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Snarf · 12-26-13, 05:45 PM

I just read Thunder Below! By Eugene Fluckey(in 3 days I might add)
The Barb hit a speed of 23.5 knots while raiding Namkwan harbor. They achieved this by tying down all 4 diesels' governors and running at 150% I believe. Not good on the engines from a longevity standpoint, but doable.

It seemed that they had intermittent problems with the Mk 18's on the Barb too, a few erratic runs, I think one circular run, some deep runners. they also tried out Mk 28 homing torpedoes, they fired them too shallow and the torpedoes dove into their own noise bouncing off the sea floor. They did have a successful sinking with the Mk 27 'cutie' though.

I VERY highly recommend reading Thunder Below! though it is unbelievably fascinating. "Lucky" Fluckey is a great author and an epic skipper.

12-26-13, 05:45 PM	#7
Snarf Officer Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: USS Tuna out of Pearl Harbor Posts: 243 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 10	I just read Thunder Below! By Eugene Fluckey(in 3 days I might add) The Barb hit a speed of 23.5 knots while raiding Namkwan harbor. They achieved this by tying down all 4 diesels' governors and running at 150% I believe. Not good on the engines from a longevity standpoint, but doable. It seemed that they had intermittent problems with the Mk 18's on the Barb too, a few erratic runs, I think one circular run, some deep runners. they also tried out Mk 28 homing torpedoes, they fired them too shallow and the torpedoes dove into their own noise bouncing off the sea floor. They did have a successful sinking with the Mk 27 'cutie' though. I VERY highly recommend reading Thunder Below! though it is unbelievably fascinating. "Lucky" Fluckey is a great author and an epic skipper. __________________ "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" -David Farragut (probably repeated by many WWII sub skippers)