Talk:USS Gunnel

Rewrite
I rewrote based on the John S. McCain, Jr., page, & Blair as footnoted (none of it showed up...) The 6 ships/24624 tons if from http://www.valoratsea.com/TonxSub.htm. Trekphiler 08:26 & 08:39, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I rewrote based on this:
 * "Like many U.S. subs in the Pacific, Gunnel was attcked in error by friendly aircraft. McCain had no end of trouble with the Hoover-Owens-Rentschler (H.O.R.) diesels (which were so troublesome, in the Pacific, Sub Force members called them "whores"); at one point enroute, drive gears of all four of Gunnel's main engines go out of commission, and McCain had to rely on his tiny auxiliary for the last 1800km (1000nm). Gunnel went into the navy yard for extensive extensive refit, and was replaced on patrol station off North Africa by Pilly Lent's Haddo).


 * "In June 1943, McCain on his second patrol covered the East China and Yellow Seas. He was "fearlessly aggressive", sinking two ships (confirmed postwar by JANAC): Koyo Maru (6400 tons) and Tokiwa Maru (7000 tons). Yet the return of troubles from his H.O.R. diesels cut the patrol to only eleven days, after which he was compelled to return to Pearl Harbor.


 * "During the May 1944 U.S. air strike on Surabaya, Gunnel lay off Tawi Tawi, in company with Robert Olsen's Angler. McCain had no success, and moved to the coast of Indochina afterward, where on 8 June 1944, he picked up a convoy, escorted, incredibly, by yet another aircraft carrier. He proved unable to approach closer than his contact range, about 28km (15nm). On his return, he was detached to new construction. In five patrols, his contribution to the defeat of Japan had been slight..

None of it showed up... And it's glitching here, too; there's an entire paragraph not coming up after note 2. Trekphiler 08:39, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Add to that, on her 6h patrol, she was commanded by Guy E. O'Neill, Jr. (Class of 1937), sank a 5600 ton freighter & 2 600 ton escorts, based on Blair, page 785 & 962. Trekphiler 08:52, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Patrol logs
Anyone interested in researching the Gunnel more will find this site very helpful: http://www.jmlavelle.com/gunnel/

It contains the war patrol logs from the Gunnel's captains, as well comments from the COs and crew. There's also a very interesting read. Would be worth linking to them in a "more info" section on the article page as well, but I'm not sufficiently familiar with the wiki's style to do it myself.

150.101.174.242 13:11, 13 June 2007 (UTC)