Absolutely fabulous post you just rock Ducimus:rock:
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- Another US submarine (whos name eludes me at the moment), endured a 48 hour depth charging before the escorts broke off its attack. The captain of this boat, with his sub low on batteries, and oxygen, was seriously considering surfacing and fighting with the deck gun. Thankfully the japanese destroyer broke off its attack before this plan of action was carried out. I think this was the USS Salmon ... i believe i had seen the story somewhere in the net. If i found the link i post it here edit: here some links with the story of the USS Salmon. the gunfight was on 30. October 1944. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/s...sh-s/ss182.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Salmon_(SS-182) http://www.subvetpaul.com/Her_Last_Dive.html |
Great post - lots of good reading for a former U-boat Kaleun :hmm:
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Sweet work Ducimus. Thanks for taking the time to do this for all of us.:up:
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BZ
Well written - I really enjoy reading concise stuff like what was posted. I know the bulk of you are on the mainland but it is an incredible feeling to walk over to the Sub base, past the chapel that Nimitz helped build, past Lockwood hall, to tour the Submarine Escape tower and gaze out over to Ford Island and see the ARIZONA memorial with the Mighty MO standing guard duty over Battleship Row. The sense of history here is incredible. Damage from the attack is still here on a number of buildings and yet a growing number of our Children do not understand or comprehend this place or the battle that took place here. This week a friend of my Son is visiting from the mainland and we are taking her to visit the ARIZONA. I wish more people would stand apart from the game and realize that History is what caused it to be created - and it is up to the new style of historians to ensure that it remains accurate and it remains a reminder to those who play that real lives were sacrificed in a fight against tyranny.
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Ducimus, you are indeed a person of many talents. The summary was an excellent start for "newbies" but equally enjoyable to the old timers. Well done, as usual.
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Great post!
Where can I find infomation of most successful submarines and commanders of USA during WW2? |
Thank you, Ducimus, for you work and write up.
I've long enjoyed your mod (consistently improving my SHIV experience since the beginning)... and I certainly enjoyed reading your posts. Best wishes, -m |
Thank you Mr. Ducimus for sharing! And please keep doing it from time to time, it has been a deeply enjoyable and insightful read!
And, if I may, here go a couple personal remarks, while we wait for chapter 2... ;) First, this kind of reading has given me, keen as I am for the Atlantische scenario, loads more fun and feeling for my sh4 gaming, so it keeps being great to have you as host while learning more about the pacific scenario (all the TM's, and now this). I also need to tell you (though you shouldn't give half a damn about this) that since I read this chapter of yours, I now consider you a much nicer guy than I thought before... Having loads of knowledge on a matter, and still keep on dicussing minor and basic things with ill-tempered and clueless fellows around here, require a lot of patience and kindness which I thought you lacked... on a first glance! Hope this makes some sense, keep it up!! |
Hey Ducimus...
There is on more film to add to your sticky: Silent Service - Attackplans of WW2 http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=8 |
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This thread just keeps getting better and better, some really nice additions :yep::up:
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Maybe it's been posted already but I did not find reference to this in the forum.
The San Francisco Maritime National Park has a web page the includes an extensive training manual the describes WWII fleet submarine functionality. It was a publication made just after the war. So if you enjoy reading about the main hyrdraulic and lubrication systems and standard watch routines of WWII fleet subs, take a look: http://www.maritime.org/fleetsub/index.htm |
I'm surprised you couldn't find a reference here, as it is the standard title we all use anytime any question comes up.:sunny:
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To compliment the History Channel's torpedo show
I just finished reading the single best article I've ever read regarding the faulty torpedoes on the US Sub Vets of WWII website. Click the link and select "Faulty Ordinance to read the whole thing. I'll quote a small part of it:
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I reproduce this in full from the newsletter of the USS Tinosa, the sub that blew the lid off the Mark 14 scandal. You wanted details about US sub operations, here you go. I apologize for all the nightmares you will experience over the next several weeks:
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RR,
...after I take a dump:yep: ....biscuits and gravy for me please! Great read! Thanks! Anything mechanical and sequenced I just eat up...no pun intended!:up: |
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Well done.
This is the type of thing that should have been a part of the games original documentation. It would have answered alot of the 'noob' questions right off the bat. |
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I read about it in the book "Submarine!" the passage goes something like this (can't get it exact, my friend is reading the book now): "We have tried to go beneath the area where the water becomes much cooler, and so evade soundgear detection, but we've used up this 'velvet' long ago. The escorts have formed a tight ring around Trigger. We try to go through the hole in the ring, left by the last escort doing its depth charge run, but two more escorts always dart into place to fill the gap. We cannot go any deeper and we dare not increase speed, for fear of attracting a more accurate attack. Sometimes instead of dropping their charges, they make a dry run, as if to say 'We know you're down there ol' boy. Might as well surface and get it over with.' We all know that there will come a point when our batteries are out and our O2 canisters are empty. But we have a contingency in case of this event. Trigger will never surrender. We'll come up in the darkest hour of the night, all hands at the gun stations. It will be mighty dangerous for anything short of a full-fledged destroyer to get in our way. ... Finally, a gap! Trigger darts through. They do not hear us. Four hours later, we surfaced. Though the air was hot and humid, it did not bother us. After being in 124 degree heat for 36 hours it seems to be nothing but pure, undiluted Joy." Good post, I feel like the US sub war in the Pacific doesn't get enough honor. |
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