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scrag · 03-12-07, 03:40 PM

I also am posting an account of the attack on the USS WASP by the I-19.
Certain demonstraits that the I boats were very capable of inflicting damage and this is probably one of the better examples for the IJN. Most notorious would have been the sinking of the Cruiser Indianapolis. Of note the use of Type-95 Torps - the fabled "Long Lance" was a Destroyer and Cruiser weapon only - NO IJN Submarines carried 61cm (24 inch) tubes. They carried only 53 CM (21 inch) tubes.
Table Courtesy of

http://www.combinedfleet.com/torps.htm

03-12-07, 03:40 PM	#36
scrag Medic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Posts: 161 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I-19's Attack on USS WASP I also am posting an account of the attack on the USS WASP by the I-19. Certain demonstraits that the I boats were very capable of inflicting damage and this is probably one of the better examples for the IJN. Most notorious would have been the sinking of the Cruiser Indianapolis. Of note the use of Type-95 Torps - the fabled "Long Lance" was a Destroyer and Cruiser weapon only - NO IJN Submarines carried 61cm (24 inch) tubes. They carried only 53 CM (21 inch) tubes. Table Courtesy of http://www.combinedfleet.com/torps.htm Last edited by scrag; 03-12-07 at 09:28 PM.