keltos01
12-24-09, 05:35 PM
1 October 1944:
Palau Islands. I-177 is returning from Ulithi. In the evening, Lt Floyd H. Wardlow, Jr's PBM-3D Martin "Mariner" of VPB-16 makes radar contact on a submarine. When approached, the submarine crash-dives, but a positive identification is made. The PBM drops a Mark 24 "Fido" acoustic homing torpedo that damages I-177 severely. The PBM relays the target's location to a nearby hunter-killer group that searches for the submarine.
http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-177.htm
I thought maybe AOTDMadmax could help with this.
Maddy, I know you have US planes dropping torpedoes, could it be feasible, I know we talked about it in the past, to have them drop accoustic torpedoes ?
Merry Xmas,
keltos
Palau Islands. I-177 is returning from Ulithi. In the evening, Lt Floyd H. Wardlow, Jr's PBM-3D Martin "Mariner" of VPB-16 makes radar contact on a submarine. When approached, the submarine crash-dives, but a positive identification is made. The PBM drops a Mark 24 "Fido" acoustic homing torpedo that damages I-177 severely. The PBM relays the target's location to a nearby hunter-killer group that searches for the submarine.
http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-177.htm
I thought maybe AOTDMadmax could help with this.
Maddy, I know you have US planes dropping torpedoes, could it be feasible, I know we talked about it in the past, to have them drop accoustic torpedoes ?
Merry Xmas,
keltos