This
DVD is about Fleet Submarines of the US Navy. Starting with the Salmon Class,
than the Sargo Class, Than the Gato, Balao and finally the Tench-Guppy Class.
These boats were called Fleet Boats because the could keep up with the Big
battlewagons of the day. There is some very rare footage of the Salmon and the
Sargo class boats in this DVD plus 21+ min's of misc submarines of the day,
like the launching of the V-6 Nautilus in 1930, and the Submarine Mothball
fleet.
DISC
2
1st
Film: "Growler Story". A True Story by the Navy Of the 4th Patrol of
the USS Growler SS-215. January 1st, 1943 saw Growler sail to Truk Rabaul
shipping lanes, on 11 January, she waited only five days before sighting an
enemy convoy. Maneuvering inside the escorts, Growler launched two torpedoes
and saw them hit; then, as her war diary reports, she was in the unfortunate
predicament of being about 400 yards (370 m) from the destroyer and had to dive
without being able to continue the attack. She was credited with sinking
Chifuku Maru, a passenger/cargo ship.The patrol continued as normal with two
further attacks, but no sinkings until shortly after 01:00 7 February when
Growler stealthily approached a gunboat for a night surface attack.
As
machine gun fire raked them at point-blank range, Commander Gilmore ordered the
bridge cleared. As the commanding officer, Gilmore was the last to leave the
bridge, but was grievously wounded before he could get below. Realizing that he
was jeopardizing his boat's escape, he ordered "Take her down!". The
XO, Lt Cdr. Schade, shut the hatch and dived the boat. By saving his command at
the expense of his own life, Gilmore became one of the six submariners to earn
the Medal of Honor. A seaman and another officer also lost their lives in this
incident. Great Story. Runtime 21:00 Min's
2nd
Film: "Sneak Craft of WW2". This is a very fascinating film of a
collection of diving gear, midget subs, mines, early Suba Gear, Torpedo Boats
ETC. Alot of very creative to try to sink your enemies ships of navies of WW2.
This is a really RARE film. Runtime 27:54 Min's
Item # CFDVD0013 D2
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