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 Re: American Torpedos
Author: Patrick O'Connor (---.bay.webtv.net)
Date:   11-26-05 23:50

Wasn't it Dan Daspit in TINOSA who fired a series of Mark 14's at the damaged tanker TONAN MARU 3 that ended up uncovering the defective contact detonator? I don't think any of us could reach the heights of rage he must have felt, seeing torpedo after torpedo go under the target and not explode..or hit the side of the target and not explode. I can, though, imagine his thoughts concerning the "Gun club" and the "Not invented here" mentality of the paper-shufflers atg BuOrd...
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