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Re: DasBoot depth charge
Posted by:
ROBERT M.
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Date: October 16, 2002 11:48PM
<HTML>Stan:
The following is an excerpt from a report about the USS SALMON (SS-182) a WWII
fleet boat on patrol off the Japanese island of Kyushu.
The incident descrribed here is one in which the submarine survived damage so
severe that it was not worth repairing, even though the boat got back to the U.S.
under her own power.
"A total of about thirty depth charges were dropped, each of the four separate
patterns consisting of from six to eight charges. The first and second patterns were received almost simultaneously and one or more of these charges detonated very
close aboard over the engine rooms, causing the collapse and flooding of the engine air induction piping and possibly some or all of the pressure hull deformation between the tank tops over the engine rooms. The final two patterns followed a short time later but were not close enough to have serious effects although the
boat was shaken up considerably. All of the 30 or so (Japanese) depth charges detonated aft in so far as could be determined on SALMON. The CO
reported that several flexural vibrations of the ship as a whole occured during
close detonations, stating that "The conning tower vibrated up and down so violently
that I thought the ship was going to shake herself apart. I remember bending my
knees to ease the shock." The damage to the ship was severe and widespread. Unattached gear and many inadequately secured small fixtures were hurled about
during close detonations and presented an appreciable missile hazard to personnel in some areas."
Some of the actual depth-chargings by Japanese escorts were unbelievable, as related to me by some of my submates who "were there."
Regards,
ROBERT M.</HTML>
The following is an excerpt from a report about the USS SALMON (SS-182) a WWII
fleet boat on patrol off the Japanese island of Kyushu.
The incident descrribed here is one in which the submarine survived damage so
severe that it was not worth repairing, even though the boat got back to the U.S.
under her own power.
"A total of about thirty depth charges were dropped, each of the four separate
patterns consisting of from six to eight charges. The first and second patterns were received almost simultaneously and one or more of these charges detonated very
close aboard over the engine rooms, causing the collapse and flooding of the engine air induction piping and possibly some or all of the pressure hull deformation between the tank tops over the engine rooms. The final two patterns followed a short time later but were not close enough to have serious effects although the
boat was shaken up considerably. All of the 30 or so (Japanese) depth charges detonated aft in so far as could be determined on SALMON. The CO
reported that several flexural vibrations of the ship as a whole occured during
close detonations, stating that "The conning tower vibrated up and down so violently
that I thought the ship was going to shake herself apart. I remember bending my
knees to ease the shock." The damage to the ship was severe and widespread. Unattached gear and many inadequately secured small fixtures were hurled about
during close detonations and presented an appreciable missile hazard to personnel in some areas."
Some of the actual depth-chargings by Japanese escorts were unbelievable, as related to me by some of my submates who "were there."
Regards,
ROBERT M.</HTML>
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