War Patrol Report (Page 27)

CONFIDENTIAL  
Subject: U.S.S. BERGALL - Report of THIRD War Patrol
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(M) RADAR -
   
  APR CONTACTS
No. GCT DATE
& TIME		 LAT. & 
LONG.		 FREQ, PRF P.W. ROTATION PULSE SHAPE
1 0400
1/25/45		 11-08 S.
114-57 E.		 140 --- 3 none  _/ŻŻŻŻ\_
2 1/25/45
thru
1/31/45		 10 S.
1140 E.		 200 100 20 see notes  _|\~,__
3 2140
2/6/45		 12-12 S.
109-21 E.		 400 500 7.5 none  _/ŻŻŻ|_
4 1415
2/7/45		 10-46 S.
109-47 E.		 156 500 6.5 irregular  _/'--,_
5 0015
2/1345		 15-30 S.
111-0 E.		 214 900 12.5 irregular  _/ŻŻŻŻ|_
6 Same as
#5		 Same as
#5		 180 150 6.5 irregular  _/ŻŻŻ\_
7 Same as
#5		 Same as
#5		 152 450 6 irregular  "
8 Same as
#5		 Same as
#5		 196 750 6 irregular  "
9 Same as
#5		 Same as
#5		 156 430 7 1-1/3 rpm.  "
Contact #2 -  Lombok station same as observed during first war patrol of this vessel.   
10cm gear observed by radio technician during south transit second patrol not observed.
Contact #3 -  Contact retained only a short time.
Contact #4 -  IS probably land based.
Contact #5-9 -  All radars observed have probably due Jap BB task frce astern.   2 BB's, 1 CA, 3 DD's. 
Not know which radars on which ships.
Miscellaneous No APR contact on Karimata, previously noted twice.   Unident 10 cm interference, possibly Jap  
noted near Nuoe Island on coast of French Indo China at 0325, 9 February 1945.    
Very brief in duration and very strong.   Definitely not SJ.

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