Watched "The Enemy Below" last night...

Vaux · 11-09-10, 04:55 PM

...for the first time in about 3 decades (seriously). What a great movie, but my what a spotlessly-clean and spacious UBoat Curt Jurgens had!

One question: Jurgens' character used some kind of "ink discharge" to confuse the DE's sonar. Mitchum's character referred to is as "using a decoy". It wasn't oil because it didn't float to the top and appeared to disperse in the water. Is this historically accurate? If so, what was it?

11-09-10, 04:55 PM	#1
Vaux Torpedoman Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 116 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Watched "The Enemy Below" last night... ...for the first time in about 3 decades (seriously). What a great movie, but my what a spotlessly-clean and spacious UBoat Curt Jurgens had! One question: Jurgens' character used some kind of "ink discharge" to confuse the DE's sonar. Mitchum's character referred to is as "using a decoy". It wasn't oil because it didn't float to the top and appeared to disperse in the water. Is this historically accurate? If so, what was it?