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Originally Posted by Biggs[CV]
When the Scorpion was lost she was supposed to heading home from the Med. Heading basically west. From the sonar reports the navy got from the exact time of her loss, she was heading roughly East. Why? There was no logical reason for a sub that was heading home to make a radical 180 degree turn. Why did she make that turn? I think she was running for her life from a soviet torpedo.
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Torpedoes have a safety device built in where if the fish turns back a full 180 degrees the torpedo shuts down. If you have a hot run in the tube you turn the boat around to get the torpedo to shut down.