OT: U.S. SUbmarine decoys

shoot-kill-win · 09-03-07, 10:44 PM

I posted this awhile back, but due to many sstill not believing that U.S. Subs had decoys I will repost.
I remember a while back people were saying that American subs did not have decoys, well that is just not true, after spending my summer volunteering at the U.S.S. Batfish I learned that American subs used alka seltzer and shot it out the signal flare ejectorin the aft torp. room, and they also used a fake periscope that was metal and it floated on the surface it was about 3 feet long and was fired the same way as the alka seltzers. The alka seltzer was meant to sound like a propeller swishing in the water, this is what is modeled in the game.

the first paragraph in this link lists the decoy capabilities: http://www.usscod.org/ator.html

chris455 · 09-03-07, 11:01 PM

Great find!
Did not hr Geramns also have a device ("Bold") that was similar?

Subnuts · 09-03-07, 11:26 PM

The site doesn't actually say when they actually started using those decoys, however.

bookworm_020 · 09-03-07, 11:52 PM

Some subs used home made decoys, by ejecting rubbish and odds and ends from a torpedo tube as well as some oil. This would give subs a chance to escape. There is at least one recorded instance of this happening. I can't give a name for the sub (the book that has it is in storage at the moment!

), but it was later sunk on a different mssion.

donut · 09-04-07, 12:05 AM

Unimplemented in game planed feature.

tossed!!

tater · 09-04-07, 12:05 AM

Dates I have seen have been very late 1944. November/December at the earliest.

SteamWake · 09-04-07, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donut

Unimplemented in game planed feature.

tossed!!

Does this mean that the button labeled "Launch decoys" actually does nothing ?

09-03-07, 10:44 PM	#1
shoot-kill-win Medic Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 164 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	OT: U.S. SUbmarine decoys I posted this awhile back, but due to many sstill not believing that U.S. Subs had decoys I will repost. I remember a while back people were saying that American subs did not have decoys, well that is just not true, after spending my summer volunteering at the U.S.S. Batfish I learned that American subs used alka seltzer and shot it out the signal flare ejectorin the aft torp. room, and they also used a fake periscope that was metal and it floated on the surface it was about 3 feet long and was fired the same way as the alka seltzers. The alka seltzer was meant to sound like a propeller swishing in the water, this is what is modeled in the game. the first paragraph in this link lists the decoy capabilities: http://www.usscod.org/ator.html __________________ U.S.S. Batfish "The champion Submarine-killing sub of WWII" Official tonnage: 12,332 Sank 3 subs in 3 days

09-03-07, 11:52 PM	#4
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Some subs used home made decoys, by ejecting rubbish and odds and ends from a torpedo tube as well as some oil. This would give subs a chance to escape. There is at least one recorded instance of this happening. I can't give a name for the sub (the book that has it is in storage at the moment!), but it was later sunk on a different mssion. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

09-04-07, 12:05 AM	#5
donut The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Shifting, Whispering Sands, NM Posts: 1,463 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Periscope head decoy Unimplemented in game planed feature. tossed!!

09-03-07, 11:01 PM	#2
chris455 A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 71 Downloads: 97 Uploads: 0	Great find! Did not hr Geramns also have a device ("Bold") that was similar?

09-03-07, 11:26 PM	#3
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	The site doesn't actually say when they actually started using those decoys, however.

09-04-07, 12:05 AM	#6
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Dates I have seen have been very late 1944. November/December at the earliest.