Book Posting 8

On his first patrol, the Walrus has an uneventful patrol until near the end of their patrol, they spot a convoy of ships; 2 supply ships, 2 frigates, and 1 destroyer. Richardson decides to attck them head on going for the tankers first and then for the destroyer. When Richardson gets to he destroyer however, he finds that he misjudged his distance and has to dive deep to miss hitting the ship. When he comes back from a silent run (silent run means 0-2 knots of movement to avoid being heard), he finds the destroyer right on top of them and ready to depth-charge them. The Walrus receives a lethal dose of depth-charging and almost hitting the destroyer but pulls through with only a few exterior problems. They now must head back to Midway and then back to Pearl Harbor to restock provisions and restock torpedoes since they fired the rest at the convoy. Richardson later finds out that the destroyer is a submarine-hunter called Bungo-Pete and they were the ones who destroyed Richardson's last sub, the Octopus.