Official Records Of War Patrol #2

The following report is from the official filing of Lt. Cmdr J. M. Hyde. For the record, the Myoko was NOT split in half. She had four screws (propellers), coming back from amidships there were her two outer screws, followed by her two inner screws and then her rudder. Attacking from the Myoko's port side the Bergall's torpedoes split the Myoko's rear section removing her rudder and all but her outer starboard screw. Japanese records indicate that Myoko immediately signaled to the Ushio, "No steerage, able to hold 6 knots.". The Ushio stopped to render aid to the Myoko and provided the escape route for the Bergall. The Ushio, later, attempted to tow the Myoko to Singapore. The Myoko was being towed and in heavy seas another section of her aft section broke loose (probably weakened from the initial attack). This resulted in the Ushio records indicating that a stern section was torn loose while under tow and made the early records seem to indicate that the Myoko was intact prior to the storm damage. The Myoko was towed to Singapore where she was grounded. The damaged stern section was cut away and she spent the rest of the war as a 'fixed' anti-aircraft battery platform.

Thanks are given to American/Japanese historian Anthony Tully for securing the diaries and available records from the Ushio and the Myoko.

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