| ColonelSandersLite |
02-10-13 11:57 AM |
This reminds me of a story I read on the net somewhere.
A fleet boat operating somewhere in the pacific ran into a sailing vessel (ie fishing boat) armed with depth charges and a hydrophone set.
The long an short of it is that the old wooden sailing vessel made repeated passes on the sub, eventually forcing it to surface.
The sub's deck gun crew got lucky and put their first shot into the wheel house, which let them narrowly escape with their lives.
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ah here it is, verbatim I'll leave it to you guys to verify it's authenticity
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wooden ships -
my father was on a submarine (USS RAZORBACK SS-394) in WWII off the coast of Japan when it was "discovered" and attacked by a japanese coastal trawler - WIND driven - SAIL boat - NO ENGINE/MOTOR - that was rigged for coastal patrol with passive sonar and depth charges. The trawler continued to silently stalk and to depth charge the Razorback, causing fires onboard while submerged; after several hours of depth charging (the submarine's torpedos/firing pins were ineffective against wooden hulls), with batteries running low, smoke/poisonous fumes taking it's toll on the crew of the disabled submerged vessel, the submarine captain decided to "emergency surface" - ONE gunner's mate raced to the small deck-gun of the submarine the moment it surfaced and got off ONE LUCKY SHOT that took out the "wheel-house" of the japanese sailboat. They escaped with their lives because that ONE LUCKY SHOT that took out the "wheel-house" of the japanese sailboat knocked out the sailboat's radio and fortunately, the japanese "coastal patrol" sailboat had never radio'd for support (air or surface support)
The Razorback immediately "escaped" the hostilities (with casualties), leaving the trawler behind
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