Submarine Mystery Question - 12-10-2010

Partial Background (credulity has been challenged)

The son of a naval officer, he had studied at a Virginia prep school and become a limited aviator. During the Second World War, he skipped the Ensign rank and was commissioned a Ltjg in the Office of Naval Intelligence.

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Commanding the submarine chaser shown above, he reported and attacked two enemy submarines off the Oregon coast. The battle involved at least four other US vessels. Captains of two attacking Navy vessels subsequently claimed official denials of any Japanese submarine presence near the Pacific coast had been motivated by a desire to avoid panic among U.S. citizens.

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An official complaint by foreign authorities coupled with his failure to return to base as ordered, led to a Board of Investigation, which found he had disregarded orders. He was relieved of command, given a formal warning and transferred. Although he seems to have been relieved of command twice, and had received negative reports from his superiors on several occasions, he had also won praise as a "capable and energetic" officer, "if temperamental", an "above-average navigator", and as possessing "excellent personal and military character"

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In 1947, he requested psychiatric help from the Veterans Administration.

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Questions of the Week

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1) - Subject individual aspired to the U.S. Naval academy. Was he a USNA graduate?

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2) - Where did he meet CDR J.C. Thompson?

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3) - Did he die destitute or leave an estate of almost $600 million?

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ANSWERS: MONDAY (Comments Off)

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Submarines are always silent and strange.