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Grayback attributed with sinking Japanese sub I-18
per the Wiki page on I-18, that information was later determined to be incorrect. referenced is the Wiki page with the comments re: that incident. not sure which is correct, just pointing out that they contradict each other

Guadalcanal campaign By mid-November 1942, the Japanese had decided to organize a system of submarine supply runs to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands,[4] where Japanese forces had been fighting in the Guadalcanal campaign since August 1942. With her overhaul complete, I-18 got underway from Kure on 17 December 1942 and, after a stop at Truk, proceeded to Shortland Island in the Shortland Islands[4] to begin her supply runs. Early on the morning of 3 January 1943, the submarine USS Grayback (SS-208) sighted I-18 on the surface in the Solomon Sea southwest of Rendova at 08°49′S 157°09′E and launched a torpedo attack.[4] Grayback′s torpedoes detonated, and Grayback′s commanding officer believed she had sunk I-18, but the torpedoes apparently exploded prematurely, because I-18 submerged and escaped unscathed.[4]

2602:30A:C078:D150:70D8:3669:CCC1:8360 (talk) 08:16, 15 October 2020 (UTC)