100 Years of Submarines

kikn79 · 04-23-08, 08:51 AM

Did anyone catch the special on History International channel called 100 Years of Submarines the US Submarine Service?

I highly recommend it, if you get a chance to watch it. They have interviews with Eugene Flucky and several other WWII sub vets. It is a fantastic review of how the sub service came into its own from pre war doctrine to taking the war to Japan. The second hour is about the atomic submarine and how during the war games with the USS Nautilus (SSN 571) the ASW forces fired several thousand weapons at her but she wasn't touched. Meanwhile, she had 100% hit ratio. The captain talked about how he fired the last 4 exercise torpedoes at 4 ships and waited until just before sunrise so they could see that they were gotten. It really brought home the submarines and targets saying.

Chuck

04-23-08, 08:51 AM	#1
kikn79 Medic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rockford, IL Posts: 166 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	100 Years of Submarines Did anyone catch the special on History International channel called 100 Years of Submarines the US Submarine Service? I highly recommend it, if you get a chance to watch it. They have interviews with Eugene Flucky and several other WWII sub vets. It is a fantastic review of how the sub service came into its own from pre war doctrine to taking the war to Japan. The second hour is about the atomic submarine and how during the war games with the USS Nautilus (SSN 571) the ASW forces fired several thousand weapons at her but she wasn't touched. Meanwhile, she had 100% hit ratio. The captain talked about how he fired the last 4 exercise torpedoes at 4 ships and waited until just before sunrise so they could see that they were gotten. It really brought home the submarines and targets saying. Chuck