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As U.S. Navy planners established a submarine [[blockade]] of [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]] in connection with the [[Solomon Islands campaign|U.S. offensive]] in the [[Solomon Islands (archipelago)|Solomon Islands]], ''Grayling'' began her third war patrol on 14 July 1942 around the Japanese stronghold. She damaged a Japanese [[submarine tender]] on 13 August, but was forced to return to Pearl Harbor on 26 August by fuel leaks.
 
At Pearl Harbor, ''Grayling'' was repaired and was fitted with surface [[radar]], after which she began her fourth patrol on 19 October 1942 under the command of Lieutenant Commander John Elwood Lee. Although attacked by gunfire and six separate [[depth charge]] runs by Japanese destroyers, ''Grayling'' succeeded on 10 November 1942 in sinking a 4,000-ton cargo ship southwest of [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]]. She also destroyed a Japanese [[schooner]] on 4 December before putting into [[Fremantle submarine base]], [[Western Australia]], 13 December 1942.
 
==Deployment to Australia, 1943==
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==Loss==
 
''Grayling'' began her seventheighth and last war patrol in July, 1943, from [[Fremantle, Western Australia|Fremantle]] under the command of Lt. Cdr. Robert Marion Brinker.[https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2921.html] She made two visits to the coast of the [[Philippines]], delivering supplies and equipment to guerrillas at Pucio Point, Pandan Bay, [[Panay]], 31 July and 23 August 1943. Cruising in the Philippines area, ''Grayling'' recorded her last kill, the passenger-cargo ''Meizan Maru'' on 27 August in the [[Tablas Strait]], but was not heard from again after 9 September. She was scheduled to make a radio report on 12 September, which she did not, and all attempts to contact her failed. ''Grayling'' was officially reported "lost with all hands" 30 September 1943.
 
On 27 August 1943, Japanese ships witnessed a torpedo attack, and the next day a surfaced [[submarine]] was seen, both in the [[Tablas Strait]] area, and then on 9 September a surfaced American [[submarine]] was seen inside [[Lingayen Gulf]]. All of these sightings correspond with ''Grayling'''s orders to patrol the approaches to [[Manila]]. On 9 September 1943, Japanese passenger-cargo vessel ''Hokuan Maru'' reported a [[submarine]] in shallow water west of [[Luzon]]. The ship made a run over the area and "noted an impact with a submerged object". No additional data are available.
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Assuming she survived this incident, no other recorded Japanese attacks could have sunk ''Grayling''. Her loss may have been operational or by an unrecorded attack. The only certainty, therefore, is that ''Grayling'' was lost between 9 September and 12 September 1943 either in [[Lingayen Gulf]] or along the approaches to [[Manila]]. ComTaskFor71 requested a transmission from ''Grayling'' on 12 September, but did not receive one.
 
''Grayling'' was credited with five major kills, totaling 20,575 tons. All but the first of ''Grayling'''s seveneight war patrols were declared "successful".[https://youtube.com/A6ip75gigPU?t=1423]
 
==Honors and awards==
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