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keltos01 · 10-27-09, 03:12 PM

The following is from "US Navy Torpedoes" by Frederick J. Milford:

"340 [Fido] torpedoes [were] dropped in 264 attacks of which 204 were against submarines. In 142 attacks US aircraft sank 31 submarines and damaged 15; in 62 attacks against submarines other Allies, mainly British, sank six and damaged three. Most of these submarine sinkings were German U-boats in the Atlantic, but five Japanese submarines were sunk by Fidos, one, I-52, in the Atlantic and four in the Pacific. OEG Study No. 289, 12 August 1946, is the main source for this conclusion."

I heard there was in the Altantic Op Theater a 1 ton depth charge that had been used against subs : one dd would creep and listen, one would move on top of the target sonar off and drop the DC !

keltos

10-27-09, 03:12 PM	#20
keltos01 Silent Hunter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Milan Italy Posts: 4,999 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 18	The following is from "US Navy Torpedoes" by Frederick J. Milford: "340 [Fido] torpedoes [were] dropped in 264 attacks of which 204 were against submarines. In 142 attacks US aircraft sank 31 submarines and damaged 15; in 62 attacks against submarines other Allies, mainly British, sank six and damaged three. Most of these submarine sinkings were German U-boats in the Atlantic, but five Japanese submarines were sunk by Fidos, one, I-52, in the Atlantic and four in the Pacific. OEG Study No. 289, 12 August 1946, is the main source for this conclusion." I heard there was in the Altantic Op Theater a 1 ton depth charge that had been used against subs : one dd would creep and listen, one would move on top of the target sonar off and drop the DC ! keltos __________________ "Honorable Builder of Sinking Ships"