Awful visit to the Pampanito

[Overkill]

Great post and some awesome pictures! Thank you!

I'm hoping to take a trip this Summer/Fall to Mobile, AL and see the USS Alabama and USS Drum.

[AVGWarhawk]

She is a beautiful boat. The Torsk's conn is kept closed. It is just too awkward for guests to climb the ladder. Heck, I bang my head whenever I go up there....plus it gets hot as hell in there during the summer. Glad you enjoyed it.

[edjcox]

The sonar had the ability to be used as a means of communications. Using encrypted or standard morse simple messages could be sent sub to sub or sub to surface ship equipped with standard sonar reciever of the day.

Never used in combat or in a situation where the boats location would be catatstrophe consequential this ability served little purpose on lone wolf hunts. Was handy to identify oneself to surface freindlies or the enthused DDG skipper who spied a Jap sub erroneously.

The use of colored starshells, colored spotlights was also employed as IFF. Later in the war an IFF ability was added to radar system as well. This off course was all confidential technology.

Beats banging on the hull with a hammer in morse..

[razark]

Originally Posted by edjcox

The sonar had the ability to be used as a means of communications. Using encrypted or standard morse simple messages could be sent sub to sub or sub to surface ship equipped with standard sonar reciever of the day.

I thought that might be what it was for. I've read about the radar being used for communications, but I hadn't seen reference to the sonar being used in such manner. Do you have any source that describes this?