Rocket Attack of June 22nd 1945

[steinbeck]

Something I've never come across before, this mention of rockets on a sub. I quote:
Shortly after midnight Barb launched the first rocket attack in US Submarine history, firing 12 5in rockets into the town at a range of 5250 yards. The town being 'Shari' on the north coast of Hokkaido. Unquote

This extract is from a booklet just given to me by a friend. This is full of pics photo's and the operational record of the USS BARB!


steinbeck..

[The Fishlord]

Originally Posted by steinbeck

Something I've never come across before, this mention of rockets on a sub. I quote:
Shortly after midnight Barb launched the first rocket attack in US Submarine history, firing 12 5in rockets into the town at a range of 5250 yards. The town being 'Shari' on the north coast of Hokkaido. Unquote

This extract is from a booklet just given to me by a friend. This is full of pics photo's and the operational record of the USS BARB!


steinbeck..

Heh. Just remember "If the Americans did it in WWII, always remember, the Germans did it first, and better!"

In early 1942 they launched some 180mm rocket shells from the deck of a sub. In January of 1945 one Type XXI had been converted to fire a type of primitive cruise missile from a forward tube, but it couldn't hit much and had a nasty tendency to explode after a few second's flight.

Still very interesting, the dawn of the missile age is a cool period :p

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by The Fishlord

Heh. Just remember "If the Americans did it in WWII, always remember, the Germans did it first, and better!"

My one word reply that invalidates that statement:


Radar. :rotfl:

:rotfl:

[peabody]

My one word reply 'winning'

[Ivan Putski]

Had the Germans spent as much on armament, as they did on pretty uniforms, and tons of decorations, the war may have lasted an hour longer.

[Rip]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

My one word reply that invalidates that statement:


Radar. :rotfl:

I was thinking Atomic Weapon.

I was think the quote should have read.

"If the Americans did it in WWII, always remember, the Germans did it as well but half assed".

[gimpy117]

germans had better specialty weapons but they couldn't make many of them, the US made good stuff and lots of it

[Macdaddy4738]

Originally Posted by The Fishlord

Heh. Just remember "If the Americans did it in WWII, always remember, the Germans did it first, and better!"

Hell, if it wasnt for the Germans, we would have never had the technology to spy on the russians by 1950.

The Germans gave us the Schnorkal (sp) which in turn allowed diesel boats to run underwater full time. After WWII, we ended up with a few german boats with them. But then again, so did the Russians.

I guess our first test of the Snorkal went terribly wrong, and the Cochino sank to the bottom of the sea (around 950 feet i think..) I guess water flooded in through the snorkal, shorted out the batteries, causing them to arc, causing them to explode, causing the boat to become filled with poisonous gas.

[Fincuan]

Originally Posted by Macdaddy4738

The Germans gave us the Schnorkal (sp) which in turn allowed diesel boats to run underwater full time.

The snorkel was a Dutch invention, though I assume it really was the germans that gave it to you.

[Macdaddy4738]

Originally Posted by Fincuan

The snorkel was a Dutch invention, though I assume it really was the germans that gave it to you.

May have been wrong about who created it...

BUT it was called the Schnorkel. At least thats how the Germans spelled it

[Fincuan]

Originally Posted by Macdaddy4738

BUT it was called the Schnorkel. At least thats how the Germans spelled it

That's correct, I just used the english word for it. It's underlined beause there's a link behind the word, not because I wanted to comment your spelling