War Patrol Report (Page 13)
| CONFIDENTIAL | |
| Subject: | U.S.S. BERGALL -- Report of FIRST War Patrol |
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| (c) The bridge, on the forward poop, and the superstructure and stack aft were made out by three officers on the bridge. The small superstructure amidships was seen by two. No one saw any masts and the stacks looked like one stubby stack because the angle on the bow was nearly 90°. | |
| 0339 12 | First of four explosions seen and heard. We now had a target on our port quarter. |
| 0339 20 | Second explosion accompanied by a large sheet of flames. |
| 0339 26 | Third explosion seen and heard. |
| 0339 33 | Fourth explosion seen and heard. Minor explosions could be heard between the torpedo hits. |
| 0341 (H) | Escort astern of target turned towards us, his range was steady at 3,900 yards for a minute and then began to fall off. |
| 0346 (H) | Commenced reload forward. |
| 0349 (H) | Felt and heard first of 14 depth charges lasting until - 0418 (H). |
| 0352 (H) | Target pip began to disappear. The other three ships were still on the screen. |
| 0359 (H) | Target pip disappeared at 11,000 yards. It had dropped astern of the leading ship which did not disappear from the screen until the range was 23,000 yards. |
| Did not chase leading ship because of the following - | |
| (a) He was heading down between Sunken Barrier Shoals and the coast of Borneo through water in which we could not dive. | |
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