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To: Tallguy

I wasn’t talking in terms of radio coordination but the subs at Jutland were to engage first, tie up the surface ships in anti-sub maneuvering, and thereby prevent accurate counter fire. But they came late or otherwise get the Brits to break their lines.


30 posted on 05/21/2016 9:22:22 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LS

The Germans couldn’t really tactically coordinate subs with surface units by WW2 either despite concerted attempts to disrupt the Murmansk convoys.

Even operating battleships with differing cruising speeds & tactical turning radii was difficult — which is one reason that the US stuck with the “Standard” battleship for interoperability reasons. (This changes with the “fast battleship” concept)

British battleship divisions were kept to a single class/type and really couldn’t operate in a common battle line due to speed & turning differentials.


45 posted on 05/21/2016 12:03:21 PM PDT by Tallguy
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