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00:02April, 1944.
00:05Pacific.
00:08An attack by a Japanese aircraft
00:11causes catastrophic damage to an American submarine
00:14and sets off a cascade of calamities.
00:18The main power has been lost,
00:19and he fears there's possible damage to the pressure hold.
00:22But an even larger concern is that the boat begins to dive
00:24at a steep angle, and it's going down.
00:26The commander and his crew must overcome the chaos
00:30to escape the ocean depths.
00:37In World War II,
00:39a subsea weapon allows warriors to fight from beneath the waves.
00:48With cunning, force, and tenacity,
00:50their enemies strike back.
00:55Revolutionary, but still sometimes primitive,
00:59it's a desperate bid to change the course of war.
01:05Their stories are legend.
01:15May 28th, 1943.
01:20American submarine USS Scamp prowls off the island of New Guinea
01:26in the West Pacific and searches for targets.
01:31The Gato-class submarine, commissioned less than nine months before,
01:36now sails on its second war patrol.
01:43Walter Ebert completed the command course
01:46of the Naval War College the previous summer,
01:49as the U.S. rushed to get men and ships to sea after Pearl Harbor.
01:55Just before noon, he identifies a threat.
02:00Ebert spots a Japanese float plane,
02:03which has pontoons to allow it to take off and land on water.
02:08In World War II, its primary focus was to look for American submarines
02:12and surface ships.
02:15While he tracks the aircraft,
02:17he also scans for Japanese ships from periscope depth.
02:24Minutes later, Scamp's hydrophone operator reports
02:27the sound of propellers to the northeast.
02:32His search reveals a Japanese seaplane tender.
02:38Ebert finds what he's looking for,
02:41and it's a good bet he likes it.
02:45It's not a common target,
02:46like you might find a tanker or a transport.
02:49The seaplane tender, called the Kamikawa Maru,
02:53had once been a merchant ship
02:54and is one of just five vessels in its class.
02:59It seems that the single float plane
03:01is actually part of a much bigger operation.
03:03In fact, the Kamikawa Maru is a retrofitted ship
03:07designed to be able to carry these types of aircraft.
03:11Scamp pursues the seaplane tender
03:13just north of the Bismarck Sea,
03:15a small corner of the massive Pacific Ocean.
03:19The thing about the Pacific
03:21is there aren't a lot of places to put airfields.
03:23There aren't a lot of airfields that have been built.
03:27Vessels able to transport and deploy aircraft
03:29are vital to naval warfare.
03:40And as the battle for Guadalcanal ends in a victory for the Allies,
03:44Tokyo digs in to defend the rest of its new empire.
03:50Including Rabaul,
03:51a key ported naval base,
03:53located at the eastern end of the Bismarck Sea.
03:59Rabaul is, hands down,
04:01the most important Japanese South Pacific base.
04:05The center of it is one of the finest natural harbors in the world.
04:09They turn it into this enormous complex.
04:11It's got five different airfields,
04:13two of which have concrete runways,
04:15which is unheard of in this neck of the woods.
04:17This place is bristling with defenses.
04:20It's honeycombed with storage tunnels and bunkers.
04:26The seaplane tender, Commander Ebert Stocks,
04:29also carries provisions, canteen goods, and preserved sake.
04:35And set sail for Rabaul two days ago.
04:42The crew of USS Scamp recognized the opportunity to execute a unique and strategic kill.
04:51Submarines spend a lot of their time on the surface for charging their batteries,
04:55so they're extremely afraid of aircraft.
04:57And if you can sink a ship like Kamakawa,
04:59you put that entire group of a couple dozen planes out of business,
05:03and all of a sudden the threat environment that you're operating in now is a lot less dangerous.
05:09But it'll be risky.
05:12In addition to the aircraft detected by Scamp,
05:16two ships called Subchasers guard the Kamikara Maru.
05:24Merchant transports retrofitted to destroy submarines.
05:27More than 200 Subchasers protect Japanese vessels in the Pacific.
05:32Put a couple machine guns on it, some depth charge racks,
05:35and that now is a ship that is threatening enough to a submarine
05:39that you can bring it along with a convoy.
05:43And with their target launching aircraft,
05:45it's difficult for the Americans to remain undetected.
05:52Calm sea conditions mean the U.S. submarine is visible from the air, even submerged.
05:59This is a tough situation.
06:01You'll run the risk that the enemy can spot you.
06:05So Ebert must also limit his periscope use to reduce the risk.
06:16Meanwhile, his crew readies an attack.
06:19They finalize their calculations
06:24and move the submarine into position.
06:30But suddenly, Ebert loses sight of the seaplane tender.
06:34Before he's able to generate his firing solution, the ship disappears into a rain squall.
06:38This causes him to lose all visibility.
06:44For precious minutes, Ebert strains to relocate his target.
06:49When he detects the outline through the rain.
06:56With a final bearing established,
07:00Commander Ebert orders a spread of five Mark 14 torpedoes.
07:07It's a big investment.
07:09About 20% of his allocation for the whole patrol.
07:13The Mark 14 torpedo is the primary armament of U.S. submarines.
07:17They cost $10,000.
07:19That's enough for five Cadillacs.
07:21The highest end automobile being produced at the time in the United States.
07:31After just one minute, Scamp's crew hears the first torpedo explode.
07:39It's sooner than expected.
07:41Probably a dud.
07:46Scamp is suffering from the kinds of problems that afflict Mark 14 torpedoes generally.
07:51Either the torpedoes don't explode, or they explode too early.
07:56Reports indicate that more than half the torpedoes fired by American submarines are defective.
08:02The problem is so bad.
08:04Some American sailors believe that the Japanese might have developed some secret anti-torpedo technology.
08:13Perhaps they've magnetized the hulls of their ships so that the torpedoes explode at a harmless distance.
08:19It gets to the point where Rear Admiral Charles Lockwood, commanding the submarines in the Southwest Pacific, asks his captains
08:26about the feasibility of boarding a Japanese ship to look for these countermeasures.
08:30In the end, they learn it's the American torpedoes that are horribly flawed.
08:36It's design is insufficient to guarantee a detonation against the hull of a ship.
08:45The torpedo that detonated prematurely alerts the Japanese escorts to the presence of an enemy submarine.
08:56Eber hears two more early explosions.
09:01A sub-chaser that guards the seaplane tender is now less than a kilometer away and closing fast.
09:08He doesn't have time to determine if their last two torpedoes scored hits.
09:13Before they initiate a dive.
09:18Next, how do we hear?
09:25Almost immediately, the Japanese escort releases underwater explosives called depth charges.
09:31The response from the sub-chaser is precise and swift.
09:35They're on the defensive at this point.
09:37They've got everything to lose.
09:48As the barrels reach their preset depths.
09:53And start to explode.
09:55The crew aboard USS Scamp is rattled.
10:04Depth charges don't have to strike a submarine in order to sink it.
10:06They produce a pressure wave.
10:09And that pressure wave is what damages the submarine.
10:2056 meters below the surface.
10:23Diving officer Lieutenant Philip Boshani controls the American submarine's descent.
10:33Born on Long Island in New York.
10:35Boshani graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1938.
10:40Now, Boshani serves as second in command.
10:43The executive officer.
10:45The position requires a lot of industriousness.
10:48Good judgment and world character.
10:49Boshani fits that bill perfectly.
10:53Even after Scamp reaches the order depth.
10:56The enemy attack continues.
11:02Patterns of more depth charges chase the sub deep.
11:09Crewmen control main propulsion from the maneuvering room.
11:16Scamp's protocol is to try to evade at about two-thirds speed.
11:19To put distance between them and any attacker.
11:25Steady up, boys.
11:32Running on batteries.
11:34It takes two hours for the blasts to fade.
11:43And Boshani's escape route to prove successful.
11:53With the cover of darkness.
11:54Commander Walter Eber returns Scamp to the surface.
11:58To charge their batteries.
12:00And resume the search for the float plane tender.
12:05With time, a dark shape turns out to be the ship they attacked earlier in the day.
12:11They try to assess the condition of their prey.
12:14It turns out that Scamp's torpedoes have actually hit their mark.
12:17And the target is dead in the water.
12:22Ideally, they would close in to finish what they started.
12:27On the seaplane tender's port quarter.
12:29There's an escort in position to attack an approaching submarine.
12:34Ebert knows at close range that they're going to be able to detect it.
12:37Either visually or through electronics.
12:40He weighs the risk.
12:43And decides to hang back.
12:46While the long range of five and a half kilometers reduces their chance of a hit.
12:52With a stationary target presenting a broadside.
12:55The torpedo data computer completes the calculations for two torpedoes.
13:22Nearly six minutes later.
13:27Both torpedoes fired by Scamp strike true.
13:32The seaplane tender.
13:34One of just five of its kind.
13:36Sinks.
13:43It's a win for Ebert and his crew.
13:45It is, without a doubt, a unique feather in their cap.
13:55Ten months later.
13:58Lieutenant Philip Bishani remains as executive officer.
14:08The 34-year-old John Hollingsworth has assumed command of USS Scamp.
14:14A 1931 graduate of the United States Naval Academy.
14:19Hollingsworth would begin training on submarines in 1936.
14:24And earned a silver star as the executive officer of USS Triton in 1942.
14:35It's USS Scamp's 7th War Patrol.
14:40The crew is far more experienced.
14:42And also, a lot of the issues that have plagued the submarine service, they've now had time to sort of
14:47work themselves out.
14:51Armed with more reliable torpedoes, Scamp has sunk four more enemy ships.
15:02As we proceed to their patrol area in March 1944, the Japanese are increasingly on the defensive.
15:10The Japanese at this point are trying to hold onto a perimeter that defends those raw materials that they captured
15:17at the beginning of the war.
15:18So holding points on the coast of New Guinea and preventing the Allies from moving further west is extremely important
15:25to them.
15:26Commander Hollingsworth and his crew are assigned to shipping routes between islands still held by Japan.
15:33They target cargo like ammunition, fuel and provisions, which sustain the Empire's ground troops.
15:41If you've got an army in a place, you've got to supply it.
15:44To continue their ground campaign, they have got to bring supplies down to New Guinea.
15:50So that becomes a constant race to see, can they get enough logistics?
15:56In the morning hours of April 7th, 1944, after losing a convoy they had tracked during the night,
16:09Hollingsworth realizes they have detected something very different.
16:14The periscope reveals several warships.
16:20At first, he thinks they're Australian cruisers and suspects it's an Allied movement.
16:27But careful surveillance changes the picture.
16:31It's actually Imperial Japanese Navy Task Force.
16:34It's cruisers, it's destroyers, it's an extraordinary find.
16:43USS Scamp prepares to move in for the kill.
16:50Off the coast of the Philippines, Commander John Hollingsworth creeps forward.
16:58At periscope depth, the American submarine USS Scamp approaches six enemy cruisers, guarded by destroyers and extensive air cover.
17:10At this point in the war, Japan relies heavily on aircraft to protect its vital maritime routes.
17:17Through the first month of Scamp's patrol, Hollingsworth recorded 22 aerial contacts.
17:24The reason Scamp is seeing more aircraft in the sky is because there are more aircraft in the sky.
17:29The Japanese are getting more serious about beefing up their anti-submarine defenses,
17:33and they recognize that patrol aircraft really are an optimal way of going about suppressing that threat.
17:43Intelligence suggests this Japanese flotilla moves to intercept an American task force.
17:49At the time, it's suspected that they're going to head toward Palau.
17:54Task Force 58 has just raided that location, it's an important Japanese base.
17:59Hollingsworth must assess the likelihood of a successful attack.
18:03Scamp faces multiple challenges.
18:06It's daytime, and with heavy air coverage, it's almost impossible for the submarine to approach undetected.
18:14Furthermore, any use of Scamp's periscope compounds the problem.
18:19You need your periscope in order to be able to line up your shot.
18:23But when it's calm out, you also run the risk that the enemy can spot you.
18:27Not just the periscope, but also the wake of the periscope.
18:30In spite of it all, Scamp's crew presses the attack.
18:37The submarine maneuvers straight into the heart of the task force, with all tubes readied.
18:42They line up shots against a light cruiser with their bow tubes,
18:46and a heavy cruiser from the stern.
18:52But as Hollingsworth looks to confirm his final firing solutions,
19:01Japanese sailors detect the submarine.
19:07One of the task force's destroyers swings towards them,
19:11and is quickly within less than 700 meters.
19:15The tables have turned.
19:18This is not a great moment for the commander or his crew.
19:21I mean, they are there to sink ships.
19:24Executive and diving officer Philip Bishani acts fast to take the sub down.
19:34When you come that close to a target, and you have to abort the operation and dive,
19:38it's a no-win situation for them.
19:42Even worse, they must prepare for reprisals.
20:03The crew hears depth charges detonate,
20:07but the underwater explosions sound far off.
20:12For some reason, the task force seems unable to pinpoint Scamp's location.
20:18Hollingsworth comes to realize that likely the destroyers on the surface
20:21have had to maneuver around other ships,
20:23and in the process of doing so, they've lost track of where he is.
20:29The enemy search for Scamp lasts almost two hours,
20:34before the sea finally falls silent.
20:47I think you're deaf, five, zero.
20:50By afternoon, Scamp's crew initiates a return to the surface.
20:59In broad daylight, with Japanese warships and planes in the area, it's a dangerous
21:05move for a submarine.
21:11But Hollingsworth needs to transmit a contact report.
21:15Having failed to attack the ships, he must alert the US Navy to the location of the Japanese
21:20task force and its heading.
21:31The radio man begins to relay the message, but cannot get the information out.
21:44For more than an hour, Scamp's lookouts watch for threats.
21:51I suspect they were feeling very vulnerable.
21:53They do have a radar which can detect the presence of surface ships, but it's not very effective
21:58at detecting aircraft.
21:59While the radio man tries to send their report with increasing urgency.
22:10Beyond their view, a Japanese float plane conducts a patrol.
22:15Float planes are not the highest performance, but they're very, very useful for scouting
22:20missions and particularly for anti-submarine warfare.
22:23First used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I, these aircraft, which can be transported
22:28by ships, don't require airstrips to take off and land.
22:32With a float plane, all I have to do is find a piece of water that is reasonably calm that
22:36I can operate that thing out of.
22:38All you have to do is have a tender ship to pick up that float plane base and move it
22:42to
22:42another location if the battlefield moves as well.
22:44This mobility seems essential to hold isolated islands in the battle for the Pacific.
22:55On April 7th, 1944, a Mitsubishi F1 M2 known as a Pete comes out of the sun at an altitude
23:04of less than 500 meters.
23:07Sir!
23:08Enemy aircraft, 1 o'clock!
23:16Dive!
23:20The watch scrambles to clear the bridge to allow Scamp to dive.
23:34The submarine is only 12 meters below the surface when the Japanese airman drops his payload.
23:45The impact is catastrophic.
23:49When this depth charge goes off, it's a massive explosion.
23:52Anyone not holding on to something is going to be knocked to the ground.
23:59Hollingsworth and his crew begin a fight for survival.
24:16On board the submarine, American commander John Hollingsworth begins to receive reports
24:23of the damage inflicted by a massive explosion at close range.
24:29As Hollingsworth pulls himself together, he realizes that power has been lost and he fears
24:33there's possible damage to the pressure hole.
24:35The bomb dropped by a Japanese float plane has smashed in a 50-foot section of Scamp's
24:40port side.
24:43Fuel spews from a shattered tank.
24:50But an even larger concern is that the boat begins to dive and it's going down quickly.
25:02In the maneuvering room, the crew struggles with thick smoke.
25:07A fire on board a submerged submarine is a terrifying experience.
25:12A boat on the surface can open the hatches.
25:14They can air it out.
25:15When you're deep below, there's nowhere for those toxic gases to go.
25:23In the control room, diving officer Philip Boshani tackles the greatest threat.
25:30Unsure of the extent of the damage, they have no idea whether Scamp can withstand the water pressure.
25:37As they are going down, pressure is increasing every moment on that submarine.
25:42And that's where the danger really lies.
25:44Boshani's men attempt to control the submarine's descent.
25:48But the vents that prevent seawater from entering the ballast system have failed.
25:58Boshani discovers what the problem is.
26:00When the depth charge went off, it knocked the controller from the hydraulic power vents in the off position.
26:08An adjustment allows the crew to close the vents and blow the undamaged ballast tanks to force out the seawater
26:18and replace it with lighter air.
26:23They estimate that Scamp has over 100 tons of positive buoyancy.
26:29But it's not enough.
26:31Positive buoyancy means precisely what it sounds like.
26:34Scamp should be heading to the surface.
26:36But despite all their best efforts, it's not.
26:38And that's a problem.
26:40The damaged submarine sinks past 120 meters or 400 feet.
26:46Every additional meter they descend makes things worse.
26:53It's anybody's guess how much deeper it can go.
26:57If they have damage to the pressure hull, that increases the risks of a catastrophic collapse.
27:02istan gets down.
27:14They're wild.
27:15They're wild.
27:17They're wild.
27:21So, they're not when flying posts working with hablar with morale, they're not getting to the sea in Europe again.
27:37Crewmen, choked by noxious air, seal off the compartment.
27:49They don protective gear, a rudimentary gas mask, to go back in.
27:56Chief Electrician's mate John McNeil, who has just joined the crew of USS Scan, leads
28:01a daunting mission.
28:05He must return to the compartment and locate the source of the smoke.
28:13The absence of visible flames suggests an electrical fire somewhere in the submarine's
28:18wiring.
28:22The components of Scamp's electrical system produce gases when burned, which are highly
28:29toxic.
28:31Exposure creates symptoms similar to chlorine gas, the deadly weapon unleashed during the
28:36First World War.
28:38The sensation on board a submarine of breathing in that smoke and that toxic air, it's exactly
28:43like what you would experience in a chemical warfare scenario.
28:48Back in the control room, efforts made by diving officer Philip Bishani finally pay off.
28:56Their uncontrolled descent ends.
29:00And they stabilize.
29:07But then, Scamp's bow begins to rise sharply.
29:16Once again, the submarine isn't under Bishani's control.
29:23He makes a quick decision.
29:25All available personnel to the forward torpedo room.
29:28Bishani orders all available men to run to the front of the ship, literally to try to
29:33tip that balance downward.
29:39Move!
29:40Move!
29:41Move!
29:41Move!
29:41Keep it going!
29:42Go!
29:45Crew members throw their weight into the forward torpedo room.
30:07It's just enough to right the scale.
30:11The bow levels out.
30:19But Scamp still rises.
30:23For Bishani, complete control remains elusive because the power systems remain offline, knocked
30:30out by the fire.
30:36with each passing moment the submarine gets closer to the surface
30:42and any japanese warships or aircraft which might gather overhead
30:49commander john hollingsworth must prepare to fight it out when they get there hollingsworth
30:54doesn't know what he's going to find so he has to order all his men to get ready
31:01but crew fighting the electrical fire and those preserving the trim of the submarine
31:07aren't available to take up arms if scamp passes 50 feet or 15 meters it will be left to the
31:14section
31:15watch to defend the submarine when that hatch is open your gunners your ammunition loaders
31:21everybody's ready for the potential of a gun battle on the surface with an enemy japanese ship
31:35off the coast of the philippines in the vicinity of japanese aircraft and warships
31:42uss camp is now just four feet or about one meter from the depth at which commander john hollingsworth
31:48must be ready to dispatch his section watch
31:54any gun battle between a ship and a submarine submarine is the inherent weaker party
32:01bashani works to regain control
32:16and the american submarine levels off just below 50 feet or 15 meters
32:25the section watch can stand down the men no doubt feel a huge sense of relief the submarine has not
32:32broached or breached the surface
32:37but their battle to survive continues chief electrician's mate john mcneill has failed to locate the source of
32:44the fire in the maneuvering room if they can't extinguish it they will be unable to restore power and toxic
32:52smoke could kill everyone on board
32:58as they search one of the crew loses consciousness
33:18lieutenant commander tom sutherland sees the struggle
33:22and manages to evacuate the electrician's mate to the safety of another compartment
33:33where they are able to resuscitate him
33:41but in the control room diving officer lieutenant philip bashani still struggles to keep the submarine at a stable depth
33:50and scamp drops deeper again
33:55he relies on the submarine's ballast tanks to control depth
33:59he relies on the submarine's ballast tanks to control depth
34:00when compressed air is pumped into the tanks
34:02it displaces water and increases buoyancy
34:04to create upward motion
34:07but the stored compressed air required to stop its descent
34:11starts to run low
34:12every submarine only has
34:15a limited amount of compressed air
34:16and if your power is out
34:17you don't have the ability to generate more
34:25up above
34:27the japanese float plane pilot who scored the hit on the american submarine
34:32observes debris
34:33and an oil slick four kilometers long
34:36he's dropped depth charges on this sub
34:38and we know of course
34:40that he blows the decking
34:42and a lot of the superstructure of that sub
34:44all of that stuff is going to float to the surface
34:46along with oil and whatnot
34:48fortunately for the crew of scamp
34:50he doesn't drop another bomb
34:53i see all of this
34:55wreckage bobbing around
34:56there's no need to drop anymore
34:58even we on the other side
35:00in the atlantic if we saw that same sort of wreckage
35:02we would call that a kill too
35:06out of sight of the aircraft
35:08the electrical blaze poses an ongoing threat
35:10to the submarine
35:12especially if it spreads
35:14submarines have vulnerabilities
35:16including batteries
35:17which can lead to chlorine gas
35:19that can just pollute the air
35:25as chief electrician's mate
35:26john mcneill tries to control the fire
35:34his mask does little to protect him
35:40he also succumbs to the deadly smoke
35:48fortunately other crew discovery is passed out
35:56they drag him from the compartment
36:07even with the fire extinguished
36:09scampas lack critical power to the propulsion units
36:12for nearly 15 minutes
36:15if their electrical systems can't be brought back
36:17the submarine may be unable to raise itself
36:20from the depths
36:22they're running out of options
36:23this is becoming a life or death situation
36:35the crew of uss scamp
36:37managed to revive chief electrician's mate
36:40john mcneill
36:48the toxic environment created by the electrical fire
36:52make it increasingly difficult
36:53for him to locate the source of the blaze
36:55and restore power to the american submarine
37:05vomiting
37:05vomiting and other effects of poisoning due to the smoke
37:08threaten his progress and test his resolve
37:16in the control room
37:17lieutenant philip bashani executive and diving officer
37:21uses all his tricks to compensate for the damaged tanks and flooding
37:25which make it difficult to control uss scamp
37:29he worries as the supply of compressed air runs low
37:34and whether they can maintain a safe depth
37:36until the power systems come back online
37:39so they can create more
37:40that compressed air is how you fill up your tanks
37:44in order to be able to return to the surface
37:46without it you're stuck below
37:58then uss scamp springs to life
38:08power is restored to the motors
38:10allowing the crew better control of their depth
38:12followed by a manual reset of the rudder
38:15to recover full directional control
38:20mcneill has accomplished a near miracle
38:22he has restored just enough power for critical systems
38:25by neutralizing the fire in the maneuvering room
38:28believed to be caused by an electrical surge
38:31when scamp was attacked by the japanese float plane
38:36though only part of a single component burned
38:38the toxic material it was made of
38:40nearly doomed scamps crew
38:45high above the submarine
38:47the japanese float plane pilot banks away
38:49convinced he has fulfilled his duty
38:52from his perspective
38:53he has sunk this boat
38:55when he goes back home
38:57and reports
38:58they're like yeah that's a kill
38:59and he ends up getting a medal out of the deal
39:03but the airman is mistaken
39:07incredibly
39:07scamp ascends to 45 meters
39:11and crawls away
39:16commander john hollingsworth
39:17is amazed by their survival
39:21hollingsworth praises
39:22the great construction of the scamp
39:24and in his patrol report he actually writes
39:25i heartily endorse the navy yard
39:27as the builder of rugged submarines
39:30three days later
39:31scamp's radio men can finally transmit
39:34a status report to the u.s. navy
39:38another submarine
39:40uss dace
39:41locates scamp and escorts it to safe port
39:44with a list of nine degrees
39:47scamp returns to milne bay
39:49which is in papua new guinea
39:49and a huge crowd gathers
39:51everybody wants to see the submarine
39:54that has really come back
39:55and survived against all odds
39:57a later report would say
39:59that the damage scamp sustained
40:01is the most severe known to have been survived
40:03by any u.s. submarine during world war ii
40:07it turns out that three of the ballast tanks
40:09had actually been ripped open
40:10exposed to the sea
40:11this of course explains
40:13why bashani had such trouble
40:14controlling the boat
40:16for his leadership during uss
40:18scamp's seventh war patrol
40:20commander john hollingsworth
40:22is presented with the legion of merit
40:24he gives full credit to the crew
40:26hollingsworth knows that this is the payoff
40:28for having an experienced well-trained
40:31crew and he sums it up in his report
40:33when he says there was no confusion
40:34and all hands did their jobs well
40:39bashani earns the bronze star
40:41bashani's contribution to the scamp
40:43goes far beyond just april of 1944
40:45i mean as executive officer
40:47you know he has put his crew through
40:48fire drills all sorts of other exercises
40:51all of which of course helps them
40:53rise to the occasion
40:55when all hell breaks loose
41:01after the war bashani would become
41:03the first deputy chief of naval operations
41:05of submarines
41:07and rise to the rank of vice admiral
41:09before he retires
41:12chief electrician's mate john mcneill
41:14also earns the bronze star
41:16for his perseverance in repairing their power
41:19system
41:24lieutenant commander tom sutherland
41:26who pulled others from the smoke to safety
41:29also receives a bronze star
41:33incredibly
41:33despite the crushed and torn metal
41:35the navy decides that
41:37uss scamp can be saved
41:41crew work to repair her battered shell
41:44she is deemed seaworthy
41:46and sets out on another war patrol
41:49in november 1944
41:52the submarine operates off the coast of japan
41:55on the eighth war patrol
41:57scamp's luck sadly finally runs out
41:59they are presumed lost
42:01and never heard from again
42:03john hollingsworth
42:04john mcneill
42:06and tom sutherland
42:08are among the crewmen
42:10on eternal patrol
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