Did the pacific war subs really do allot??

Zero Niner · 03-17-07, 12:36 AM

To put some perspective into this topic:
According to JANAC, US subs:

- sunk a total of 5,586,400 tons of merchant & naval shipping in the Pacific. Out of this, over 5m tons were merchant shipping, 1,178 ships of which were over 500 tons displacement.

- total naval tonnage: 577,626 tons. 214 naval ships sunk, including 1 BB, 4 CVs, 4 CVEs, 3 CAs, 8 CLs, 43 DDs, 23 SSs.

Source: Pg 538, "Red Scorpion - The War Patrols of the USS Rasher" by Peter Sasgen, Pocket Star Books Feb 2005 ed

03-17-07, 12:36 AM	#20
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	To put some perspective into this topic: According to JANAC, US subs: - sunk a total of 5,586,400 tons of merchant & naval shipping in the Pacific. Out of this, over 5m tons were merchant shipping, 1,178 ships of which were over 500 tons displacement. - total naval tonnage: 577,626 tons. 214 naval ships sunk, including 1 BB, 4 CVs, 4 CVEs, 3 CAs, 8 CLs, 43 DDs, 23 SSs. Source: Pg 538, "Red Scorpion - The War Patrols of the USS Rasher" by Peter Sasgen, Pocket Star Books Feb 2005 ed