02-13-07, 02:12 AM
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Ace of the Deep 
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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
From our friends at SimHQ
This Day in US Naval History - February 12, 1945 - USS Batfish (SS 310) sinks its second Japanese submarine within three days.
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Kewl. 
But top this for sinking IJN subs!
DE 635 USS England
" On 18 May 1944, with two other destroyers, England cleared Port Purvis on a hunt for Japanese submarines during a passage to Bougainville. During the next 8 days, she was to set an impressive record in antisubmarine warfare, never matched in World War II by any other American ship, as she hunted down and sank I-16 on 19 May, RO-106 on 22 May, RO-104 on 23 May, RO-116 on 24 May, and RO-108 on 26 May."
Five IJN subs in 8 days!
England's history from DANFS:
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/e4/england.htm
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