Tag Archives: submarine

Submersible Baka

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

“Submersible Baka” from C.I.C. (Combat Information Center), U.S. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Vol. II, No. 7, July 1945. “SUBMERSIBLE BAKA” Some midget subs are to the Japanese I and RO class sub what BAKA is to the Betty 22. The … Continue reading →

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Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze (Wagtail) Rotor-Kite

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

U.S. intelligence report on the Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze (Wagtail) submarine rotor-kite. The Fa 330 was an unpowered rotary-wing kite, called a gyroglider or rotor-kite, towed behind German U-Boats during World War II to allow more distant observation. The Fa … Continue reading →

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Saga of a Tanker

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Saga of a Tanker Torpedoed by an Axis submarine, this U.S. tanker became a raging inferno–but crew members fighting heroically quelled the flames and the tanker was towed to port by a U.S. Naval ship. Because her men refused to … Continue reading →

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Torpedo Data Computer

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Analysis of the torpedo fire control problem and photographs of submarine torpedo data computers from Torpedo Data Computer: Mark 3, Mods. 5 to 12 Inclusive, Ordnance Pamphlet No. 1056, U.S. Navy Department Bureau of Ordnance, Washington, D.C., June 1944: Torpedo … Continue reading →

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Tidewater Tillie Tames Two

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Two attacks of B-24 “Tidewater Tillie” from the 2nd Antisubmarine Squadron on German U-boats from Monthly Intelligence Report, No. 3, Army Air Forces, Antisubmarine Command, March 1943: TIDEWATER TILLIE TAMES TWO “Tidewater Tillie” is the B-24 in which 1st Lt. … Continue reading →

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