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I do not think so.  It is easy enough to look up though.  Look at the sinkings before and after the publication date of the article and see. 

Remember to use only the sinkings due to depth charge attack, not aircraft, mines, operational or other causes.

It cannot be demonstrated that any US submarines lost after the newspaper printing of classified information stemming from the Congressman's comments were lost due to the Japanese resetting their depth charge detonation points.  Post-war examination of Japanese records indicate they did not reset their depth charges. 

Realistically speaking the evidence how boats lost due to depth charge attacks by the Japanese were actually sunk is unknown.  Was sinking due to flooding due to rupturing of the hull by a charge detonating very close?  Was it due to piping inside the boat shearing and causing flooding that could not be stopped?  Did the attack cause the boat to lose depth control due to jammed planes or flooding of trim tanks due to ruptures?  We cannot know the answers to these questions because the answer lies with the boat on the bottom. 

Conspiracy theories will always abound that such and such a boat was lost because of this incident.  Even Admiral Lockwood, I believe, indicated that the incident caused the loss of up to ten boats.  But at present the evidence is that even though boats were lost after the Congressman blabbed and the news media irresponsibly reported what he said, these losses cannot be absolutely tied to the resetting of the Japanese depth charges. 

tired of all the should be classified Bs on FB. needing some data to back me Up... can anyone supply a list of boats Lost because the Japanese Increased the depth setting of their DC's after the newspaper report?

Edited by gerry - 22 Jan 2017 at 12:49pm