![]() (By agreement with Commander Submarines Seventh Fleet, submarines of Pacific Fleet are patrolling the strip of water westward of longitude one three zero degrees east between latitudes twenty degrees north and eighteen degrees thirty minutes north.) Except for submarines engaged in sound training, there are no submarine operations in the SOUTH PACIFIC at the present time.įor purposes of local defense, and for routing, escorting and protection of shipping, the PACIFIC OCEAN AREAS are divided into various sea frontiers, as follows:įorward Areas (comprising sea area surrounding newly won bases in the CENTRAL PACIFIC). Areas in the SOUTHWEST PACIFIC are patrolled by submarines Southwest Pacific Force (Submarines Seventh Fleet Task Force Seventy-one, based in WESTERN AUSTRALIA and Task Group Seventy-one point Nine, based in EASTERN AUSTRALIA). NORTH PACIFIC - North of latitude forty-two degrees north.ĬENTRAL PACIFIC - Between latitude forty-two degrees north and Equator.Īreas in the NORTH and CENTRAL PACIFIC AREAS are patrolled by submarines of the Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet (Task Force Seventeen). The PACIFIC OCEAN AREAS are further subdivided as follows: All of the area to the south and west of that line comprises the SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA under the command of the Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area. Commanding Officers of Task Force Seventeen are therefore directed to keep abreast of the current situation by a careful study of intelligence bulletins and official communiques.Īll land and water areas of the PACIFIC are divided by a line drawn as follows:įrom the intersection of the COAST of CHINA with longitude one one one degrees east due south to latitude twenty degrees north, then east along latitude twenty degrees north to longitude one three zero degrees east, then south along longitude one three zero degrees east to the Equator, and then south along longitude one five nine degrees east, and then south along longitude one five nine degrees east.Īll of the area to the north and east of the above line comprises the PACIFIC OCEAN AREA and is under the command of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Three or more submarines assigned each group.ĭue to the semipermanent nature of this plan and the rapidly changing strategic situation in the PACIFIC, any information concerning our own or enemy forces would probably be obsolete before distribution of this plan could be effected. (k) Task Groups 17.10 - 17.29 - Coordinated Attack Groups - Submarine Squadron, Division, or Commanding Officers assigned. (j) Task Group 17.10 - Refitting and Training Group, GUAM - Submarine Squadron Commander assigned. (i) Task Group 17.9 - Refitting and Training Group, SAN DIEGO - Submarine Squadron Commander assigned. Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, Administration, MARE ISLAND. (h) Task Group 17.8 - Overhauling and Training Group, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Submarine Squadron Commander assigned. (g) Task Group 17.7 - Refitting and Training Group, SAIPAN - Submarine Squadron Commander assigned. MAJURO - Submarine Squadron Commander assigned. (f) Task Group 17.6 - Refitting and Training Group. MIDWAY - Submarine Squadron Commander assigned. (e) Task Group 17.5 - Refitting and Training Group. (d) Task Group 17.4 - Training Command, Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet - Commander, Training Command, Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet. HOLLAND (AS-3) - Force Headquarters Ship. (c) Task Group 17.3 - Miscellaneous Operations Group (b) Task Group 17.2 - Special Mission Group (a) Task Group 17.1 - Empire Patrol Group This plan is effective upon receipt and supersedes Commander Task Force Seventeen Operations Plan Number 1-43, which should be destroyed by burning. They should require their officers to read and understand such parts of this plan as concern the duties of those officers. Commanding Officers of all units of the Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, must carefully study and fully understand this plan. This is the basic plan from which all operation orders and all other operation plans for Task Force Seventeen are derived. In the many revisions of the plans that took place during the war, each force (SubPac and SubSoWesPac) regularly plagiarized each others plan so that, by the end of the war, the instructions for patrolling in both forces had become standardized. Existing for the task group organization and the patrol area dispersions, the operation plan in effect in SubSoWesPac during the last year of the war is practically a duplication of this one. The plan is included in its entirety in view of its possible use for the guidance of future submarine operations. Annex A - STANDARD PATROL INSTRUCTIONS - is the final result of experience gained from three years of submarine combat patrols. Note: This operation plan, issued in January 1945 remained in effect until the end of the war.
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