Salmon boats held their own during WWII, all 6 survived. Salmon-class USS Stingray (SS-186) holds the record for the most war patrols of any
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submarine at 16. Here's Stingray demonstrating how quickly she could surface & fire the deck gun!
The 2nd Salmon (SS-182) had the distinction of sustaining the most serious damage ever to have been survived by a
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submarine. 30 close-range depth charges caused pressure hull deformation, flooding, & jammed stern planes.
Like a badass, she surfaced & gunned her way out!
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@USN_Submariner
That video is nuts, they're in only slightly more than a flat calm sea and they're very nearly decks awash, trying to man the gun. Towards the end it doesn't look that bad though. Still pretty nuts.
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@Chris_Earls_
Yeah, crazy to think about how Salmon did that exact same thing, under fire, after flooding from depth charges and shot their way out.
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@USN_Submariner
That's one helluva submariner crew! What kind of soles on their shoes support that level of no-slip?
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@BloodOfTyrants2
Good topsiders and good sealegs. Grated pattern topside on those boats helped too.
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@USN_Submariner
Great footage. Can you please reference date, geo and source? Thank you very much!
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@pmateus
Source is the National Archives, but unfortunately no other info available.
States:
"The creator compiled or maintained the parent series, Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, between ca. 1947–1980."
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@USN_Submariner
Interesting to see them collect the spent shells instead of simply tossing them overboard.
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