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...
“SUBMARINE GRAYBACK”The Life & Death of the WWII Sub, USS Grayback. By Rick Cline. Her fate would be a tragic death in the depths, but before she was lost, USS Grayback (SS-208) compiled an impressive battle record. The submarine and her courageous crew made a name for themselves ...
They were also effectively used for anti-submarine patrols during and between these offensive operations. These little carriers were ideal for warfare in the Pacific and also did an admirable job of ASW (Anti Submarine Warfare) in the Atlantic. The majority ended up in the Pacific with most of...
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...
so he replaced the man. Pearl Harbor had seemed safe because its waters were considered too shallow for torpedoes to travel. A submarine net easily blocked the harbor’s narrow mouth. Radar was only just coming into use, but military consensus was that the Japanese wouldn’t dare anything wor...