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UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET
FLAGSHIP OF THE COMMANDER SUBRON EIGHT
   
 

Date:        October 1, 1941

From:       Commander-SubRon-Eight

To:           All Subron Eight Commanders    
   
Subject:   Standing Orders Effective 10/31/41

Primary Missions:

  1. To organize, train and, concurrently with execution of the expansion program, to continue development of doctrine and tactics, in order to, provide an efficient Submarine Observation and Attack Force for independent operations or operations coordinated with other forces.

  2. To conduct patrols in areas and at times prescribed by the Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet, in order to, improve security of Fleet units and bases.

    No later than 10/31/41 the submarines of SubRon eight will proceed to Submarine Base Manila P.I.

  3. If you have not already done so you should review the Rules of Engagement for PTC-VII on the official SubSoWesPac.org Web site.  Some items of note.

    a)    Patrol Reports will be sent to the SubRon CO, SubRon XO  and ComSubPac.

    b)    ECOPTC encoding will be optional and only used for "radio
            communications".  Orders will be forwarded in plain text.

    c)    Ship limit restrictions will be enforced.  Thus each SubRon can only receive credit for sinking each jap capital ship one time.  The SubRon XO will send  and updated list at the beginning of each cycle. I will also have a copy of the current list available on this web site.  These can not be sunk if encountered.  I will leave it to the submarine CO's discretion on how to deal with these phantoms while on patrol.

  4. I will be updating the web page for Subron Eight PTC VII in the next couple of days.  You will be notified as soon as it is available for proofreading .  Any and all idea's and suggestions for the web page are greatly appreciated.



Lt Cdr Ray McNeice  - COMSUBRON8   -  SS-184 SKIPJACK