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Originally Posted by Andyman23
i quickly order flank speed at a new depth of 250 ft to hopefully get down quickly. When i hit about 240 ft, i hear the all to familiar sound of destroyer propellors swooshing through the water right over me. A few seconds later, explosions resinate behind me and i figure hits missing me. But just then, BOOOOM...a depth charge explodes directly on my port side. My boat churns to starboard almost going horizontal for a split second, the lights go out, glass flies everywhere...the chaos was both frightening and yet really cool.
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Did you see a green flash?
In Galatin's book "Take Her Deep", he wrote that he and others in the control room saw a flash of light (green I think) when hit dead on by DC's. They dished in the hull of his Gato boat Halibut and pushed the sub down from 350 ft to almost 450 ft. A nearby sub observed heavy air cover over the convoy Halibut was attacking. The nearby sub heard and counted 8 DC's exploding almost at the same time. Later, Galatin compared notes and learned more about Japanese ASW and came to the conclusion the Halibut was a near victim of a MAD gear attack. The sub being pushed down nearly 100 ft may have pushed them beyond MAD gear detection.
The Halibut's damage was ruled too costly to repair. |
