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Jul 12, 2020
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IrishBlue
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Our torpedos (both submarine and aviation) were terrible.
Might have been able to turn the tide in the war in the Pacific earlier/faster had our torpedos had something ridiculous like a 90% failure rate.
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Question about WW II submarine warfare (spoiler alert GreyHound)
run26
7/12/20 11:18am
I’ll answer your question with a question. Where was the German merchant shipping or naval forces?
DKN
7/12/20 11:24am
You Beat Me Because I Added The Link 🙂
TarheeledCoug
7/12/20 11:26am
I didn’t need a link 😉
DKN
7/12/20 11:27am
But if you guys want to read about a cool story, go look up anything about the hunt for the Bismarck.
DKN
7/12/20 11:29am
An Interesting Story From WWI Is The Wolf
TarheeledCoug
7/12/20 11:48am
To What Purpose?
TarheeledCoug
7/12/20 11:25am
Our torpedos (both submarine and aviation) were terrible.
IrishBlue
7/12/20 12:45pm
Only at the start of the war
Sumguy
7/12/20 1:02pm
I don't believe it was resolved until mid 1943
IrishBlue
7/12/20 1:16pm
The Mark VI magnetic detonator was order to be disabled in July ‘43, but...
Sumguy
7/12/20 1:33pm
I don't think the US had all that many subs. Really didn't use them the same way
Eddie
7/12/20 11:27am
US had a lot of subs during the WW2, but they were primarily deployed against
IrishBlue
7/12/20 12:47pm
Yeah - I didn't really address the Pacific at all.
Eddie
7/12/20 1:08pm
RE: Question about WW II submarine warfare (spoiler alert GreyHound)
85fan
7/12/20 11:30am
Obscure Bit Of History ...
TarheeledCoug
7/12/20 11:43am
What subs we had were primarily deployed in the Pacific
spinner
7/12/20 12:18pm
If you grew up during “the Hunt for Red October” your perception of subs is
run26
7/12/20 12:58pm
Submarines are vulnerable to warships
Sumguy
7/12/20 1:09pm
Just to back this up -
Eddie
7/12/20 1:23pm
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