Man! Being a submariner was hot, dangerous and scary.
RIP.
The history of US torpedo development from the 20s all the way through 1943 is quite probably the most embarrassing collection of abysmal and continuous failures ever assembled by mankind.
Our WW1 torpedoes were better.
My dad served in the Navy stateside (he was 17)Their mission on a tugboat was to test torpedoes. The Navy knew the problem and worked it during the war.
John Anderson Moore (January 12, 1910 – February 26, 1944) was a United States Navy submarine commander of the USS Grayback and was killed in action during World War II with its sinking. He assumed command of the submarine USS Grayback (SS-208) on its last three patrols during 1943-1944. Under the overall command of innovator Charles “Swede” Momsen, Grayback, USS Cero (SS-225) and USS Shad (SS-235) launched the U.S. Navy’s first attack against enemy shipping using “wolfpack” tactics. Moore was credited with multiple events of “extraordinary heroism” in repeated forays against Japanese vessels in the East China Sea before being killed during the last of the Grayback’s patrols.