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Originally Posted by Nuc

Yes he does. I just looked at it. This is not the passage I remember so I think there is yet a third account documented somewhere . The interesting thing here is that it predates the Rasher transfer by two years yet Christie said he had never heard of such an action. Also the Sculpin had external torpedo stowage as described on page 59 so the evolution of having people on deck moving torpedoes was, if not a normal operating procedure, at least an anticipated evolution. I am thinking that this was a more common occurance than most of us had thought.

I thought that pre-war, all the Sargo class boats had four external storage torpedoes. And that these were removed once war patrols started as they were deemed needlessly risky having the crews moving the fish at sea. I can't find a good picture of the pre-war stowage though, or what kind of rig they had available to move those torpedoes inboard (I assume since they were designed and built with the stowage on deck, they had something better available then jury-rigged tackle and life rafts :p ).

I know the one Salmon class boat, Stingray had two external forward tubes, but those were actually forward firing tubes (and only reloadable in port).