To: JoeProBono
They have recently found out that TWO, not one Japanese subs probably penetrated the heart of the harbor, reaching immediately next to battleship row. The new thinking is that they accounted for many more hits than had previously been attributed to them.
12 posted on
02/25/2010 1:57:45 PM PST by
gaijin
To: gaijin
The USS Ward sank a midget sub about an hour before the attack. That report was never acted upon with the seriouness it deserved either.
16 posted on
02/25/2010 2:21:05 PM PST by
pfflier
To: gaijin
The new thinking is that they accounted for many more hits than had previously been attributed to them.
Well they only had two torpedoes each, and the wreck of one was found with the fish still in the tubes. So the number of hists possible would seem to be rather limited. The Oklahoma, assumed to be the ship it fired at based on the one photo that appears to show the sub's periscope, took six torpedoes. So even if the sub contributed two of them the ship was still doomed.
19 posted on
02/25/2010 2:32:11 PM PST by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: gaijin; GonzoGOP
The Japanese Midget Submarine
24 posted on
02/25/2010 2:58:34 PM PST by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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