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 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...
(Pickering would top his career as captain of the screw sloop USS Housatonic the following February, when she was sunk in Charleston harbor by the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley.) Come the handover on April 8th, Winslow had plans ready to put into action....
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...