24-25 July 1943, Lt Cdr Dan Daspit, USN commanding USS Tinosa (SS-283) fired fifteen torpedoes into the tanker SS Tonan Maru No.3 of which two functioned as designed.
Tonan Maru No.3 escaped damaged and Daspit brought his last MkXIV back to Pearl Harbor where at last, COMSUBPAC launched its own investigation into the continuing torpedo failure under Cdr "Swede" Momson.
Clay Blair's account of the attack and subsequent torpedo tests in Silent Victory is pretty thorough.
Never experienced it quite this bad in SH4 but have come pretty close.
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