Posted on 03/04/2026 6:40:16 AM PST by srmanuel
I'm surprised it's been that long since an US Submarine has sunk an enemy ship using a torpedo. You wonder what the Captain and crew of that submarine were thinking when they finally fired a torpedo in a real war versus in training.
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“I didn’t know the Iranians had warships.”
Give it a day or two. They soon won’t.
excellent....thanks
wonder who the lucky guy was that got to push the launch button...bet that was a sight.
Maybe they treated it like when the POTUS signs a bill...and a bunch of sailors put their finger on the button and did like a 1...2...THREE!!!! count, then shot it.
I can confirm nor deny during the Cold War the US Navy had nuclear depth charges. I dont think they still use or have them anymore.
One that was deployed already and heading back most likely.....and confirmed:
The last publicly documented port call for IRIS Dena (75) before it was sunk was Visakhapatnam, India, where it participated in the Indian Navy’s MILAN 2026 international fleet review and exercise, which concluded on February 25, 2026. After departing that event, the ship was transiting back toward Iran when it was sunk off Sri Lanka.
If you were old enough you might have seen one of these in the late 80s early 90s as the cold war ended they where withdrawn from the inventory.
Nixon library has one on display at least the case of one. The B57 had a hydrostatic fuse option...helos, S3,P3s could all come to the party.
https://blog.nixonfoundation.org/2022/07/cold-war-close-artifact-spotlight-mk-57-bu-atomic-weapon/
Frigates had them too.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/1fh99s6/more_from_the_everybodygetsanuke_phase_of/
Lol everyone gets a nuke phase....
Fun fact...
The MK101 didn’t have a environmental safety sensor meaning it couldn’t tell if it was dropped on purpose it only had a hydrostatic fuse so if the weapon was armed and the helo crashed or ditched or the weapon rolled off the deck it would reach it’s set depth and detonate. This was also before PAL safety links and “codes” like the Brits we used simple keys plural in a two man loop set up. The Brits publicly never went to PAL links on their Trident boats so the sub commander has sole launch abilities with his XO on the second key. We use PAL codes and links that code must come from NCA so a sub commander cannot go rouge. Makes for good movies but not possible with a US trident boat.
It was the first use of a torpedo by the USA to sink an enemy vessel since WWII (that is publically acknowledged)!
Thanks for the links!
Always thought the LAMPS birds were cool. Small fast but packed an punch. If the ASROC pepper box didn’t do the job send the LAMPS with torps or depth charge.
Had some buddies on a Knox class. Another buddy on a Surgeon class the USS Parche if you know you know. My bubble head buddy hangs out with our Veterans group when he is in town.
“” Can you make a torpedo Mr. Allnut? Then do so Mr. Allnut.”
He was probably given some mission to attack merchant shipping
Should have declared an engineering casualty and stayed in port
I think you’re right. I read the Farsi name of the ship means “Good Ship Lollipop”.
I was born 50 years too early!!
awesome video!
It was one of the last survivors of Pearl Harbor, perhaps the last.
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