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Originally Posted by tater
Good book, BTW.
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I'm reading that one now.
In 'War in the boats' by Captain William J. Ruhe, there is the following passage:
Levelled off at 350 feet, the Crevalle then caught another string of depth charges. They exploded almost as close as the previous string of charges, but a little more above the hull. I noted that the explosions indicated that the Japanese were now using a one-hundred-meter-depth setting on the charges. The prior charges had exploded at close overhead as the Crevalle passed 170 feet, indicating that the first string were set at fifty meters. The Crevalle was thus operated at 400-foot-depth so as to straddle the charges with their 50, 100, and 150 meter depth settings.
He mentions the 150 meter depth settings a couple of times.
I've also read in at least one patrol report (can't remember which one, Pampanito?) estimates of depth charges exploding below them at about 425 feet.