Re: Deep Sea Detectives on USS San Diego
Posted by:
Michael Lowrey
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Date: November 16, 2004 06:07PM
Eric,
Come on now, America was just waiting for Melanie to make her first dive in a dry suit!
The show missed a key thing about the mines: the importance of a ship's bow wave. When you combine the bow wave with a teathered mine and you do, in fact, get mine hits midship or aft.
U 156 was too slow to chase a cruiser — her top speed was only 12.4 knots on the surface. I'd need to due a bit more research on the events of July 19 and 21, 1918 (i.e get exact times of day), but my sense is that it's pushing it for U 156 to get from the New City area to off Cape Cod in two days at her typical cruising speed.
Best wishes,
Michael
Come on now, America was just waiting for Melanie to make her first dive in a dry suit!
The show missed a key thing about the mines: the importance of a ship's bow wave. When you combine the bow wave with a teathered mine and you do, in fact, get mine hits midship or aft.
U 156 was too slow to chase a cruiser — her top speed was only 12.4 knots on the surface. I'd need to due a bit more research on the events of July 19 and 21, 1918 (i.e get exact times of day), but my sense is that it's pushing it for U 156 to get from the New City area to off Cape Cod in two days at her typical cruising speed.
Best wishes,
Michael
