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Originally Posted by Frenssen's Farts
I'm not up on my sub history but were no subs ever stranded during the war? Either due to damage, punctured fuel tanks, engine problems etc? Are there not any cases of a rescue sub being sent to help repair and get a stranded crew back?
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The closest case I can think of in the Pacific War would be the USS Darter and Dace. The Darter ran aground chasing Kurita's surface force prior to the Leyte Gulf battle, and Dace took off the crew and shelled the wreck. Nautilus came along later and shelled it some more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Darter_(SS-227)
The rusting wreck of the pressure hull is still there to this day on the Bombay Reef.
