"Here’s how the Most Successful Submarine in US Navy" Topic
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| Tango01 | 16 Feb 2023 4:27 p.m. PST |
… History Accidentally Sunk Itself
"The USS Tang is the US' most successful submarine, sinking over 100,000 tons of enemy shipping over five combat patrols during WWII. Her experienced and highly skilled crew terrorized Japanese sailors, yet she was sunk by one of her own torpedoes, an unfitting end for such a prestigious vessel and crew.
At the time of her sinking, Tang had completed four war patrols and operated in the Taiwan Strait on her fifth. Just on this patrol alone she had already claimed a number of enemy vessels and damaged many more…" Main page link
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Shagnasty  | 16 Feb 2023 5:23 p.m. PST |
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| Eclectic Wave | 17 Feb 2023 9:57 a.m. PST |
Being sunk by your own torpedo was not a uncommon end for Submarines. There is a German U-boat off the east coast that suffered a similar fate. |
| Cke1st | 18 Feb 2023 12:28 p.m. PST |
USN torpedoes had the circular-running bug until after the war; it wasn't just submarines. The destroyer tasked with scuttling the burning carrier USS Princeton nearly scuttled herself instead. |
| Tango01 | 19 Feb 2023 3:42 p.m. PST |
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