MOVIE "BELOW" GRAPPELING HOOKS....

WARHEAD1 · 09-06-05, 11:38 AM

TO ALL OUT THERE I'M NEW AT THIS. BUT HERE GOES. HAS ANYONE SEEN THE MOVIE "BELOW". NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH "ENEMY BELOW".CHECK OUT EARLY IN THE MOVIE THE SURFACE SHIPS GRAPPLING HOOKS FOR?FISHING FOR SUBS.

CWorth · 09-06-05, 11:42 AM

Just to save you trouble later on...do not type in all caps..it is considered to be shouting and rude when you do.Normal typing will suffice.

KodiakPA · 09-06-05, 12:13 PM

Good suspensful movie.

FAdmiral · 09-06-05, 12:54 PM

I taped it when it was on but haven't had the time to watch it yet.
I hope it is very good watching. It is a very recent movie....

JIM

darkdrone · 09-07-05, 07:11 AM

i enjoyed it however i don't know how factual it is ps; i love those bronze bulkheads

flyingdane · 09-07-05, 11:49 PM

Why in the Hel* would someone make a movie of a sub ghost... DAM! waste if you ask me.

(Hehehe ghost

)

FAdmiral · 09-08-05, 09:48 AM

I just watched it and was very disappointed. If they (movie makers) had just made a WW2 war film about subs in the Atlantic
in 1943, I would have been very happy. As it was, it was mostly
about hocus-pocus mumbo-jumbo supernatural garbage.....

JIM

PS. movie goers understand the conflict of war, they don't understand all that spooky stuff !! I know I didn't....

WARHEAD1 · 09-18-05, 09:44 AM

i was just glad to see a sub movie. i was and still wondering about those large grappling hooks .

rulle34 · 09-18-05, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by WARHEAD1

i was just glad to see a sub movie. i was and still wondering about those large grappling hooks .

I have never heard about using hooks for damaging subs. Hooks can only be used in quite shallow water and in that case it must be a lot easier to just use deapthcharges. Anyone else heard about DD's using hooks as antisubwarfare method?

A submovie I can recommend is "Das Boot" a must see

caspofungin · 09-18-05, 10:39 AM

Edward L Beach, a US Navy sub skipper, in "Dust on the Sea" (admittedly a work of fiction, but based somewhat on his experiences in ww2, mentions the japanese using sweep wires to find a sub that' sitting on the seabed in shallow waters, then sliding dc's down the wire to destroy it.

in das boot (the novel) the author mentions sweep wires too.

Trefoil · 09-18-05, 06:05 PM

There are some accounts of the Japanese using grappling hooks to locate US subs uring WWII, to quote from an account of of the USS Crevalle -

'The escorting planes following along the torpedo tracts dropped two bombs and CREVALLE began evasive tactics although the water was only about 30 fathoms (180 feet) in depth. The counterattack by the Japanese escorts was vicious and continuous. It lasted for thirty minutes with numerous depth charges that caused a considerable amount of damage to valves and fittings. Even with the drain pump running at full bore emptying the boats bilge's she was taking on a lot of sea water. It was decided to bottom the submarine and she settled down at 174 feet on the ocean floor. All running machinery was secured, except for the lighting generator and low speed operation of the drain pump to keep ahead of the flooding. At about 10 o'clock it was discovered that the Japanese were successfully dragging grappling hooks down the side of the boat. CREVALLE got underway immediately and as stealthily as possible, pulled clear without the Japanese suspecting the movement of the submarine. The boat during this action endured a total of 61 near at hand exploding depth charges. A tired but undaunted crew initiated emergency repairs and the boat steamed ahead to its rendezvous with history.'

I saw the movie a while back and thought it was OK, but I wouldn' t see it six time like 'Das Boot'.

simsurfer · 09-19-05, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WARHEAD1

i was just glad to see a sub movie. i was and still wondering about those large grappling hooks .

Go rent DAS BOOT, it will be the last sub movie you will need to see.

WARHEAD1 · 09-19-05, 07:49 PM

I have das boot the holy grail to some plus a number of other wwII sub movies . just wondered about the grappeling hooks .[/b]

rulle34 · 09-21-05, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caspofungin

Edward L Beach, a US Navy sub skipper, in "Dust on the Sea" (admittedly a work of fiction, but based somewhat on his experiences in ww2, mentions the japanese using sweep wires to find a sub that' sitting on the seabed in shallow waters, then sliding dc's down the wire to destroy it.

in das boot (the novel) the author mentions sweep wires too.

That makes sence!

Kant Schwimm · 07-19-07, 10:54 AM

That makes sence!

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Oh the irony....:rotfl:

09-06-05, 11:38 AM	#1
WARHEAD1 Watch Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SO. CALIF. Posts: 15 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	MOVIE "BELOW" GRAPPELING HOOKS.... TO ALL OUT THERE I'M NEW AT THIS. BUT HERE GOES. HAS ANYONE SEEN THE MOVIE "BELOW". NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH "ENEMY BELOW".CHECK OUT EARLY IN THE MOVIE THE SURFACE SHIPS GRAPPLING HOOKS FOR?FISHING FOR SUBS.

09-06-05, 12:13 PM	#3
KodiakPA Gunner Join Date: May 2005 Location: Patroling Puget Sound Posts: 95 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Good suspensful movie. __________________ "We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so...very...pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die." -Mal - Firefly

09-06-05, 12:54 PM	#4
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I taped it when it was on but haven't had the time to watch it yet. I hope it is very good watching. It is a very recent movie.... JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

09-07-05, 11:49 PM	#6
flyingdane Weps Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 355 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Why in the Hel* would someone make a movie of a sub ghost... DAM! waste if you ask me. (Hehehe ghost ) __________________ It denos't mtater waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, it's olny iprmoatnt taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelms.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

09-08-05, 09:48 AM	#7
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I just watched it and was very disappointed. If they (movie makers) had just made a WW2 war film about subs in the Atlantic in 1943, I would have been very happy. As it was, it was mostly about hocus-pocus mumbo-jumbo supernatural garbage..... JIM PS. movie goers understand the conflict of war, they don't understand all that spooky stuff !! I know I didn't.... __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

09-06-05, 11:42 AM	#2
CWorth Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gettysburg PA Posts: 845 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Just to save you trouble later on...do not type in all caps..it is considered to be shouting and rude when you do.Normal typing will suffice.

09-07-05, 07:11 AM	#5
darkdrone Seaman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: deep space recon mission Posts: 39 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	i enjoyed it however i don't know how factual it is ps; i love those bronze bulkheads

09-18-05, 09:44 AM	#8
WARHEAD1 Watch Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SO. CALIF. Posts: 15 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i was just glad to see a sub movie. i was and still wondering about those large grappling hooks .

09-18-05, 10:39 AM	#10
caspofungin Commander Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 459 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	Edward L Beach, a US Navy sub skipper, in "Dust on the Sea" (admittedly a work of fiction, but based somewhat on his experiences in ww2, mentions the japanese using sweep wires to find a sub that' sitting on the seabed in shallow waters, then sliding dc's down the wire to destroy it. in das boot (the novel) the author mentions sweep wires too.

09-18-05, 06:05 PM	#11
Trefoil Helmsman Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North Wales (UK) Posts: 104 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	There are some accounts of the Japanese using grappling hooks to locate US subs uring WWII, to quote from an account of of the USS Crevalle - 'The escorting planes following along the torpedo tracts dropped two bombs and CREVALLE began evasive tactics although the water was only about 30 fathoms (180 feet) in depth. The counterattack by the Japanese escorts was vicious and continuous. It lasted for thirty minutes with numerous depth charges that caused a considerable amount of damage to valves and fittings. Even with the drain pump running at full bore emptying the boats bilge's she was taking on a lot of sea water. It was decided to bottom the submarine and she settled down at 174 feet on the ocean floor. All running machinery was secured, except for the lighting generator and low speed operation of the drain pump to keep ahead of the flooding. At about 10 o'clock it was discovered that the Japanese were successfully dragging grappling hooks down the side of the boat. CREVALLE got underway immediately and as stealthily as possible, pulled clear without the Japanese suspecting the movement of the submarine. The boat during this action endured a total of 61 near at hand exploding depth charges. A tired but undaunted crew initiated emergency repairs and the boat steamed ahead to its rendezvous with history.' I saw the movie a while back and thought it was OK, but I wouldn' t see it six time like 'Das Boot'. __________________ Fear is the mind-killer.

09-19-05, 07:49 PM	#13
WARHEAD1 Watch Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SO. CALIF. Posts: 15 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have das boot the holy grail to some plus a number of other wwII sub movies . just wondered about the grappeling hooks .[/b]

07-19-07, 10:54 AM	#15
Kant Schwimm Electrician's Mate Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Spaghetti Junction - England Posts: 137 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That makes *sence! [/quote] Oh the irony....:rotfl: __________________ Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori "The old lie"*