NEWS-04: SUBMARINE WAR PATROL REPORTSSubmitted by: Pat Householder on 2/19/2009--------------------------------------------------------- At the end of each war patrol of WW II, submarine commanders created a report on the patrol. These reports were used as the raw material to inform intelligence, improve tactics, evaluate commanders, etc.During WW II, over 1,550 patrol reports containing approximately 63,000 pages were generated. During the 1970s these were photographed and reproduced on microfilm to make them more easily accessible and easily reproduced (approx. 250 rolls).During 2008 a copy of this microfilm was scanned into digital format (110 GB), and in 2009 it was made available online here (14 GB). These war patrol reports were written during a deadly, bitterly fought war. Please note that there may be some references to enemy forces that may be offensive in today's context.BRAVO ZULU to John Clear and Dan Martini who did all the work on getting these reports copied by a commercial outfit off of microfiche from theUndersea Museum in Keyport, Washington where John works part time. Dan also lives in Washington but in the Tri-City area.This site contains all WWII patrol reports and it's free!http://hnsa.org/doc/subreports.htm