I got a GATO!!!

Ping Panther · 11-08-09, 04:12 PM

An ironic thing here is, I just got to Chapter 10 of "Submarine!"; Edward L. Beach, Cpt. USN; this is another war novel I am reading through just this morning. In this latest chapter it describes the zigzagging that many subs did to arrive at patrol locations... fearful of attack by enemy subs!

This chapter is about the patrol of the USS Archerfish, Nov. 1944, eventually going after the carrier, Shinano. The captain of the Archerfish had to head down the Atlantic coast to make way through the Panama canal to its eventual Pacific deployment. He was most fearful of an encounter with any German u-boats on his way, so he tended to zigzag. That USS Albacore Gato in my GWX3 was doing a fair amount of zigging as well.
Neat stuff!

11-08-09, 04:12 PM	#11
Ping Panther Lieutenant Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: the armpit of the Mid-Atlantic / Quadrant CA42 Posts: 262 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	An ironic thing here is, I just got to Chapter 10 of "Submarine!"; Edward L. Beach, Cpt. USN; this is another war novel I am reading through just this morning. In this latest chapter it describes the zigzagging that many subs did to arrive at patrol locations... fearful of attack by enemy subs! This chapter is about the patrol of the USS Archerfish, Nov. 1944, eventually going after the carrier, Shinano. The captain of the Archerfish had to head down the Atlantic coast to make way through the Panama canal to its eventual Pacific deployment. He was most fearful of an encounter with any German u-boats on his way, so he tended to zigzag. That USS Albacore Gato in my GWX3 was doing a fair amount of zigging as well. Neat stuff!