Re: Realism Question: Movie U571
Posted by: J.T. McDaniel ()
Date: August 08, 2003 08:59PM

<HTML>Tang was sunk by a normal torpedo, not an acoustic type. A Mark-18 electric, if I remember correctly. They had a problem with the rudders sticking, causing circular runs, which was what happened to Tang when she fired her last torpedo during a night surface attack. Most likely, had she been submerged, it would have passed over her stern instead of hitting it.

J.T. McDaniel</HTML>



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