US submarine patrol reports may be on line soon.

As in 6 months or so. See:
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/new/local_news/wwii-archives-coming-online/article_a9b251ec-6802-5a91-9f4d-f84221216b0b.html
(I hope I typed that correctly).

 

I hope they will be available for download.

But, they have been available to read online(no download) here:
http://www.hnsa.org/resources/manuals-documents/submarine-war-reports/

 

It's not clear but that's my hope as well. Sounds like they are transcribing rather than scanning and the picture looked like the reports were hand written. That seams odd to me.

 

Yes, the reports are being transcribed so that they will be searchable. With the quick way of just scanning a page, and then converting, what is in essence several photographs, into a PDF, the document will not be searchable.

The original reports are typewritten, only signatures were hand written. Click on the picture to see a larger view

 

Bookmarked these pages in expectation.

St. Marys Submarine Museum - Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/St-Marys-Submarine-Museum-121502876248/

Presumably this will be where the website will be when the Patrol Reports are placed online.
Link is from their Facebook Page...As of February 23, 2016, it is just a "Come Back Soon" message.
http://www.stmaryssubmuseum.com/

 

Forgot.

A Salute for the Head's Up.