1930, to regulate submarine warfare and limit the building of naval ships. The terms of the treaty were put in place to avert a naval arms race following WWI and to build upon the Five
Mousetrap.Submarine. Mud Eater.Infantryman. Ninety-Day Wonder.An officer who holds a commission by virtue of having attended a three-months course direct from civilian life. Nip.A Japanese person. Short for “Nippon” — a reading of the Japanese word for Japan. ...
While German officers are often depicted as ruthless and efficient, Das Boot focuses on a submarine captain who seems to be struggling to maintain his own motivation as the situation on board his vessel becomes more and more dire. It’s a brilliant movie about the monotony of war, and ...
The submarine rests upright on the seabed at a depth of 35m. The conning tower has quite visible battle damage, as does the foredeck. A hatch is open and so is a torpedo tube, but penetration is not recommended due to silt inside the submarine. The propellers are still there. Many ...
Each submarine carried three Aichi M6A1 attack bombers painted to look like U.S. aircraft. The bombers, called Seiran (“storm from a clear sky”), were tucked in a huge, water-tight hanger on the sub’s deck. The mission was to travel around the world, surface on the U.S. coast,...
They had the USS Canopus in there and they tied that up alongside on the south side of the harbor and used that as a submarine tender. The submarines coming in would tie up there for resupply, getting more torpedoes and any machine work done that they needed. As you went up the ...