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> Occasionally the torpedo would get stuck in that turn and run in a circle. Well that's not a great failure mode, if it can come right back at vessel which la
by ploxiln 2y ago
> Occasionally the torpedo would get stuck in that turn and run in a circle.
Well that's not a great failure mode, if it can come right back at vessel which launched it ... imagine trying to implement a self-destruct failsafe with that tech back then ...
- nradov 2y agoAt least two US Navy submarines were sunk by their own torpedoes making circular runs. The main failsafe mechanism disabled the detonators until the weapon had run out a certain minimum distance but obviously that wasn't effective in circular runs. https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2011/july/fire-torpedo-room https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2011/j...
- speakspokespok 2y agoClear the Bridge [0] was an autobiographical account of WW2 from the captain of the Tang. O'Kane covers the experience of this incident in the book. While two US Navy subs were known to be sunk in this manner, there remain several subs not claimed by either Germany or Japan that just never returned. 0 - https://www.amazon.com/Clear-Bridge-Patrols-U-S-S-Tang/dp/0891415734 https://www.amazon.com/Clear-Bridge-Patrols-U-S-S-Tang/dp/08...