Midnight, December 21, 1944. Commander George Grider is dozing off in his bunk on board the Gato-class submarine USS Flasher as it glides through the South China Sea. Suddenly, he is rudely awakened by a heated argument erupting throughout the vessel. Two lookouts have spotted a puzzling silhouette on the horizon, and now it seems the entire crew is debating exactly what they’re seeing.
Hauling himself to the conn tower to take a look for himself, Grider finds the quartermaster and executive officer elbowing each other out of the way to wrest control of the periscope, then pointing forcefully at a spot on their chart. Some had thought the shape was Tortue Island, but there’s one small problem – it’s moving. The penny drops: that’s no island – that’s a Japanese tanker convoy!
Wasting no time, Grider moves Flasher in for the attack. Yet a vigilant destroyer blocks her path. The tankers are hugging the shoreline, their escorts forming an impenetrable barrier on the seaward side. Then it hits Grider: the Japanese are only guarding one side because they think the coastal waters are too shallow.
Maybe they’re right – in just a hundred feet of water, the risk of running aground is enormous. But if Flasher is to stop that vital fuel from reaching the Japanese war machine, this might be her only chance…
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Sorry, but that background music is seriously repetitive and irritating.
Great Video. 👍🇮🇹 🇺🇸
Turn the bloody music down. You can just make out what is being said.
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At 2:56 you have an image of a submarine rising out of the water like a breaching whale. Is this even possible or some Hollywood fantasy?
It's great to have working torpedos! She did! Day One! and used them well. Pay backs an itch, nice scratching.
RIP Greatest! Thanks.
It IS a bit louder than normal. I’m used to the soundtracks and like them okay but this time, yeah. It’s a bit too loud. Keep up the good work!
The Siversides, another Gato class, is perserved at the dock of the Navy Submarine Museum in Muskegon, MI. It sank 23 ships.
You can go through the Silversides as it sits in the water.
Good presentation but its GAY-to not gah-to and its Grah-tun not grow-ton.
For me I enjoyed the video but the music in the background was not a plus
Maru must mean sunk in English
Yes turn down the music or maybe off?
This post, especially, has brought home to me the bravery and skill that WWII warriors had in combating AXIS forces. They truly deserve the monicur "The Greatest Generation".
Proud boat
Working torpedoes go along way. As opposed to the mark 13/14.
Sorry, but for a boat that sank that many vessels, she should have had more than just her conning tower saved. She should have been a museum boat somewhere.
I don't know whether it was human narration or AI but it would be nice either way if they could learn how to pronounce the name Groton correctly.
Like your videos. But please turn the background music down. It is too loud.
To all of my Shipmates who didn’t come home, I give thanks to you for having stood the watch. Your sacrifice to America can not be understated or forgotten !
BM1(SW) USN
Sorry, have to check out the music is so anniying.
🎉you don’t listen to the viewers requesting you stop adding « music ». I unsuscribed.
NO NEED FOR THE BS MUSIC
Nothing new the only wooden sailing war ship that rammed a steel ship CSS-Tenn. into submission the flagship USS-Hartford from the civil war stayed around until 1956 it was so rotted that the navy could no longer save it.
Speak up ! Someones playing music!