I think they were all hit by the same sub. I'm pretty sure NC & O'Brien were hit from the same spread.
Will has the point I was looking for. 15 Sept 1042 Wasp, Hornet, North Carolina with 10 other warships were escorting transports carrying the 7th Marine Regiment to Guadalcanal as reinforcements. Wasp was performing flight operations with gasoline and munitions exposed. I-19 fired a spread of six torpedoes at Wasp and three hit. Gasoline and ready ammunition ignited followed by internal explosions. She was ordered abandoned after a half hour and was sunk by her escorts that night. About the same time, I-15 was thought to have sent a torpedo spread on a line towards Hornet and North Carolina operating about 5 miles to the northeast. After the war records show she had not fired and these were the three misses on Wasp from I-19 that had lined up the two task forces for her spread. These missed Hornet but one caught North Carolina. Two minutes later, O'Brien (DD-415) was shattered. North Carolina returned to Pearl Harbour for repair of a 20 foot hole and was out of action for the rest of the year. O'Brien was temporarily repaired, but her damaged seams opened up a month later and she sank while returning to San Francisco for permanent repair. Your up Will, J
It wasn't the long lance, they weren't used on subs. The Japanese torpedoes had a longer range and a bigger boom than the Allied torpedoes. J
True, the torps would have been the thunderfish. Same as the aerial torp. The long lance was launched from cruisers and destroyers. Kim
Sorry Fleets been iced in here in Michigan...This one might have come up before ...U.S. Naval Academy attendee(American) who severed in a foreign navy, took command of a vessel during battle.
Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon failed to order reverse in time to avoid HMS Camperdown striking HMS Victoria. Victoria capsized just 13 minutes after the collision
I am a general who once was a merchant captain. I lead my men in a naval battle but none in my company were sailors. I lost the battle but the delays caused my opponent to not win the prize he was looking for. I was vilified for my future actions. Who am I? And what was the battle?
No he didn't. And yes you are correct, but it was Valcour Bay Poor Benedict got a bad rap, When you really read the history (not the crap they tell you in school) he becomes more human and you understand some of the reasoning. Kind of like the crap we hear today about the dims and repubs.
not good at finding questions so I better stop answering them.... . Pre-Spanish-American War era ship present at Pearl Harbor rarely shown on maps or photos
