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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins
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Originally Posted by nematode
SH4 gives one the impression that US subs snuck up miles of estuary deep into Japanese harbors to pick off ships at the dock, like in Tokyo Bay or the Inland Sea, and nothing like that ever happened. But, it makes for a great story.
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Not only did it happen, but it happened in the most spectacular fashion with USS Barb (Fluckey) sneaking through miles of narrow, sampan and mine-infested waters, less than 100' and most of the time less than 50' deep, to enter Namkwan Harbor on 23 January, 1945. |
Thanks for that info RR. What I show for Fluckey on 23-Jan-1945 is Taikyo Maru a 5244GRT freighter sunk at 27-04N, 120-07E which is 5000 yards off the coast of China in the East China Sea, from a group of 30 anchored ships spaced 500 yards apart in 3 columns, making for a mass of shipping some 1500 yards deep and some 5000 yards long.
Please correct my data if it's wrong. If my data is accurate, I'm sorry, but that's an attack on an open water anchorage, and not a harbor. That conclusion does not take away from the valor of Fluckey's actions. It's merely a result from an honest attempt at learning a truth about history.
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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins
For this attack, he became the only living sub commander to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. When you make blanket statements about US Sub conduct in WWII, it is almost obligatory to make an exception for Capt Eugene Fluckey! Otherwise you risk being in error most of the time.  |
Perhaps you mean Fluckey was the first living sub skipper MoH recipient. O'Kane, Street, and Ramage were also alive at the time they were awarded the MoH.