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12月15日，“射水鱼号”回到了关岛，乔·恩莱特却遭遇了对他击沉战果的一片质疑之声。海军情报部门完全不知道这艘舰的存在，他对目标上层建筑和倾斜烟囱的描述和日军舰队中已知的任何一艘航母都对不上号。11月28日，太平洋监听站截获了一条日本电报并很快破译了出来：“信浓沉没。”美军没有这一名称的日舰的记录，但“信浓”是本州岛东北方一条主要河流的名称。根据日本海军固定的舰艇命名传统，这个名称意味着目标可能是一艘巡洋舰。基于此，洛克伍德倾向于认定“射水鱼号”击沉的是一艘级别不明的重巡洋舰，可能是彻底重建的老舰。
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但是恩莱特确定自己击沉了一艘航母，并且拿出了那张他在通过潜望镜观察“信浓号”时画的铅笔草图来佐证观点。珍珠港的分析人员不得不表示同意：这张详细的草图画的确实是一艘航母。与此同时，太平洋潜艇司令部里有人指出，“信浓”也是日本长野地区一个古国名，这意味着它也可能是一艘航母的名称。这样，洛克伍德便认定“射水鱼号”击沉的是一艘2.8万吨的“飞鹰级”航母。[69]
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直到战后，整个真相才浮出水面。美国战略轰炸调查组的审讯证明，“射水鱼号”击沉了一艘6.5万吨的航空母舰，这令它成了单次巡逻击沉吨位最高的潜艇。为人谦逊的恩莱特总是强调他只是运气好，瞎猫碰到死耗子，让之字形航行的“信浓号”撞进了自己的射击窗口。这固然是没错的，命运把胜利交给了“射水鱼号”。但是恩莱特也确实把手中的牌打得完美无瑕，为此，他获得了海军十字勋章。
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[1]Wylie, “Reflections on the War in the Pacific,” Naval InstituteProceedings.
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[2]USSBS,The War Against Japanese Transportation, pp.32—33.
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[3]USSBS,The War Against Japanese Transportation, p.2.
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[4]USSBS,Summary Report, Pacific War, p.11; USSBS,The Effects of Strategic Bombing on Japan’s War Economy, p.176, Table C—G9.
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[5]USSBS,Summary Report, Pacifc War, p.13.
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[6]Robert Bostwick Carney, oral history, p.386.
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[7]Halsey to Nimitz, September 28, 1944, Halsey Papers.
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[8]Nimitz to Halsey, October 8, 1944, Halsey Papers.
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[9]MacArthur radiogram to Marshall, February 2, 1944, p.1; RG—4, Records of Headquarters, U.S.Army Forces Pacific (USAFPAC), 1942—1947, MacArthur Memorial Archives.
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[10]Hansell,The Strategic Air War Against Germany and Japan, p.173.
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[11]John W.Clary, “Wartime Diary,” accessed January 3, 2018, http://www.warfish.com/gaz_clary.html.
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[12]Beach,Submarine!, p.59.
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[13]“Recorded interview, Commander Dudley W.Morton,” September 9, 1943, SubPac headquarters,Pearl Harbor.NARA, RG 38: World War II Oral Histories, Interviews and Statements, Box 20.
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[14]“U.S.S.Wahoo, Report of Fourth War Patrol,” entry for March 17, 1943,U.S.S.Wahoo (SS—238), American Submarine Patrol Reports, p.69.
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[15]“Recorded interview, Commander Dudley W.Morton,” September 9, 1943, SubPac headquarters,Pearl Harbor.NARA, RG 38: World War II Oral Histories, Interviews and Statements, Box 20.
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[16]John W.Clary MoMM1c, “Wartime Diary.”
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[17]日本人发音不准，“Sorry”（对不起）都会被读成“Solly”。——译者注
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[18]“U.S.S.Wahoo, Report of Fourth War Patrol,” entry for March 25, 1943,U.S.S.Wahoo (SS—238), American Submarine Patrol Reports, p.75.
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[19]Ibid.
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[20]“Recorded interview, Commander Dudley W.Morton,” September 9, 1943, SubPac headquarters,Pearl Harbor.NARA, RG 38, World War II Oral Histories, Interviews and Statements, Box 20.
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[21]“Recorded interview, Commander Dudley W.Morton,” September 9, 1943, SubPac headquarters, Pearl Harbor, andWahoopatrol report, March 22, 1943.NARA, RG 38: World War II Oral Histories, Interviews and Statements, Box 20.
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[22]“U.S.S.Wahoo, Report of Fourth War Patrol,” entry for March 25, 1943,U.S.S.Wahoo (SS—238), American Submarine Patrol Reports, p.76.
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