War Patrol Report (Page 28)
| CONFIDENTIAL | |
| Subject: | U.S.S. BERGALL - Report of FIRST War Patrol |
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| (H) | ATTACK DATA - (Continued) |
| U.S.S. BERGALL | GUN ATTACK NO. 1. . . PATROL # 1 |
| Time: 1343 | Date: 3 Oct. 1944 . . . Lat.: 12° 23'N. . . . Long.: 109°56'E. |
| Target Data - Damage Inflicted | |
| Damaged: | 1 SD, 100 tons. Established identity by sight. |
| Damage Determined By: |
One (1) observed hit with 5" gun. |
| Details of Action | |
| Twenty rounds of 5" AA Common were expended with one miss
fire which wasa thrown overboard, cause undetermined. The effective- ness of fire was poor due to size of target and range. The average range was 3,800 yards. Local fire control was used with initial radar range and sight spotting thereafter. Forty eight rounds of 40 mm. (1/2 HET, 2 HEI) were fired with no results due to excessive range. |
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| U.S.S. BERGALL | GUN ATTACK NO. 2. . . PATROL # 1 |
| Time: 1545 | Date: 2 Nov. 1944 . . . Lat.: 07° 05'N. . . . Long.: 116°15'E. |
| Target Data - Damage Inflicted | |
| Damaged: | 1 Sailboat. |
| Damage Determined By: |
Ssight. |
| Details of Action | |
| Four hundred and twenty rounds of 20mm. were expended. Forty MM. jammed after firing one round, cause of jam determined to be stickey operation of the star loader latch of the automatic loader. It is believed that this casualty can be avoided by changing the automatic loader every four days. |
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