World War II Summary
| Departing From | Date | Days | Wartime Credit Ships/Tonnage |
JANAC Credit Ships/Tonnage |
Patrol Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growler- | Pearl Harbor, TH | May 1942 | 15 | zero / zero | zero / zero | Midway Estimated |
| Growler-1 | Pearl Harbor, TH | June 1942 | 27 | 2 / 3,400 | 1 / 1,850 | Alaska |
| Growler-2 | Pearl Harbor, TH | August 1942 | 49 | 4 / 26,000 | 4 / 14,974 | East China Sea |
| Growler-3 | Pearl Harbor, TH | October 1942 | 49 | zero / zero | zero / zero | -->Brisbane Via Truk |
| Growler-4 | Brisbane, Australia | January 1943 | 48 | 2 / 7,900 | 1 / 5,857 | Solomons |
| Ranking | Number of Patrols | Ships/Tons Credited |
Ships/Tons JANAC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 5 | 8 / 37,300 | 6 / 22,681 |
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