Submarine Squadron 7A

Operation Orders

CYCLE 15

June 1945 - August 1945
(February 2006))

To:         All Submarine Captains in Submarine Squadron 7A

From:     Commanding Officer SubRon7A  CAPT Jack (NMI) Murd III

Subject:  Operation Orders

1. Mission orders have arrived from ComSubPac.

2. SubRon7A will again patrol in two contingents as follows: (Click HERE for patrol charts)

 

SubPacFlt
Home Port: Pearl Harbor      Advance Base: Guam

Yellow Sea

CAPT Jack Murd III        USS Macabi        SS-375   Yellow Sea (all sectors)

CAPT Bill Skocic II          USS Trutta           SS-421   Yellow Sea (all sectors)

CAPT Harry Parfitt           USS Torsk          SS-423   Yellow Sea (all sectors)

CDR Griz B. Lee IV         USS Archerfish   SS-311   Yellow Sea (all sectors)

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SubSoWesPacificFleet

Home Port: Fremantle;  Advance Base: Darwin

Java Sea

LCDR Diederik de Wolf II   USS Bergall    SS-320   Java Sea (all sectors)

LCDR Carlos Jimenez          USS Burgara  SS-331   Java Sea (all sectors)

LCDR Mike Clifford            USS Boarfish  SS-327  Java Sea (all sectors)

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            Additional Orders:

As soon as you have read and understand your orders (on this page), contact CO SubRon 7A CAPT Jack Murd III with an acknowledgement.

All skippers should take care to read and note the Warship Restriction List (click) before leaving on patrol. NO CREDIT FOR SINKINGS will be awarded for any warships not available as recorded on the Warship Restriction List.

Remember to review the Rules of Engagement (click) for Pacific Thunder 5 before leaving on patrol.   ALSO, read and understand the SOPs on the BuPers web page for instructions on how to report a lost boat.

«Remember to read the Mission Orders ( click) before leaving on patrol. All submarine captains will be held responsible for strict adherence to these orders from VADM Charles A. Lockwood.

If your boat is not available for your patrol zone/sector for this time period, contact CO SubRon7A CAPT Jack Murd III. He will advise you of actions to be taken by you.

PLEASE make your patrol report promptly upon your return to base, but in any case, not later than 25 February 2006. Reports submitted after that date will NOT be credited, by order of VADM Charles A. Lockwood.

Send your copies (3) to:

CO SubRon7A  CAPT Jack (NMI) Murd III
XO SubRon7A  CAPT  Bill Skocic II
ComSubPac      VADM  Charles A. Lockwood

Please also post a copy of your patrol report on the E-Z board at the fleet site.
(If you are not able to do this, let CAPT Jack Murd III know and he will do it for you.)

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS about this patrol or anything else, please contact me.

Good Hunting, Gentlemen!

CAPT Jack (NMI) Murd III
ComSubRon7A
Pacific Thunder V