Longcame too late to help lick the Kaiser. An expansion of the almost identicalWickes-class destroyers with a third more fuel capacity to enable them to escort a convoy across the Atlantic without refueling, theClemsonswere sorely needed to combat the pressing German submarine threat...
Above we see theBalao-class fleet submarineUSS Bergall (SS-320)upon her triumphal return to Freemantle, Australia, some 80 years ago this week, on 23 December 1944, on completion of her epic Second War Patrol. The path of a 278-pound 8-inch shell fired from the Japanese heavy cruiserMyo...
Oliver and Jonny inserted a clip fromYellow Submarine, from the “Sea of Science” sequence. “I wanted to make sure that when we talked about technology, that we kept it fun,” the director explains. “And that we kept it in the spirit of The Beatles,” allowing...
Escanabawas lost on the early morning of 13 June 1943 in an explosion off Ivigtut, with the official conclusion that she was struck by either a torpedo or a mine. Only two of her crew survived. Another smaller cutter, the converted trawlerNatsek (WYP-170)would vanish without a trace in...