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...the war in the Pacific is the only major submarine campaign were submarines did what they were designed to do and come out on top. Strangle enemy trade...
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i always thought they were designed to provide support for surface ships but they were 'relegated' to sinking anything japanese for the simple reason they were the only weapon left to the USNavy |
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@Bosje: Check out the main SH4 Thread for lots of great info on the Pacific Theatre.
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ducimus' post says exactly what I said above
quoting from http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=128185
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The U.S. Navy's submarine force was caught woefully unprepared for the type of warfare which they were about to face. All of the pre-war, peacetime training for the U.S. submarine commanders which was previously geared in support of the surface fleet, was now obsolete and impractical. Submarines were originally looked upon to serve as scouts and screens for the navy's capital warships. Unfortunately, following the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor virtually no surface fleet of any consequence remained in the Pacific waters for which to scout or screen. The United States Navy developers of tactical planning for submarine warfare never anticipated the situation that they found themselves in during those early days of the war. With the American Navy in the Pacific all but destroyed, the rules of submarine warfare had to be drastically changed. That change, came about via one simple and blunt order.
" Execute unrestricted air and submarine warfare against Japan."
- Admiral R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, December 1941.
The Submarine war in the pacific had begun.
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It was you last line that got me to
...the only weapon left to the US Navy
Yes, you are right, they were to be scouts and go ahead of the fleet but they were not the only weapon left to the US Navy.