A Force To Recon With
With John Anderson Moore as her new commander, the USS Grayback arrived at Pearl Harbor on September 12th, 1943, to begin her eighth combat patrol. The Grayback, USS Shad, and USS Cero went to Midway Island on September 26 and formed a “wolfpack” of three ships. Captain Charles B. “Swede” Momsen of Cero commanded the three subs. Despite the fact that the U.S. Navy was the first to use this strategy, the German U-boats had had great success with it in the past. The new strategy worked, as well.
A Force To Recon With
Skilled And High-Caliber Crew
The three submarines were successful in destroying 38,000 tons of Japanese ships and the damaging of another 3,300 tons of Japanese ships. On November 10, 1943, the three returned to Midway Atoll after exhausting their torpedoes. Using wolfpack tactics on 2 October, Grayback moved in on a convoy that had previously been assaulted by Shad, and sank a 9,000-ton cargo that was sinking from two Shad torpedoes. On the 10th of November, the submarines returned to Midway, having used up all of their torpedoes. John Anderson Moore would become the second Grayback skipper to receive a Navy Cross following the accomplishment of this operation.
Skilled And High Caliber Crew
