To: Vigilanteman
“On 2 July, Albacore shifted over to intercept traffic between Yap and the Palau Islands. The submarine spotted a wooden inter-island steamer loaded with Japanese civilians. Albacore decided to stage a surface gun attack. After ensuring the ship was afire, Albacore dived to avoid an airplane. The submarine surfaced soon thereafter and picked up five survivors. The sunken vessel was the Taimei Maru from Yap to Palau.[15]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Albacore_(SS-218)
7 posted on
02/19/2023 11:06:45 AM PST by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Lame rescue after knowingly sinking it.
14 posted on
02/19/2023 12:00:11 PM PST by
GingisK
To: BenLurkin
Kind of ironic that the civilians were being evacuated from Yap, which was bypassed, to Palau, which would become the site of one of the bloodiest battles in the way just a few short months later.
War sucks.
21 posted on
02/19/2023 12:18:40 PM PST by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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