During the following three weeks Sea Devil fired a number of torpedoes at several foes without positive results. The rest of the patrol wasn’t nearly as eventful because of faulty torpedoes. a large oil slick covered the site where I-374 had gone down,” the official record notes. Brown smoke marked the enemy’s previous location. A minute later, periscope depth was regained. “The (enemy) submarine lost depth control. Styles is pictured seated front and center with the entire crew of the USS Sea Devil who compiled a fantastic battle record during the closing days of World War II in the Pacific. the Sea Devil made her first attack,” according to the ship’s log. The 94-year-old retired submarine skipper and Siesta Key, Fla. It was the sub’s first day on station in enemy waters on its first patrol. Ralph Styles, skipper of the sub USS Sea Devil, was laying in wait submerged near the harbor’s entrance. The enemy submarine, I-374, sailed out of Tokyo Bay into the open Pacific shortly before sunrise on Sept. In the background is a banner with the USS Sea Devil’s emblem surrounded by five Japanese rising sun flags indicating five enemy war ships sunk or damaged and seven white flags with red centers denoting seven enemy transports sunk. Ralph Styles, former skipper of the USS Sea Devil, holds a shadow box full of medals including two Navy Crosses, two Legions of Merit, Navy Unit Commendation, a solid gold submarine pin for being awarded two Navy Crosses.
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