A sad and ignoble end.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by TorpX

Yes, it is sad.

But, better that, than going down with all hands.

True. But here was a boat that finished her last patrol in Febuary 1945. She finished most of the war, and was there as a participant on day 1 of WW2 for the US.

I never understood why the Navy would use old boats as target ships. Now i think i do. Sinking the Tautog as a target would have been a better ending for that boat then the scrappers torch. Being sunk as a target would have given the boat something akin to "a soliders death" as it were.