Would this be possible?

Sniper297 · 10-27-07, 12:40 PM

Yeah, "tokyo tanks" were fairly common in the Pacific due to the long distances, big problem there is you can't carry much of a war load when you're carrying fuel.

I googled this sucker, couldn't find anything about the US navy doing it in WWII, altho they fiddled with the idea in the '50s:

http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08362.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Guavina_(SS-362)

One pic in there of refueling a P5M at sea, scroll to the bottom.

Don't have any first hand experience with this, but thinking about the floating of oil drums across - seems to me you wouldn't need rubber boats, fuel is 6 pounds per gallon, water is 8 pounds per gallon, would a 55 gallon drum of fuel float by itself?

10-27-07, 12:40 PM	#10
Sniper297 The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia Shipyard Brig Posts: 1,386 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 19	Yeah, "tokyo tanks" were fairly common in the Pacific due to the long distances, big problem there is you can't carry much of a war load when you're carrying fuel. I googled this sucker, couldn't find anything about the US navy doing it in WWII, altho they fiddled with the idea in the '50s: http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08362.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Guavina_(SS-362) One pic in there of refueling a P5M at sea, scroll to the bottom. Don't have any first hand experience with this, but thinking about the floating of oil drums across - seems to me you wouldn't need rubber boats, fuel is 6 pounds per gallon, water is 8 pounds per gallon, would a 55 gallon drum of fuel float by itself?