SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - View Single Post - Offloading torpedoes for supply missions?

propbeanie · 01-24-23, 01:54 PM

I do the same prior to departing. If out on patrol already, there really is no way to simulate the in-the-field off-load. But dependent upon where the boat was at the time of mission assignment dictated the method. If in a port with dockside derricks and cranes nearby, it was easier, but they could also do it with little derricks and winches onboard the sub itself. The more the merrier as far as people went for the muscle power. But there is no two ways about it, it was labor-intensive and downright dangerous, just with the weight of the torpedo and those small hatches to get through:

That looks to be the forward torpedo room above. Notice the deck gun turned toward port and elevated? (5in/25??) Several of the US boats early in the war were out on patrol and told to off-load torpedoes at one location to pick-up and take provisions in to Corregidor. For other later missions, the port laborers would either off-load, or not load that many torps to begin with. Some of the boats that participated in "SpyRon" in the SoWesPac had their reload stowage removed to make more room for provisions and/or Marine Raiders.

Rotten@$$ Windows 11... ruins any and all links I try to use on SubSim... Corrected on Win10 machine...

01-24-23, 01:54 PM	#2
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,749 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	I do the same prior to departing. If out on patrol already, there really is no way to simulate the in-the-field off-load. But dependent upon where the boat was at the time of mission assignment dictated the method. If in a port with dockside derricks and cranes nearby, it was easier, but they could also do it with little derricks and winches onboard the sub itself. The more the merrier as far as people went for the muscle power. But there is no two ways about it, it was labor-intensive and downright dangerous, just with the weight of the torpedo and those small hatches to get through: That looks to be the forward torpedo room above. Notice the deck gun turned toward port and elevated? (5in/25??) Several of the US boats early in the war were out on patrol and told to off-load torpedoes at one location to pick-up and take provisions in to Corregidor. For other later missions, the port laborers would either off-load, or not load that many torps to begin with. Some of the boats that participated in "SpyRon" in the SoWesPac had their reload stowage removed to make more room for provisions and/or Marine Raiders. Rotten@$$ Windows 11... ruins any and all links I try to use on SubSim... Corrected on Win10 machine... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna Last edited by propbeanie; 01-24-23 at 09:45 PM. Reason: Edited link on a Win10 machine to properly display the image...