When she failed to make a transmission, Bang was sent to make the search and to rendezvous with Snook. Although Bang arrived on the scene and rescued three aviators, she saw nothing of Snook. Snook was ordered to search the area and to acknowledge these orders. On 20 April the Commander of a British carrier task force reported he had a plane down in Snook'svicinity, but could not contact her by radio. No acknowledgment for these orders was required. Her position for this duty was in the vicinity of Sakeshima Gunto, about 200 miles east of northern Formosa. Tigrone being unable to raise her may be explained by the fact that on 10 April Snook was directed to move eastward toward Luzon Strait, and on 12 April she was ordered to lifeguard duty for British carrier based air strikes. On 9 April Tigrone was unable to raise her by radio, nor was she ever able to afterwards. Bang and Burrfish already had been assigned life-guard stations, and were not available for the attack group as originally planned.Īlthough the last message received from Snook by shore bases was on 1 April, Tigrone was in contact with her until 8 April, at which time Snook'sposition was 18°-40'N, 111°-39'E. On the same date, Snook was directed to proceed westward to join a coordinated attack group under Commander Cassedy in Tigrone. In accordance with her orders, weather reports were received daily from Snook as she proceeded westward until 1 April, when she was told to discontinue making them. Snook returned to Guam for emergency repairs on 27 March, and departed on 28 March to rejoin her group. They were to patrol Luzon Strait, the south coast of China, and the east coast of Hainan, and to perform lifeguard duties if so directed by dispatch. Walling) departed Guam on 25 March 1945 in company with Burrfish (SS-312) and Bang (SS-385) to carry out a coordinated patrol with Commander Walling commanding the group.
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