Some Good Information

Sailor Steve · 01-18-12, 12:21 PM

Looking for answers to another topic I found this great bit of information from a book by Bud Gruner, who was not only captain of USS Skate but also technical advisor and supplier of information for SH1.
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/subsinpacific.htm

Did you know?

Only 1/3 of ships attacked actually sank.

US submarines were designed for a patrol lenght of 8 weeks, or 56 days. Three boats had patrols lasting 80 days or longer.

Average number of merchant sunk per war patrol: 0.8.

A lot of good stuff from someone who was there.

01-18-12, 12:21 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Some Good Information Looking for answers to another topic I found this great bit of information from a book by Bud Gruner, who was not only captain of USS Skate but also technical advisor and supplier of information for SH1. http://www.hnsa.org/doc/subsinpacific.htm Did you know? Only 1/3 of ships attacked actually sank. US submarines were designed for a patrol lenght of 8 weeks, or 56 days. Three boats had patrols lasting 80 days or longer. Average number of merchant sunk per war patrol: 0.8. A lot of good stuff from someone who was there. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo