Submarine tactics against warships
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Japanese commander wrote he had little time to prepare as the Indy came out into the moonlight. He calculated 11 knots and was lucky.
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I would reconfirm HMS Unbroken vs. 25knot Italian ships. Do not have the Mars book handy. That would confirm it.
To add HMS Dunedin was making 17 knots and traveling away from U124 when torpedoed at extreme range. A lucky hit or hits for the German. Possibly the longest range hit of the war for a submarine torpedo.
To add HMS Dunedin was making 17 knots and traveling away from U124 when torpedoed at extreme range. A lucky hit or hits for the German. Possibly the longest range hit of the war for a submarine torpedo.
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Huh? Little time?
Hashimoto had 25 minutes from first sighting to the first torpedo leaving it's tube. Indy was first sighted at approximately 10,000 meters distant, and Hashimoto closed to about 1,500 meters.
While he did underestimate the speed - 11 knots instead of 16-17 knots, this is hardly an egregious failure on his part. Further, the spread of torpedoes made up for this underestimation.
Luck had nothing to do with the matter.
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Add the caveat "aimed"...Felix C wrote: ↑28 Oct 2020, 17:36I would reconfirm HMS Unbroken vs. 25knot Italian ships. Do not have the Mars book handy. That would confirm it.
To add HMS Dunedin was making 17 knots and traveling away from U124 when torpedoed at extreme range. A lucky hit or hits for the German. Possibly the longest range hit of the war for a submarine torpedo.
I-19 hit NORTH CAROLINA & O'BRIEN at about 6 miles distance, but I-19 was not aiming at these ships. I-19's target was the carrier WASP. Torpeoes meant for WASP missed and continued on their run towards another US task group operating some distance from WASP's group.
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That is total time. His first approach was not ideal and he had to remanuever to fire.Takao wrote: ↑05 Nov 2020, 22:47Huh? Little time?
Hashimoto had 25 minutes from first sighting to the first torpedo leaving it's tube. Indy was first sighted at approximately 10,000 meters distant, and Hashimoto closed to about 1,500 meters.
While he did underestimate the speed - 11 knots instead of 16-17 knots, this is hardly an egregious failure on his part. Further, the spread of torpedoes made up for this underestimation.
Luck had nothing to do with the matter.
Re: Submarine tactics against warships
looks like two approaches to me.
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Shot on the first and coup de gras if necessary. He still had the manned Kaiten, but no torpedoes.
Remember, he identified the Indy as a battleship.
Remember, he identified the Indy as a battleship.
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Re: Submarine tactics against warships
In reply to your past dated post ISO, the comments to this search are great, I read a book called **Shinano**https://www.ebay.com/i/274554961418?chn ... ceafa5ea92 a fast read and ok.. I enjoyed the parts written by the USS Archer-Fish C.O. on how he tracked the ship from first contact to final victory(sinking) and the problems the Archer-Fish faced in tracking and other issues. Buy it, worth a fast read, and NOT a really detailed narrative, but gives you a real on how a sub tracked a killTheMarcksPlan wrote: ↑04 Jul 2020, 12:31I'm having trouble finding accounts of the successful sinking of fast warships by submarines, most of which occurred in the Pacific.
In the (pre-'43) BoA the prevailing tactics were clear: use Uboat surface speed to catch up to convoys at night. Did subs rely on luck/strategy of positioning to sink the numerous fast warships they claimed in WW2?
Can anyone point me in the right direction?