Was the US Civil Air Patrol used for spotting subs?

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Hi,

This article mentiones the CAP in WW2. They do cool stuff but did they als spot subs and to what effect.

https://johnandmartha.kingschools.com/2019/06/17/using-ga-airplanes-for-the-common-good-the-suprising-missions-of-the-civil-air-patrol/?inf_contact_key=0d56e577d938c52f0a5d5e6a51ad96057e470d92b8b75168d98a0b8cac0e9c09

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Ill start this by admitting I don’t know much on the Civil Air Patrol (Despite both my Grandpa and Great Grandpa being officers in it during the war)so bear with me here. I believe that was a main feature for them as the fear of Submarines was very real despite there only being a few examples of Submarines making it to the US

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I first heard about them from the excellent A2A Cessna flight simulation (FSX add-on) and saw them flying about. Their website has some history. Having planes patrolling the coasts makes sense, the USA had lots of cool :sunglasses: private market. I love :heart: the Cubs. https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/about/history-of-civil-air-patrol

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