US Sub classes 1917-46

Able Brown · 04-27-12, 02:57 PM

I was looking through Jane's Submarine Development and came up with a memorization trick for the US Subs used in Silent Hunter 4+ mods in the order they were developed. (It's an old school trick: make an easy to remember sentence out of names.)

For the pre-war subs I came up with "SAND Can Punish Sailing Ships"
Class (year) # Built

S-Boat (1917-24) 51
Argonaut (1928) 1
Narwahl, Nautilus (1930) 2
Dolphin (1932) 1
Cachelot, Cuttlefish (1934) 2
Porpoise, Pike (1936) 10
Salmon (1938) 6
Sargo (1939-40) 10

For the wartime subs "Time to Get Good Basic Torpedoes."

Tambor (40-41) 6
Garr (40-41) 6
Gato (42-44) 73
Balao (43-47) 127
Tench (44-46) 33

Now, if there was only a trick to learning all of those merchant classes.

Rockin Robbins · 04-27-12, 06:05 PM

Ooooooo! Pretty darned snazzy! Well done!

04-27-12, 02:57 PM	#1
Able Brown Seaman Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 32 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	US Sub classes 1917-46 I was looking through Jane's Submarine Development and came up with a memorization trick for the US Subs used in Silent Hunter 4+ mods in the order they were developed. (It's an old school trick: make an easy to remember sentence out of names.) For the pre-war subs I came up with "SAND Can Punish Sailing Ships" Class (year) # Built S-Boat (1917-24) 51 Argonaut (1928) 1 Narwahl, Nautilus (1930) 2 Dolphin (1932) 1 Cachelot, Cuttlefish (1934) 2 Porpoise, Pike (1936) 10 Salmon (1938) 6 Sargo (1939-40) 10 For the wartime subs "Time to Get Good Basic Torpedoes." Tambor (40-41) 6 Garr (40-41) 6 Gato (42-44) 73 Balao (43-47) 127 Tench (44-46) 33 Now, if there was only a trick to learning all of those merchant classes. __________________ "A man's no sailor if he can't take a joke." -Richard Henry Dana Windows 7, Pentium 2.7 GHz Dual Core, 8GB RAM (so many problems are behind me!) Last edited by Able Brown; 04-27-12 at 03:10 PM.

04-27-12, 06:05 PM	#2
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Ooooooo! Pretty darned snazzy! Well done! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS