War Patrol Report (Page 2)
| CONFIDENTIAL | |
| Subject: | U.S.S. BERGALL - Report of THIRD War Patrol |
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| 19 Jan. 1945 | |
| 1800 |
Underway for patrol area. |
| 2100 | Conducted night gunnery exercise on moored target. |
| 22 Jan. 1945 | |
| 0720 | Moored to fuel barge at Exmouth. |
| 1800 | Underway for area. |
| 1930 | Held night gunnery exercise on wreck of Vlaming Head. |
| 24 Jan. 1945 | |
| 1445 | SJ radar out of commission. |
| 1800 | Determined cause of SJ failure to be a coil in transmitter for which no spare is provided. Debated whether to ask for replacement from SEA ROBIN. Since this would make her SJ useless decided to attempt to repair SJ by making a new power pack from odds and ends on board. |
| 15 Jan. 1945 | |
| 1200 | SJ back in commission by virtue of CRT Derderian's ingenuity. (See section (M)). |
| 26 Jan. 1945 | |
| 0000 | Commenced transit of Lombok |
| 0200 | Received instructions for life guard duty; reversed course to retransit Lombok to southern approaches to be on station. |
| 0555 | Submerged on life guard station. |
| 1115 | Commenced submerged north bound transit of Lombok. |
| 1920 | Surfaced. Patrolling northern approaches while charging batteries. |
| 27 Jan. 1945 | |
| 0000 | Commenced southbound transit of Lombok |
| 0305 | Commenced tracking PC patrol boat from astern. (Ship Contact #1) |
| 0344 | PC reversed course heading directly for us still making 8 knots. |
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