Edwin Monroe Westbrook, Jr., USN
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| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| USS S-46 (157) | Submarine | 20 Jan 1944 | Nov 1944 | |
| USS Cod (224) | Lt Cmdr | Submarine | 20 Jun 1945 | 13 Aug 1945 |
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Submarine USS Cod (224)
26 Jun 1945
USS Cod (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Adkins) departed from Guam for her 7th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Gulf of Siam and along the coast of Indo-China.
8 Jul 1945 (position 8.40, 111.40)
USS Cod (Lt.Cdr. Edwin M. Westbrook, Jr.) rescues the crew of the Dutch submarine HrMs O 19 that had been stranded on Ladd Reef, in South China Sea, about 300 nautical miles north-west of Brunei Bay in position 08°40'N, 111°40'E. after two days and several attempts to tow the O 19 free of the reef the O 19 is scuttled on the 10th by scuttling charges, torpedoed and finished off with gunfire.
13 Jul 1945
USS Cod (Lt.Cdr. E.M. Westbrook, Jr.) lands her Dutch passengers at Subic Bay, Philippines and resumed her patrol.
21 Jul 1945 (position 5.22, 103.16)
USS Cod (Lt.Cdr. E.M. Westbrook, Jr.) sank a Japanese sampan with gunfire in the South China Sea off the east coast of Malaya in position 05°22'N, 103°16'E.
25 Jul 1945 (position 5.08, 103.35)
USS Cod (Lt.Cdr. E.M. Westbrook, Jr.) sank a Japanese sampan with gunfire in the South China Sea off the east coast of Malaya in position 05°08'N, 103°35'E.
26 Jul 1945 (position 4.32, 103.33)
USS Cod (Lt.Cdr. E.M. Westbrook, Jr.) sank 2 Japanese sampans with gunfire in the South China Sea off the east coast of Malaya in position 04°32'N, 103°33'E.
27 Jul 1945 (position 5.18, 103.39)
USS Cod (Lt.Cdr. E.M. Westbrook, Jr.) sank 3 small Japanese vessels with gunfire in the South China Sea off the east coast of Malaya in position 05°18'N, 103°16'E, and one Japanese sampan in position 05°18'N, 103°39'E.
29 Jul 1945 (position 4.29, 103.34)
USS Cod (Lt.Cdr. E.M. Westbrook, Jr.) sank 7 small Japanese vessels with gunfire in the South China Sea off the east coast of Malaya in position 04°29'N, 103°34'E.
30 Jul 1945 (position 4.43, 103.31)
USS Cod (Lt.Cdr. E.M. Westbrook, Jr.) sank a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the South China Sea off the east coast of Malaya in position 04°43'N, 103°31'E. Later that day she sank another one in position 04°35'N, 103°31'E.
31 Jul 1945 (position 4.30, 103.30)
USS Cod (Lt.Cdr. E.M. Westbrook, Jr.) sank 6 small Japanese vessels with gunfire in the South China Sea off the east coast of Malaya in position 04°30'N, 103°30'E.
1 Aug 1945 (position 4.21, 103.22)
USS Cod (Lt.Cdr. E.M. Westbrook, Jr.) sank a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the South China Sea off the east coast of Malaya in position 04°21'N, 103°22'E.
13 Aug 1945
USS Cod (Lt.Cdr. E.M. Westbrook, Jr.) ended her 7th war patrol at Fremantle, Australia.
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