11 April 1943 – USS Tunny (SS 282) began its day on the surface and sighted by a Japanese ship 40 kilometers off of Truk, in the Caroline Islands, but there was no subsequent attack. Early in the afternoon, she intercepted Japanese submarine I-9; Tunny fired three forward torpedoes, and the Japanese submarines fired two; all torpedoes missed. Japanese aircraft then arrived to hunt Tunny and made an attack, all bombs missed with no damage. Tunny then remained submerged until sundown. Surfacing later to charge batteries, she made radar contact with a Japanese destroyer and submerged; as she moved to attack, the destroyer also detected her, and attacked with nine depth charges; Tunny would remain submerged for hours to escape the attack and after a long-grueling day got away unscathed.
© Gregg Smith
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