC3

POWELL, Henry J. TM3

PRICE, Walter W. Ck3

RAGLAND, Paul F. MoMM2

RICHARD, James E. TM2

ROARK, Rufus W. MoMM1

RYAN, Thomas J. CGM

SAUNDERS, Paul G. MoMM1

SCHMITT, Rudolph SM2

SEVER, Neal F. SM2

SHANKLES, Ellis P. QM2

SHERMAN, Forrest H. EM1

SHOARD, Sydney A. TM2

SIMEK, George L. F1c

SIMPKINS, Cullen MoMM2

SPENCER, Clarence MoMM2

SWEARINGEN, Charles EM3

TAGUE, Robert H. S1c

WEARSCH, Norman MoMM2

WELLS, Robert W. TM3

WHITE, James A. TM3

WHITEHEAD, Gordon MoMM2

WHITT, William F. MoMM1

WILLIAMS, Franklin CMoMM

WILSON, Randall RM2

ZAMARIA, Joseph MoMM3

Twelfth War Patrol
Empire Area (Okhotsk Sea)—
8 June–2 August 1945 (54 days)

CDR. Eugene B. FLUCKEY

LT. James T. WEBSTER

LT. Max C. DUNCAN

LT. William M. WALKER

LTJG. David R. TEETERS

LTJG. Charles W. HILL

LTJG. Thomas M. KING

LTJG. Lawrence J. SHEFFIELD

ENS. William MASEK Jr.

BENTLEY, Warren T. SC

BLUTH, Paul D. QM3

BOCHENKO, Henry S. RM2

BROOKS, William R. QM2

BRUNTON, Howard A. F1c

BURNETT, Joseph H. S1c

BURNETT, Michael FC3

CHAPMAN, Paul A. S1c

COLE, David F. StM2

CUSTER, Russell A. MoMM2

DELAMATER, John T. RM2

DURBIN, Troy M. MoMM2

EDWARDS, Mason L. MoMM2

EPPS, James O. EM1

FLAHERTY, Thomas J. S1c

GIERHART, Frank W. CRM

HANSLEY, John C. FC1

HATFIELD, Billy R. EM3

HAZELWOOD, Emmit MoMM3

HIGGINS, John H. QM1

HILL, Leonard L. F1c

HUTCHINSON, Alden MoMM1

JOHNSON, Charles MoMM1

KIRK, Travis G. S1c

KLINGLESMITH, Edward TM3

KOESTER, Glen L. EM2

LARSEN, Norman EM3

LAYMAN, Cecil M. PhM1

LINDBERG, Wallace RM2

LUNDE, Everard Y3c

MAKER, Timothy P. RT1

MARKUSON, John MoMM1

MAXWELL, Richard S. TM2

MCCARTHY, James A. F1c

McDOLE, Frederick EM1

McKEE, Edward L. MoMM1

MILLER, Donald L. TM2

MULRY, Raymond D. EM2

NEWLAND, Lawrence SC1

NOLL, Thomas J. CMoMM

PARKER, Todd D. TM1

PENNA, Jesse L. MoMM2

PETRASUNAS, Joseph GM2

PHILLIPS, Robert C. SC3

POWELL, Henry J. TM3

PRICE, Walter W. EM3

RAGLAND, Paul F. Ck3

RICHARD, James E. MoMM2

ROARK, Rufus W. TM2

RYAN, Thomas J. MoMM1

SAUNDERS, Paul G. CGM

SCHILKE, Edwin E. RM3

SCHMITT, Rudolph MoMM1

SEVER, Neal F. SM2

SHANKLES, Ellis P. QM2

SHERMAN, Forrest EM1

SHOARD, Sydney A. TM2

SIMEK, George L. F1c

SIMPKINS, Cullen MoMM2

SINGER, Robert L. PhoM1

SPENCER, Clarence MoMM2

SWEARINGEN, Charles EM3

TAGUE, Robert H. S1c

TURNAGE, Sam M. MoMM1

WADE, Gordon L. CEM

WEARSCH, Norman MoMM2

WEAVER, Henry A. EM3

WELLS, Robert W. TM3

WHITE, James A. TM3

WHITT, William F. MoMM1

WILBY, Theodore SC3

WILLIAMS, Franklin CMoMM

WILLIAMS, Owen FC3

WILSON, Randall RM2

WOOD, Arthur R. MoMM3

ZAMARIA, Joseph MoMM3

Index

Africa.
See
Solant Amity (South Atlantic Friendship) II

Albacore
(SS-218),
99

Alexander, Holmes,
167

Amberjack
(SS-219),
162

Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (ASDIC),
33

Anyo Maru
(Japan),
101

Arizona
,
xi

Arkansas
,
14

Atlantic Fleet,
18

Barb
(SS-220)
xi
,
xii
; age of the crew,
75–76
; attack on Rasa Island's mining operations,
57–58
; “Black Death” whiskey (Schenley Whiskey) served on board,
67
,
76
; cleanliness of,
115
; decommissioning of,
179
; duty of in support of Operation Torch,
45
; joint command of Waterman and GF on,
54–58
; mechanical problems of,
48
; medals and commendations won by crew of,
129
; new crew members of,
50–51
; noise problems of,
46–47
; operations of off Formosa,
53–54
; operations of in the North Atlantic,
45–46
,
47
; operations of off Taiwan,
47–48
; Presidential Unit Citation awarded to,
111–12
; refurbishing of at Mare Island,
111
,
114–15
; reunions of the crew of,
178–79
,
181–82
,
184
; sale of for scrap metal,
176
; sinking of the
Campomanes
,
46
; sinking of the
Syona Maru,
56–57
; tactical differences between Waterman and GF,
54–55
; total number of ships sunk by,
129
. See also
Barb
(SS-220), eighth patrol of
;
Barb
(SS-220), eleventh patrol of
;
Barb
(SS-220), ninth patrol of
;
Barb
(SS-220), tenth patrol of
;
Barb
(SS-220), twelfth patrol of

Barb
(SS-220), eighth patrol of,
72–73
; action of off Matsuwa Island,
62–65
; capture and interrogation of Kitojima Sanji,
65–66
; formation of “wolf pack” to patrol the Okhotsk Sea and the Kurile Islands,
60–62
; GF given single command of the
Barb
,
58–59
; mirages encountered by the crew while maneuvering through ice floes,
67–68
; orders given GF by Lockwood,
60
; patrol of the lower Kuriles,
68–69
; patrol of the northern Kuriles,
69
; sinking of Japanese fishing trawlers,
69
; sinking of the
Chihaya
,
70
; sinking of the
Koto Maru
,
65
; sinking of the
Madras Mura
,
63–64
; sinking of the
Takashima
,
70–71

Barb
(SS-220), eleventh patrol of: boarding and sinking of Japanese weather picket,
100
; celebration of Christmas aboard,
99
; discovery of and attack on Japanese convoys Takao-Moji
38
and Moji-Takao
32
in Nam Kwan Harbor,
106–10
,
180
; escape of from destroyer after attack on convoys,
108–9
; lifeguard duty of,
103
; maneuvers of in the Haitan Straits,
104–6
; maneuvers of near Incog,
106
,
108
; mission plan of,
98
; repairs to the ship during,
99–100
; return of to Midway Island,
110
; sinking of the
Anyo Maru
,
101
; sinking of Japanese destroyers,
102
; sinking of the
Shinyo Maru
,
101–2

Barb
(SS-220), ninth patrol of,
73–77
; attack of on enemy tanker convoy,
82–84
; failed attempt to sink a destroyer,
82–83
; innovation used to more quickly avoid enemy aircraft,
81
; mission plan of,
77–78
; relationship of Swinburne and GF during,
77
; rescue of British and Australian prisoners lost at sea,
82
,
84–87
,
176–77

Barb
(SS-220), tenth patrol of: attack on the
Jinyo
,
96
; crew changes aboard,
90
; mission plan of,
91
; sinking of the
Gogoku Maru
,
92
; sinking of the
Gyokuyo Maru
,
94
; sinking of the
Naruo Maru,
93
; sinking of three Japanese schooners,
95

Barb
(SS-220), twelfth patrol of: attack on the city of Shari using missiles,
117–18
; attack on the city of Shikuka,
123–24
;
attack on Kaihyo Island,
123
; attack on Kunashiri Island,
128
; battle with the destroyer
Terutsuki
,
120–23
; commando raid on Karafuto launched from the
Barb
,
125–28
; lifeguard duty off the coast of Hokkaido,
124–25
; maneuvers along Japan's northern coast,
118–19
; missile attack of on Shiritori,
128
; mission plan of,
117
; return of to Aniwan Bay,
124–25
; sinking of diesel trawler and capturing of a prisoner,
118
; sinking of miscellaneous freighters and sampans,
124–25
,
128
; sinking of thousand-ton Japanese freighter,
124
; tributes of GF for his crew,
129–30
; triumphant return of to Midway Island,
128–29

Barb
(SSN-596 [nuclear submarine named in honor of original S-class Barb]),
161
,
162

Barracuda
(V-1),
37–38

Bass
(V-2),
37–38

Batfish
(SS-310),
59

Bellino, Joe,
152

bin Laden, Osama,
xii

Blair, Clay, Jr.,
176

Bonita
(V-3),
37–38
; average age of those serving on,
38
; patrols of,
40
; problems with,
38
,
41

Bove, Charles,
159

Boy Scouts of America (BSA),
4
,
142–43

Boyce, W. D.,
4

Brooks, Bill,
109

Brosio, Manlio,
167

Brown, Charles R. (“Cat”),
151

Burke, Arleigh,
151

Caetano, Marcelo,
170

Callahan, Patrick,
131

Campomanes
(Spain),
46

Other books

Finally His by Emma Hillman
Fixed by L. A. Kornetsky
Squid Pulp Blues by Jordan Krall
Awakening by Cate Tiernan
Rachel's Redemption by Maitlen, Jennifer
Kiss the Ring by Meesha Mink
Reluctant Detective by Finley Martin