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To: robowombat

Sunk by her own torpedo.

Fired four at a Japanese destroyer. One ran low, two bounced off without exploding. The fourth circled back and took of her periscope.

(According to Wikipedia)


2 posted on 08/27/2019 10:49:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

The torpedoes we had early in the war were crap. Too many boats lost before the brass finally paid attention.


3 posted on 08/27/2019 10:58:24 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: BenLurkin
The US Navy had HUGE problems with dud torpedoes through mid 1943. Running depths were wrong and fuzes were faulty. Some historians say the Pacific war could have been won sooner if we didn't have so many dud torpedoes.

World War II, Pacific, 1942 - Dud Torpedoes

4 posted on 08/27/2019 11:02:07 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: BenLurkin

The Grunion represented the pinnacle of ship naming.


11 posted on 08/27/2019 11:27:38 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: BenLurkin

The USS Tang suffered the same sad fate.

There is a interactive display of the Tang at the WWII Museum in New Orleans.


16 posted on 08/27/2019 2:47:22 PM PDT by Peter W. Kessler ("NUTS!!!")
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