GRAPPLE HOOKS ON SURFACE VESSELS TO SNAG SUBS

WARHEAD1 · 09-07-05, 10:57 PM

I JUST GOT A MOVIE "BELOW" NOT TO BE MISTAKEN FOR "THE ENEMY BELOW" THAT HAD THESE GRAPPLE HOOKS ON THEM THAT DID A NUMBER ON A WWII SUB-SEE THE MOVIE...

McBeck · 09-08-05, 01:22 AM

Why are you yelling???

squeak · 09-08-05, 04:05 AM

did you mean the hooks that the german DD used to find the american uboat?
iÂ´m takling about right movie ? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276816/
(btw this is my first post here

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Dowly · 09-08-05, 06:18 AM

Squeak, welcome aboard fellow Kaleun!

Wolfram · 09-08-05, 09:09 AM

@squeak & WARHEAD1 welcome aboard

@WARHEAD1 typing with Caps Lock on is considered yelling when posting.

Grappling Hooks? :hmm: seems it would be a lot like fishing with a drag net - a lot of luck but if that is all you have for a weapon I guess better than nothing.

Welcome again both of you.

Have Fun!

FAdmiral · 09-08-05, 10:10 AM

I saw that movie but from the looks of the hooks they used, a
smaller tonnage DD would be very hard pressed to operate
something like that. More of a tactic of a large merchant
dredgeing ship somewhere in the neighborhood of 15,000 tons.

JIM

Gorduz · 09-08-05, 10:35 AM

But it do seem like a tactic which could be applied, not as a weapon, but as a mean to accuratly pinpoint a sub.

squeak · 09-08-05, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfram

@squeak & WARHEAD1 welcome aboard

@WARHEAD1 typing with Caps Lock on is considered yelling when posting.

Have Fun!

Thx mate

Brag · 06-27-07, 01:22 PM

If one could hook up a bouy to the sub, It could work quite well. But considering how difficult it was to pinpoint the location of a sub, probably not practical--that's why they came out with sono-bouys.

Thniper · 06-27-07, 01:44 PM

Something fishy going on here...

FIREWALL, you say you are new to this forum but you already posted over a 1000 times here?!?

Furthermore replying to a thread which 2 years old...

Very strange.

EDIT:
@Seth: You can remove my post here too, since problems have been solved!

_Seth_ · 06-27-07, 02:48 PM

opened again. Beware; Mods are watching...

Jimbuna · 06-27-07, 04:11 PM

Exhuming no doubt

Swooth · 06-27-07, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Exhuming no doubt

I'm scared of what they might find

FIREWALL · 06-27-07, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thniper

Something fishy going on here...

FIREWALL, you say you are new to this forum but you already posted over a 1000 times here?!?

Furthermore replying to a thread which 2 years old...

Very strange.

?????????

TwistedFemur · 06-27-07, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thniper

Something fishy going on here...

FIREWALL, you say you are new to this forum but you already posted over a 1000 times here?!?

Furthermore replying to a thread which 2 years old...

Very strange.

The first 8 posts of this thread where posted in 2005

09-07-05, 10:57 PM	#1
WARHEAD1 Watch Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SO. CALIF. Posts: 15 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	GRAPPLE HOOKS ON SURFACE VESSELS TO SNAG SUBS I JUST GOT A MOVIE "BELOW" NOT TO BE MISTAKEN FOR "THE ENEMY BELOW" THAT HAD THESE GRAPPLE HOOKS ON THEM THAT DID A NUMBER ON A WWII SUB-SEE THE MOVIE...

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FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I saw that movie but from the looks of the hooks they used, a smaller tonnage DD would be very hard pressed to operate something like that. More of a tactic of a large merchant dredgeing ship somewhere in the neighborhood of 15,000 tons. JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

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Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	If one could hook up a bouy to the sub, It could work quite well. But considering how difficult it was to pinpoint the location of a sub, probably not practical--that's why they came out with sono-bouys. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

09-08-05, 04:05 AM	#3
squeak Helmsman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Back from the abyss Posts: 110 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	did you mean the hooks that the german DD used to find the american uboat? iÂ´m takling about right movie ? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276816/ (btw this is my first post here )

09-08-05, 06:18 AM	#4
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Squeak, welcome aboard fellow Kaleun!

09-08-05, 09:09 AM	#5
Wolfram Weps Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: periscope depth Posts: 354 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	@squeak & WARHEAD1 welcome aboard @WARHEAD1 typing with Caps Lock on is considered yelling when posting. Grappling Hooks? :hmm: seems it would be a lot like fishing with a drag net - a lot of luck but if that is all you have for a weapon I guess better than nothing. Welcome again both of you. Have Fun!

06-27-07, 01:44 PM	#10
Thniper Planesman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Niedersachsen, Germany Posts: 186 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Something fishy going on here... FIREWALL, you say you are new to this forum but you already posted over a 1000 times here?!? Furthermore replying to a thread which 2 years old... Very strange. EDIT: @Seth: You can remove my post here too, since problems have been solved! __________________ "I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth." ------------------------------- Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726) Last edited by Thniper; 06-28-07 at 07:22 AM.

06-27-07, 02:48 PM	#11
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06-27-07, 04:11 PM	#12
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