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4 August, Fri. 1944
Pacific

Submarine Sterlet (SS-392) sinks Japanese guardboats Miyagi Maru and Zensho Maru northwest of Chichi Jima, 28°11'N, 141°43'E.

8 August, Tue. 1944
Submarine Sterlet (SS-392) sinks Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser No.6 Tama Maru west of Chichi Jima, 28°11'N, 141°06'E.

25 October, Wed. 1944
Submarine Sterlet (SS-392) sinks Japanese merchant tanker Jinei Maru south of Yaku Jima, 30°15'N, 129°45'E.

31 October, Tue. 1944
Submarine Sterlet (SS-392) sinks Japanese merchant tanker Takane Maru, damaged the day before by Salmon (SS-182) and Trigger (SS-237), southwest of Kyushu, 30°09'N, 132°45'E.

15 November, Wed. 1944
Submarines Sterlet (SS-392) and Silversides (SS-236) damage Japanese guardboat No.12 Hachiryu Maru northwest of Ogasawara-Gunto, 30°10'N, 137°23'E. No.12 Hachiryu Maru reaches port, but apparently performs no more service.

1 March, Thu. 1945
Submarine Sterlet (SS-392) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Tateyama Maru, 34°11'N, 139°44'E.

29 May, Tue. 1945
Submarine Sterlet (SS-392), despite proximity of escorting Coast Defense Ship No.65, sinks Japanese army cargo ships Kuretake Maru and Tenryo Maru, 46°46'N, 144°16'E.

Welcome Aboard! It is with great pleaure that the officers and crew of STERLET welcome you aboard on behalf of the Commander Submarine Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet. It is hoped that you will enjoy your visit and that you will leave with a better understanding of the United States Navy's Submarine Force.

1 and 9. FORWARD AND AFT TORPEDO ROOMS. The bow nest of torpedo tubes occupies the forward part of the torpedo room. Members of the crew sleep, live and stow their clothes and other personal gear in this space. The crew's berths are fitted over, under and around the torpedoes, and whenever the torpedoes afre being moved or overhauled the bunks have to be removed. The torpedoes are brought into the room through a hatch in the overhead in the after part of the room. The after torpedo room is similar to the forward room.

2. FORWARD BATTERY COMPARTMENT. The largest part of the compartment is "Officers' Country" consisting of the Wardroom (where the officers eat, work and relax), the pantry and three staterooms. In the after part of this compartment is the berthing compartment for the leading Chief Petty Officers. Underneath the entire compartment is a battery room containing one of the two ship's batteries used for submerged propulsion.
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3. CONTROL ROOM. Above this room is the Conning Tower (4) and above that the Bridge (10). Below the Control Room is the Pump Room. In the control room itself are the controls for the submarine's bow and stern planes which direct the vessel up or down in much the same fashion as the fins of a fish. It is from this compartment that the ballast tank valves are operated and where the watere and air contols are located which can be used to make the submarine lighter or heavier. The ship's main gyro compass is in the center of the compartment and in the after end is the radio room.

5. AFTER BATTERY COMPARTMENT. In this room seventy men are fed, their food prepared, and the perishable food stowed. The mess room also serves as a recreation center when the crew is off duty. The lower section of this compartment is another battery room and the sonar room. Forty men sleep in the after part of the compartment.

6 and 7. FORWARD AND AFT ENGINE ROOMS. In each engine room there are two diesel engines. Attached to each engine is an electrical generator which can produce electrical power for either propelling the ship or for charging the batteries. In the forward end end of the forward engine room you will see the two distilling plants which make fresh water for drinking, washing and for the batteries.

8. MANEUVERING ROOM. The electrical power from the engine room is brought into the "switch box" that occupies the center section of the compartment. The two electrician's mates on watch can, by pulling various levers, direct the electricity into the batteries or the main motors, or from the batteries to the main motors. They also control the direction and speed of the main motors to which are attached the two propellors. The motors are in the lower p;art of this compartment. The electrician's mates on watch also control the diesel engines by remote control.

Many thanks to Randy Carpenter
His father-in-law, Bob Fedor took the above picture

Please click the above picture for periscope
photographs of Sterlet being torpedoed to help train others