The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Battle for Torpedo Junction (1942) - May 20th, 2003

The Island Breeze ^ | December 2000 | Kevin Duffus

[Soaring Feather]

You're a good example of why I love it here.

awwww thank you snippy!! I love this song, by Louis. What a fantastic artist he was. A grand human being. The music and words just make a body feel good about being alive.

[snippy_about_it]

*By mid-January, amidst heavy snow squalls, U-123 and U-66 entered U.S. waters. The drumbeat commenced. Seventy-five miles east of Cape Hatteras, with no moon to betray their presence, U-66 waited patiently. Soon, a darkened shape appeared moving left to right across the U-boat's bow. At 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 18, two torpedoes tore into the hull of the Allan Jackson, a tanker laden with 72,000 barrels of oil bound for New York. Twenty-two men perished. Eight oil-soaked survivors escaped in a lifeboat only to be pulled toward the grinding ship's propeller.*

Torpedoed 1/18/42- Tanker- Lost- Crew - 22

Link to brief listing of American Merchant Ships Sunk in WWII

[snippy_about_it]

Good night all!

[snippy_about_it]

oops!

For Victoria's player.

[Soaring Feather]

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Snippy!!! Sorry I'm late. Hi Sam, wherever you are.

Hey, the song works just fine at #83. Thanks so much.

Nighty night. I missed ya, today.

[SAMWolf]

having a Freeper's relatives involved sonds like a good excuse. I'll see what I can do.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for sharing about your relatives at Crete. it was a close thing and the New Zealanders were actually winning. Some mistakes in Intel turned the tide for the Germans, but it was the last major of the German Airborne in the airborne role.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Gator Navy. Close but no cigar for Montana.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Snippy. Good link.

[SAMWolf]

Good Night Snippy.

[SAMWolf]

Evening Victoria. What no song today?

[Victoria Delsoul]

Evening Sam. Sorry, I didn't have time to find one.

Hope you're having a nice evening.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks so much for the link. Good to see you.

[manna]

Present!

[SAMWolf]

Hi manna. Always nice to see that "present"

[PhilDragoo]

Designed in 1935-1936 as large ocean-going U-boats, they were derived from type IA. Diving depth designed as 100m operational and 200m crush depth (many boats went much deeper and survived). Fitted with 6 torpedo tubes below the waterline (4 at the bow and 2 at the stern) they carried 22 torpedoes. They had the same hydroplane and rudder layout as the VIIC. One periscope in the control room (deleted from types IXC onwards) and two in the tower.

Type IX had 5 external torpedo containers (3 at the stern and 2 at the bow) which stored 10 additional torpedoes. As mine-layers they could carry 44 TMA or 66 TMB mines. Many of the IXC boats were not fitted for mine operations. Secondary armament was provided by one large Utof 105/45 gun with about 110 rounds. AA armament differed throughout the war.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Great post, Phil. Thanks alot.

[SAMWolf]

Evening PhilDragoo.

Thanks for the info on the U-boats.

Image the havoc Doenitz could have created if he had the 300 boats he wanted at the beginning of the war.

[TEXOKIE]

You are welcome for the link, Victoria. Thank you for all of your prayers for our troops and nation.