She was ordered to perform a photo-reconnaissance of the Gilbert Islands. William Davis Irvin, jr.) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 6th war patrol. USS Nautilus ended her refit at the Mare Island Navy Yard. USS Nautilus commences a refit at the Mare Island Navy Yard.
Brockman) lands the scouts at Attu five hours before the main assault. Aboard were 109 Scouts to be landed at Attu. Brockman) departed from Dutch Harbour bound for Attu. Brockman) departed from Pearl Harbor bound for Dutch Harbour, Alsaka. She disembarks her passengers and later heads towards Pearl Harbor. Brockman) ended her 4th war patrol at Brisbane, Australia. Brockman) torpedoed and damaged the Japanese destroyer Akizuki (offsite link) in position 05★5'S, 156☂0'E. Brockman) torpedoed and sank the Japanese troop transport Yoshinogawa Maru (1422 GRT) east of Kieta, Bougainville, Solomon Islands in position 06☁3'S, 156☀0'E.
Brockman) evacuates 32 civilians (including 3 children) from Teop Island, Solomon Islands. She was ordered to patrol of the Solomon Islands. Brockman) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 4th war patrol. Brockman) arrived at Midway to perform some much needed repairs. Brockman) sank a Japanese sampan with gunfire east of Honshu, Japan in position 41☄5'N, 145☃2'E. Brockman) torpedoed and sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship Kenun Maru (4673 GRT) about 20 nautical miles east of Shiriya Zaki, off northern tip of Honshu, Japan in position 41☂4'N, 141★0'E. She is however able to continue her patrol. Brockman) is damaged by depth charges off northern Honshu, Japan in position 41☀5'N, 141★8'E. Brockman) torpedoed and sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship Tosei Maru (2432 GRT) east of Shiriyazaki, Japan in position 41☂0'N, 141☃5'E. Brockman) torpedoed and sank Japanese merchant cargo ship Tamon Maru No.6 (4994 GRT, former Greek Pleiades) east of Japan in position 40☃5'N, 141★0'N. She was ordered to patrol in Japanese home waters. Brockman) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 3rd war patrol. Both submarines arrived back at Pearl Harbor on 26 August 1942. By midnight of 10 August, all but 30 of the troops had been recovered. Snipers were hidden in the trees and the landing beaches were in front of the Japanese forces instead of behind them as planned. The Japanese either forewarned or extraordinarily alert because of the activity on Guadalcanal-gave the Americans a warm reception. Their rubber rafts were swamped by the sea and most of the outboard motors drowned. The convoy arrived off Makin on 16 August and at 0330hours the next day, the marines began landing. They were to transport and land marine commandos on Makin in the Gilbert Islands. Brockman) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 2nd war patrol together with USS Argonaut. Brockman) ended her 1st war patrol at Pearl Harbor. Brockman) is damaged by depth charges off Honshu, Japan in position 34☃4'N, 140☁3'E. Brockman) torpedoed and sank the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Musashi Maru (227 GRT) east of Nojimazaki, Japan in position 34☃8'N, 140☀8'E. Brockman) torpedoed and sank the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze (1685 tons, offsite link) south-east of Yokosuka, Japan in position 34☃4'N, 140☂6'E. She was ordered to patrol off Honshu, Japan. Brockman) departed from Midway for her 1st war patrol. Brockman) arrived at Midway to take on provisions. Brockman) escaped strafing from Japanese planes, then escaped depth charges from Japanese warships, managed to move into a attack position and hit the burning hull of the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga (offsite link) with one torpedo (that fails to explode) in position 30☂0'N, 179☁7'W and once again she managed to escape unscathed. She was ordered to patrol north-west of Midway.ĭuring the battle of Midway USS Nautilus (Lt.Cdr. Brockman) departed from Pearl Harbor to take part in the defence of Midway. William Herman Brockman, jr.) departed from San Francisco bound for Pearl Harbor. With her extensive refit at the Mare Island Navy yard completed (this refit lasted from 15 July 1941 to 20 April 1942) USS Nautilus (Lt.Cdr. Notable events involving Nautilus include: Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page. You can help improve our commands sectionĬlick here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel. Please note that we're still working on this sectionĪnd that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
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