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Originally Posted by LukeFF
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Originally Posted by NEON DEON
US doctrine was flawed and over cautious when it came to the deck gun. So much so that it did not include finishing off a merchant that had been torpedoed. Not untill late in the war did they realize what the Germans had known since WW I that the gun could sink ships and save torpedoes.
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Zycam. That should help ease those symptoms.
Gregory was relieved of command after that patrol. It was said that he lacked aggressiveness and waisted torpedoes. Hell! he is the only US skipper I have ever seen battle surface spray a 4,472 ton ship with gunfire and sink it. Yet he was not aggressive. Command refused to believe they had a problem with torpedoes.
Damn dodge a circle runner fire a ton a torpedoes cant sink em and battle surface to finnish him off with the deck and he gets canned.
