le , ▁Commander ▁Fitz ger ald ▁even ▁tried ▁to ▁j ury - rig ▁a ▁sail . ▁But ▁the ▁long ▁night ' s ▁work ▁proved ▁fut ile . ▁As ▁dawn ▁broke ▁on ▁ 2 2 ▁April , ▁Gren ad iers ▁we ary ▁crew ▁sight ed ▁two ▁Japanese ▁ships ▁heading ▁for ▁them . ▁The ▁ski pper ▁" did n ' t ▁think ▁it ▁advis able ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁station ary ▁d ive ▁in ▁ 2 8 0 ▁feet ▁of ▁water ▁without ▁power ," ▁and ▁the ▁crew ▁began ▁burning ▁confident ial ▁documents ▁prior ▁to ▁abandon ing ▁ship . ▁A ▁Japanese ▁plane ▁attacked ▁the ▁str icken ▁sub marine , ▁but ▁Gren ad ier , ▁though ▁dead ▁in ▁the ▁water ▁and ▁to ▁all ▁appearances ▁hel pl ess , ▁bla zed ▁away ▁with ▁her ▁machine ▁guns . ▁She ▁hit ▁the ▁plane ▁on ▁its ▁second ▁pass . ▁As ▁the ▁dam aged ▁plane ▁ve ered ▁off , ▁its ▁tor ped o ▁land ed ▁about ▁ ▁from ▁the ▁boat ▁and ▁expl oded . ▁ ▁L oss ▁ ▁Open ing ▁all ▁v ents , ▁the ▁crew ▁of ▁Gren ad ier ▁abandoned ▁ship ▁and ▁watched ▁her ▁sink ▁to ▁her ▁final ▁rest ing ▁place . ▁A ▁Japanese ▁merchant man ▁picked ▁up ▁eight ▁officers ▁and ▁ 6 8 ▁en list ed ▁men ▁and ▁took ▁them ▁to ▁Pen ang , ▁Mal ay ▁States , ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁question ed , ▁be aten , ▁and ▁star ved ▁before ▁being ▁sent ▁to ▁other ▁prison ▁cam ps . ▁They ▁were ▁then ▁separated ▁and ▁transferred ▁from ▁camp ▁to ▁camp ▁along ▁the