Think American subs had it easy? [Historical] - Page 2

CCIP · 05-30-07, 08:49 PM

Haha, wow, this thread is back up.

I actually borrowed that book from the library again today. I'll post more stories if I come across something interesting (that book is HUGE)

-Pv- · 05-30-07, 09:11 PM

Thanks for your effort there CCIP. These stories are inspiring.
-Pv-

ReallyDedPoet · 05-31-07, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

Haha, wow, this thread is back up.

I actually borrowed that book from the library again today. I'll post more stories if I come across something interesting (that book is HUGE)

Sounds good CCIP, lots of story in the Pacific

RDP

orangenee · 05-31-07, 10:21 AM

That was a quality story, if only American subs had Japanese torpedoes during the war.

AVGWarhawk · 05-31-07, 01:54 PM

As I read the story I imagined the Japanese on the deck cussing up a storm because they could not find the submarine inside the harbor.

CaptainCox · 05-31-07, 02:04 PM

Super nice story there! Cheers!

ReallyDedPoet · 05-31-07, 08:34 PM

The American fleet submarine may arguably be called the most successful naval weapon of World War II. The aircraft carriers got all the publicity, but it was the submarine fleet that destroyed most of the Japanese merchant fleet, isolating the home islands, crippling Japanese industry, and preventing resupply and reinforcement of Japanese island garrisons.
From America's entry into World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, until the Japanese surrender was signed on 2 September 1945, American submarines were responsible for sinking more than half of all Japanese tonnage. This, despite the fact that the submarine forces comprised less than 2% of the Navy, and spent the first 18 months of the war battling the Navy bureaucracy over defective torpedoes.

from fleetsubmarine.com

Great site

mini-hijack, sorry, just wanted to post this

RDP

theluckyone17 · 05-31-07, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

and spent the first 18 months of the war battling the Navy bureaucracy over defective torpedoes

Makes you wonder what they could've done with good torp's

MONOLITH · 05-31-07, 10:52 PM

*Enjoying the read*

JALU3 · 06-01-07, 02:54 PM

About that . . . and the Defense of the Philippine Islands. My family is from the Subic Bay/Olongapo area . . . so there are first hand stories of the occupation, and some served in the Philippine Scouts, before, during, and after WWII. And well . . .

I took my first boat, the USS Salmon, up to the Gulf on the Northwest side of Luzon, and sank two transports, back before 1.2 came out . . . and then sailed to the bottom of Bataan Peninsula during early 42 . . . and at Marivanes what do I find, at what was the HQ of the forces on Bataan . . . Japenese Gunboats in dock . . . what's up with that? Another error, that needs to be done in 1.4, more overlays of historic settings?

05-30-07, 08:49 PM	#16
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Haha, wow, this thread is back up. I actually borrowed that book from the library again today. I'll post more stories if I come across something interesting (that book is HUGE) __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,305 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	As I read the story I imagined the Japanese on the deck cussing up a storm because they could not find the submarine inside the harbor. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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CaptainCox Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: A Swede in Frankfurt am Main Posts: 1,897 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Super nice story there! Cheers! __________________ DOWNLOAD MY MODS HERE

05-31-07, 08:34 PM	#22
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,903 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	The American fleet submarine may arguably be called the most successful naval weapon of World War II. The aircraft carriers got all the publicity, but it was the submarine fleet that destroyed most of the Japanese merchant fleet, isolating the home islands, crippling Japanese industry, and preventing resupply and reinforcement of Japanese island garrisons. From America's entry into World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, until the Japanese surrender was signed on 2 September 1945, American submarines were responsible for sinking more than half of all Japanese tonnage. This, despite the fact that the submarine forces comprised less than 2% of the Navy, and spent the first 18 months of the war battling the Navy bureaucracy over defective torpedoes. from fleetsubmarine.com Great site mini-hijack, sorry, just wanted to post this RDP __________________ Back in the Day

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MONOLITH Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 997 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Enjoying the read __________________

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-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Thanks for your effort there CCIP. These stories are inspiring. -Pv-

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orangenee Engineer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 211 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That was a quality story, if only American subs had Japanese torpedoes during the war.

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JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	About that . . . and the Defense of the Philippine Islands. My family is from the Subic Bay/Olongapo area . . . so there are first hand stories of the occupation, and some served in the Philippine Scouts, before, during, and after WWII. And well . . . I took my first boat, the USS Salmon, up to the Gulf on the Northwest side of Luzon, and sank two transports, back before 1.2 came out . . . and then sailed to the bottom of Bataan Peninsula during early 42 . . . and at Marivanes what do I find, at what was the HQ of the forces on Bataan . . . Japenese Gunboats in dock . . . what's up with that? Another error, that needs to be done in 1.4, more overlays of historic settings? __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One