The following discusses the availability of copies of the original report that was submitted after the war by Vice Admiral Charles Loclwood and his staff on the subject of Submarine Operations prior to and during WWII .

The St Marys Library has transcribed these and mounted them on computer disks both floppy and CD. This material was in the Bastura collections.

Jim Rolle
Drum Base Secretary

Background Ref: St. Marys Submarine Museum

From:   John Crouse – Curator St Marys Submarine Museum    submus@tds.net

Subject:    Historical documents of Submarine Operations in WWII - which were bequeathed from the Ben Bastura Submarine Library & Museum in 2003 - are now archived at the St. Marys Submarine Museum .

We have discovered a copy of the official Submarine history from WWII.

What many SubVets may not be aware of is that VADM Lockwood, and about 30 WWII Submarine officers, wrote the official history and submitted it directly to the U.S. Naval Archives in 1946. Both books in the report were classified SECRET at the time and were declassified in 1975.

These two official USN books were called History of Submarine Operations in World War II and Submarine Operational History World War II.    The books were used as references by Theodore Roscoe in 1949 (via Capt Voge) in U.S. Submarine Operations in World War II and in 1975 by Clay Blair in Silent Victory.

The first book ( History of Submarine Operations in World War II  ) has been entered into the St. Marys Museum computer to facilitate a April 2004 Edition distribution.

The second book, which covers the operations and tactics of U.S. Submarines during WWII, will be entered into the computer and distributed by April 2005.

Book one, History of Submarine Operations in World War II,  is 17 chapters and covers the administration of the Submarine force from the 1930's peace-time force to the end of 1945 war time force. There are 394 pages in MS Word Format, just under 2-Meg of WWII Submarine history.

Due to the ongoing amount of WWII Submarine information, corrected, changed or updated subsequent to the 1946 date, I will update each book annually in April, as updated information is discovered.

The originalities of the books will be maintained in a standard font, with the technical changes in italic font format.

Three computer versions are currently available in
the museum's Gift Shop: CD format, mini CD format
or on 3.5" floppy discs (two).

Cost is: $7 via mail or $6 in the Gift Shop.

For those who do not have a computer they can purchase
the disc and a ream of paper and find a friend with a computer.

Point of contact for general questions or information about the book is John Crouse, Museum Manager    at   submus@tds.net

For an email copy of the first chapter send an email to the Gift Shop

(Attention Sharon) at    gift-shop@tds.net,
For a computer copy of the book send $7.00 to the Gift Shop.
St. Marys Submarine Museum
102 St. Marys St W
Saint Marys, GA 31558-4945
ATTN: Gift Shop

John Crouse
Curator St Marys Submarine Museum