Nautilus might have missed, but her presence probably won the battle for the Americans as the destroyer chasing her led the American bombers right back to the fleet where they rose all kinds of hell.
It says in the wikipedia that after the attack on the carriers: "While Kaga was burning, Nautilus showed up again and launched three torpedoes at her, scoring one dud hit." The Nautilus was a menace lmao
Specifically, she tried to launch 4. One jammed in the tube. Two launch successfully but missed (some sources said they went the completely wrong way due to faulty gyro). The last one hit but, in a classic Mk 14 moment, fail to detonate and broke in half, which the survivor of the Kaga use as floation assistance.
In citation of Navy Cross for Lieutenant Commander Brockman, commander of Nautilus is stated "[Brockman] is credited with closing and sinking of a 10,000 ton enemy aircraft carrier". He fired all 4 torpedoes from 3,000 yards at what was firstly identified as Sōryū, but later research suggests it was probably Kaga, but one torpedo failed to run, two other ran erratically, and the fourth was a dud (classic Mk. 14 in early stages of the war)
For some reason, people often call Submarines cowardly. But this is not a fictional scene, this really happened. This is a mouse attacking not just one but a whole bunch of cats. These guys might have sneaken up to their prey instead of showing their faces, but they had balls of steel regardless.
@saltysailor3009 I didn't know that. One of the few historical mistakes in this movie. Not that it makes them less brave by any means. Fighting a battle you can't win isn't brave; it's stupid.
@@FusionCoreHoarder exactly. Your in the same area with 1 toilet and no showers. Imagine the smell of men armpits without showers nor a proper plumbing system. Also it's very dangerous in submarines because 1 button can make the thing go down and implode and this was when imploding was fairly new to them so in ww2 they didn't know going too deep would kill them
