On The Way To Pearl Harbor
In the same interview, Taylor said that as far as they are concerned, the Grayback had sailed on a scouting mission from Pearl Harbor on January 28, 1944. On February 24, the submarine dispatched a message to the station. Several Japanese freighters were said to have been sunk by Grayback during the encounter, as well as two additional ships, according to the report. Little did the crew know that it would be their final accomplishment before tragedy struck. Grayback’s final transmission arrived the next day.
On The Way To Pearl Harbor
First Assault
In a report released on February 25 about the attack by Grayback, the first among its two accomplishments, her crew stated that the vessel had caused significant damage to the liner Asama Maru and sank the tanker Nanpo Maru. And because the Grayback had just two torpedoes left after these two-day strikes, she was forced to travel to Midway Atoll in the North Pacific in order to replenish. Then there was nothing. What could have happened?
First Assault
