The crew of the Grayback wasdetermined to rescue the airmen, and two crew members went ashore on the 5th January, while the submarine submerged to avoid detection. The submariners found the stranded airmen and found that three of the six were injured. How did the Grayback sink? On 26 Feb...
The article offers information on the USS Grayback, a secret submarine landing boat built by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s. It evaluates the negative aspects of the submarine's design, from the shelter's dry designa...
they could return to the Grayback. Stranded in enemy waters, the SDV crew treaded water and considered their options. At this time as at others, Lt. Dry rallied the men and kept them together. The next morning they were picked up by a rescue helicopter. Fearing that the SDV might be w...
After both halves of the ship's company were back on board there were constant rumors that we would be sailing soon for Pearl Harbor but they never told us the exact time for security reasons. Each morning I would ask myself, "should I or shouldn't I". The answer always was "I shou...
Even a month later, we were seeing Japanese bodies float by in the gulf. I remember some natives paddled out to us in a canoe made from a hollowed-out log. One of our Filipino men went down to talk to them, but he had a knife in his sleeve - not knowing what to expect. Almost...
The lieutenant remembered, “The holes in the side of the poor old Alabama were large enough to admit a wheelbarrow.” He rushed back up to tell Semmes she had at most ten minutes left on the surface.“Strike the colors, Mr. Kell,” Semmes told him, “it will not do in the ...
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