donanton
Banned
At least in action rather than literal person. Trough the entirety of World War 2 American submarines operated with near immunity even near the Japanese mainland, managing to inflict devastating losses to the Japanese Merchant marine of 75%. What if during that period a daring American submarine commander decided to try his luck and raid Kure, Hiroshima, Truk or some other major Japanese ship base and repeat the feat of Gunther Prien at Scapa Flow? How can balance of power be affected by loss of a Shinano or a Kongo? What if Yamato met an ignoble end was sunk in harbor before it had a chance to lose the new ship smell? How well protected were Japanese harbors overall?
Edit: I am well aware of horrible problems aflicting Mk.14 Torpedo. For the sake of the argument let's ignore it, or luck is on the skippers side and majority of them explode where they're supposed to and not make a circle back to the submarine. Or the commander loaded up on Mk.10 instead.
Also bonus, would the Captain who did it continue his career as is or be relocated to training others, or be turned into a media star?
Edit: I am well aware of horrible problems aflicting Mk.14 Torpedo. For the sake of the argument let's ignore it, or luck is on the skippers side and majority of them explode where they're supposed to and not make a circle back to the submarine. Or the commander loaded up on Mk.10 instead.
Also bonus, would the Captain who did it continue his career as is or be relocated to training others, or be turned into a media star?
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