Our torpedos (both submarine and aviation) were terrible.

Jul 12, 2020
12:45:37pm

IrishBlue All-American

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 -

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