WI Battleship Yamato not sunk by torpedoes launched from U.S.S Samuel B. Roberts in the battle of Samar. Causing the Japanese to rout.
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Wasn't Sammy B a destroyer escort, not a sub?A I suppose you mean the Yamato.
B Taking account of the amount of damage the Yamato took in "Ten Go" before sinking I heavily doubt a single submarine could do it. Maybe a very lucky strike with four or five torpedoes hitting one side of the ship. But It would have to be a very, very lucky sub
WI Yamamoto not sunk by torpedoes launched from U.S.S Samuel B. Roberts in the battle of Samar. Causing the Japanese to rout.
My mistake but the rest of the post is IMHO srtill trueWasn't Sammy B a destroyer escort, not a sub?
Previous posters covered the war criminal shot down by P-38s.WI Yamamoto not sunk by torpedoes launched from U.S.S Samuel B. Roberts in the battle of Samar. Causing the Japanese to rout.
Like the USS Archerfish? There is actually a good chance that working 1944 era heavyweight Mark 14 or 26 torpedoes in side impact salvo (about 4 of them all told), could mission kill and force a beaching or scuttle of the Yamato. She probably would never see home again if she had been hit in the Palawan Passage by the USS Darter or USS Dace.A I suppose you mean the Yamato.
B Taking account of the amount of damage the Yamato took in "Ten Go" before sinking I heavily doubt a single submarine could do it. Maybe a very lucky strike with four or five torpedoes hitting one side of the ship. But It would have to be a very, very lucky sub
As I recall Archerfish was very lucky; Shinano didn't have her watertight doors installed.Like the USS Archerfish?
The torpedoes rip into the float bubble. That was proof of crippling no-return to home that the example supplies. Shinano went down fast. But even so, Musashi, which had a trained crew and competent damage control by Japanese standards. was similarly defeated by "puny" air dropped fish (about a dozen) which had about 1/2 of the punch of a Mark 14 torpedo's warhead.As I recall Archerfish was very lucky; Shinano didn't have her watertight doors installed.
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Especially if instead of spreading them out try for a cluster hit, this could overwhelm the torpedo protection system...Like the USS Archerfish? There is actually a good chance that working 1944 era heavyweight Mark 14 or 26 torpedoes in side impact salvo (about 4 of them all told), could mission kill and force a beaching or scuttle of the Yamato. She probably would never see home again if she had been hit in the Palawan Passage by the USS Darter or USS Dace.
Freaking auto-corrupt, I meant the battleship.Yamamoto was a Japanese Admiral and the man who planned Pearl Harbour and Midway, he was shot down in 1943.
Yamato (the name of the largest ethnic group of Japan) was a battleship was sunk in OTL in 1945.
Which one do you mean?