Tautog not only had the highest kill record of any WWII submarine, but she also survived the entire war from Pearl Harbor to the Japanese surrender, meaning she also had the longest war time service record of any U.S. submarine. Salute to the officers and men of the Tautog!!!
Sad, I come here - from the news of the day - to find comfort, in comparison, to when we were "putting up the good fight" Thanks, guys... And girls... For building complete pictures, of every step, of R/NCB-C Warfare (Recon)... Then, and now!
Indeed, these were heroes who contributed to the greatness of the USA. Unfortunately, they are being betrayed by the current political leadership who has brought the Country into a steep decadence. 2021/09/01. Ontario, Canada.
The torpedo debacle of the Navy's ordnance Bureau has not been mentioned in any of the ones I have watched. It truly was a scandal where entrenched Navy bureaucrats refused to listen to Sub commanders who universally complained about defective torpedoes. The war in the Pacific may have been shortened significantly had this problem been addressed appropriately.
I heard many captains and much of crews were fired and careers destroyed because they complained about the torpedoes. Not much is said about that either!!!!!!
You got it Sir. My Uncle served on SS 386 Pilotfish and SS 204 Mackerel. I don't know the whole story. I wasn't born until 1960. I'm a retired Army 1SG.
This man, Admiral Dykers is the epitome of cool. Look up his war record. I have. Combat veteran. I'm retired Army 1SG. 1979 - 2002. Thanks for the show/series.
Interesting series on TV. I think I remember seeing this when l would have been seven or eight I think..what I do remember was trying to hear the works of this song. I wonder is at Hollywood made or it's a song The Crew would sing? Also that narrator announcer sounds like Harvey Fierstein his voice is really like scratching writing with chalk on a board. The best part is hearing our teacher crack the chalk while writing on the board again thanks I'll be watching some more these videos thanks again going to help us with the Coronavirus but shut down most of the country. Is a battle that has to be fought current our president seems to say let's get the economy going as soon as possible and those will die will just be collateral damage that's what he saying in so many words the last couple of days will be collateral damage. Not the America my folks fought for 🙏 God save us
2nd or 3rd week of a 1st class Petty officer comes to the barracks looking for volunteers to go on subs. 45 yrs later, would have, could have, should have..... 🇺🇸
George B, we all make bad decisions in life, and if I understand you correctly you regret not becoming a submariner, and if I am correct there is no way you will ever know how that might have turned out, maybe good maybe bad. I count myself lucky that I had 24 years in the military, not all good by any stretch of the imagination, but would not change it for anything, but sometimes I wonder if I had followed my original career path what my life would have turned out like, I wanted to be a chef, in the military, but the recruiters offered me the chance to be an aircraft fitter, a trade my dad, himself a veteran aircraft armourer, said would be better for me, and the recruiters couldn’t or wouldn’t offer me anything else because my aptitude tests were to good for being anything else. Maybe if I had followed my heart and not my head I could have been one of those celebrity chefs, earning huge sums of money, not up to my armpits in oil grease and filth. So I am the same as you, could of, would of should of, and I just wonder.
I saw the Navy recruiter right after I turned 17. I was always a bookworm so I darn near aced the preASVAB. From my scores I could have any rating and he talked me into submarine ET. Excited I was! Well since I was only 17 my parents had to sign my enlistment papers. My dad was active duty Navy at the time and when the recruiter told him what I was gonna be he said no way. I was going to be an AT AQ or an AX. Any avionics rating so I took AX. Went on to qualify as a Naval Aircrewman and fly on P-3 Maritime Patrol aircraft. To this day, 40 years later I work Naval Aviation. Would have, could have? Nah I had a blast!
That only works in PC world. If there were more than one escort, the chance of discovery and counter attack increased greatly. Torpedoes would often run under shallow draft ships like destroyers, alerting them and inviting counter attack. If the torpedoes hit, they would often dud, alerting the destroyer and inviting counter attack. The early S-boats were slow and captains only had enough time to get into single favorable firing position. Cargo ships were always faster than submerged submarines and sometimes better armed.
Destroyers and other escorts were too small and nimble. Like swatting a bee. Sinking freighters/oil tankers choked the enemy of vital supplies. At points in the war the Japanese had to send supplies by destroyer, a terrible waste of resources.
Hawkin's Dog, yeah it is almost sacrilege that such historic and heroic icons of the war were so unceremoniously discarded, but unfortunately not every one of them, submarines, ships and planes and many other unique products of war could be kept, and being sold for scrap was just money in the bank to the bean counters. As long as the tales of daring and films like these are handed down generation to generation then the will be remembered. RIP, Lest We Forget.
A few have been preserved as museum ships. I've been aboard the Croaker, which sank the Japanese ship that had sunk the Juno, the ship that the Sullivan brothers had been aboard. Buffalo Naval Park.
The Japanese must have had a very large dry dock to build all those battleships, cruisers, submarines, and air craft carriers ! Then hide them under the rug. Some day the truth will be revealed..
The Japanese admirals held back many of those vessels in home waters, hoping to lure the US into one great decisive surface engagement where they would have held the advantage. It never happened.
Well, genius, we had (duh) broken the Japanese purple code two years prior and either knew all about or had very strong indications to their war plans/intentions. Read some history from documents declassified way back in the mid 70's...
Actually people, the Purple code was for diplomats and it would have been incidental if any military data was in it. As for the Yamato, the Italians let it slip that they heard "big" Japanese ships were built but that was it. The Japanese were good at keeping secrets, so no, nobody in the USN knew exactly how tons these sisters displaced or how big the guns were. I once read that even when Admiral Kurita was given command of the fleet, and even served on the Yamato, in 1944 did not actually know it was 18" guns but told "Special 16". We ended up learning about them after sinking them. However, This is one of those times when we have to hand it to the Navy. They GUESSED the Japanese had big ships with big guns when they withdrew from the treaty. They even considered 18" guns in considering what size guns we would put on ours. Their remedy was our special AP shells of our Iowa Class guns, which had nearly the same destructive power as the Japanese 18"shells, but in a much faster ship with far better capability in attack.
It was a sneak attack. Even knowing that the Japanese were building up their military, the attack itself was surprise. There was no declaration of war beforehand, and only after the attack did they issue an ultimatum.
FDR and company made sure PH people didn't have a chance. He liked a weak military, diminished military budget and "stimulus" checks, welfare, free housing at home. Remind you of any particular group?
Terrible...especially when you consider we knew all about or had very strong indication of Japanese war intentions and battle plans due to our having broken the japanese purple code over two years prior. And STILL our fleet was moved out of the safety of San Diego to Pearl Harbor. (All this was declassified way back in the mid 70's) Then, Washington tried to crucify the top officers on duty at Pearl....
Are you sure? I mean the Rear Admiral was born in 1905, Naval Academy grad in 1927, Commander by 1934. And WW2 till 49. He might just know what he's talking about. I checked it out. Apparently Submariners is British. The Submareeners as you hear it, is American and is spelled Submariners.
