Turn 9: Bombardment of Okinawa

16 - 23 June 1932

9 boats on patrol
10 boats in transit
3 boats returning to base
1 boat in bases
4 boats  in repair

    Due to bad results in last few weeks, US Navy Command started to consider different way to employ the submarines in war. One of the first ideas was to use them to bombard the port facilities. During the night two submarines should surface near the Okinawa port and start gun fire, then escape unseen. To this job were designated Narwhal and S-36. On night, sunday 17th of June, passing the dangerous approach to port Narwhal surfaced in randezvous point. At midnight she started her bombardment of Okinawa port facilities, firing her two 6" guns. After expended 127 shells, she slip back to open sea. Unfortunately S-36 never appeared in randezvous point, she was lost on the way. She is a fourth lost boat in War.
   Other boats on patrol hit two ships. S-47 small 1000 tons maru, and Bonita medium 3000 tons merchant.

This week total: 2 ships sunk, 4000 tons