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Allied submarines were used extensively during the Pacific War and were a key contributor to the defeat of the Empire of Japan. During the war, submarines of the United States Navy were responsible for 56% of Japan's merchant marine losses; other Allied navies added to the toll. [ 1 ]
California during World War II was a major contributor to the World War II effort. California's long Pacific Ocean coastline provided the support needed for the Pacific War. California also supported the war in Europe. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, most of California's manufacturing was shifted to the war effort.
Engineers, welders, and electricians at shipyards from Maine and Connecticut to Wisconsin and California hammered out new submarines week after week, achieving a peak production of ten new boats a month in 1944. When the Navy broadcast the cease-fire order at the war’s end, 182 boats were on duty.
By 1944, most of the active S-boats were based at the Naval Repair Base, San Diego, California. They were used as targets for training anti-submarine sonar operators from the West Coast Sound School at Point Loma, and pilots of Fleet Air Wing 5 based at North Island, Coronado, California. U.S. Submarine Command Organizations
United States Submarine Operations in World War II by Theodore Roscoe is a classic history of the role of the United States Navy submarines in World War II, earning him the title of "grandfather" of World War II American Submarine historiography. [1]
15 wrz 2009 · This article explores the meanings of ‘unrestricted warfare’ as practised by US submarines in the Pacific during the Second World War. The submarine war in the Pacific is typically represented as a series of torpedo attacks that devastated Japanese warships, freighters, and tankers.
12 sty 2018 · This analysis compares for the first time the performance of German submarines in the Atlantic attacking Allied convoys with that of American submarines operating in the Pacific against Japanese shipping.
