About Joseph F. Enright
Joseph Francis Enright was a submarine captain in the United States Navy. He is best known as the man who sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano–the "most significant single submarine sinking of World War II." Enright assumed command of the newly built USS Dace on July 23, 1943, and in October sailed out on her first war patrol into busy Japanese waters. Enright stayed at periscope depth to see the first two torpedoes hit Shinano, then dived down to 400 feet (120 m) in order to escape depth charge revenge from her escorts. While researching Shinano!, an account of the sinking, Enright discovered that the carrier was hindered by severe design flaws and strategic errors. Enright also discovered that task group commander Toshio Abe had operated under the assumption that Archerfish was part of a wolfpack rather than a lone sub.
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