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Nuc · 08-20-10, 06:33 AM

I resurrected this antique thread because I just came across a fourth account of a US Fleet Boat torpedo transfer at sea. It was the USS Puffer in August of 1944. This is described in The USS Puffer in World War II by Craig R. McDonald. It is interesting that in all the interviews conducted for the book no one remembered exactly how the transfer was done. The author suggest that they might "float the torpedoes across the deck with the submarine deck awash". Maybe using the inflatable rafts as described in one of the accounts above? The transfer was documented in personel records but the award citation for the 1st class Gunners Mate who was in charge reads " for important deck repairs at night". In any case that makes it a perfect 4 - 0 for successful transfers. ummm... May there are some unreported failures and "lost" torpedoes out there. I know some have looked into modding this capability into the game. What was the outcome? Can it be done?

08-20-10, 06:33 AM	#40
Nuc Planesman Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 180 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	I resurrected this antique thread because I just came across a fourth account of a US Fleet Boat torpedo transfer at sea. It was the USS Puffer in August of 1944. This is described in *The USS Puffer* in World War II** by Craig R. McDonald. It is interesting that in all the interviews conducted for the book no one remembered exactly how the transfer was done. The author suggest that they might "float the torpedoes across the deck with the submarine deck awash". Maybe using the inflatable rafts as described in one of the accounts above? The transfer was documented in personel records but the award citation for the 1st class Gunners Mate who was in charge reads " for important deck repairs at night". In any case that makes it a perfect 4 - 0 for successful transfers. ummm... May there are some unreported failures and "lost" torpedoes out there. I know some have looked into modding this capability into the game. What was the outcome? Can it be done? __________________ Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience. Admiral Hyman Rickover (1900 - 1986)