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August 6, 1943. As the moon disappeared below the horizon, the Solomon Sea was plunged into total darkness. Six US Navy destroyers sliced through the waves, their engines muffled to avoid detection. No longer relegated to providing a screen for larger ships, for the first time in the entire Pacific campaign, these destroyers had been let loose on their own to show what they were really made of.
On board USS Dunlap, Commander Frederick Moosbrugger boldly led the task group into the Vella Gulf. Nestled between enemy-held islands, it was practically the Japanese backyard. But the opportunity was too good to pass up. Heading their way was the infamous Tokyo Express, the elusive convoy that had been stealthily supplying and reinforcing the Japanese in the southwest Pacific.
Freed from sailing in the shadows of cumbersome and easily-spotted cruisers, Moosbrugger could finally take full advantage of the destroyers’ diminutive size and superior agility to implement a cunning plan. He carefully maneuvered the vessels in front of the mountainous coast of Kolombangara, where enemy radar would almost certainly be unable to distinguish between the ships and the island.
Suddenly, the tense silence was broken. Four Japanese destroyers had been spotted nearby. This was the moment Moosbrugger had been waiting for. With rain squalls pouring down, visibility had dropped to just 2,000 yards. If the US ships could stay hidden just long enough, they would be able to pull off one of the most perfect naval ambushes of all time…
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I have Tameichi Hara's memoares, "Japanese Destroyer Captain" in my book shelf. The way he writes is exemplary when it comes to impartiality. In it, he doesn't hesitate to criticize, and praise, both the strategies and the tactics employed by both sides. The one thing I remembers the most is:
Those with the benefit of hindsight, doesn't understand the burden of making split-second decisions.
When the Shigure was lifted out the water in November 1943, they discovered that the American torpedo had left a two feet diameter hole in the rudder. When the engineers asked Hara how they'd managed to navigate the destroyer with the rudder in this condition, Hara replied:
"The rudder has been sluggish in recent months, but we've been on dozens of missions since then and pulled through as you can see."
How do you 'mute' a destroyer's engines?
There is no way a destroyer can "muffle" its exhaust. Who wrote this stupid shit?
I don't know there was another naval trap that worked pretty well you might have heard of it "the battle of Midway" ?
By now the Americans had broken the Japanese Codes and could find our where the Japanese were. This allowed the Americans to "Plan and Pounce." Doctor George Whitehead
Metal. They’re made of metal.
I don’t understand what A2 was doing after A1 had hit 3 ships wi torpedoes. When the ships of A2 sprang into action, they were shooting at the ships that already had damage. Why wouldn’t their first target be the unharmed intact ship? The torpedoed ship didn’t really need to be hit anymore but because they didn’t assess the battlefield, they let one ship escape without much damage living to wreak havoc another day.
Did you say USS Blues Brother?
What would it take for you to do a video covering a ship from my favorite IJN cruiser class of WW2, the Takao classic
Commander Mooserubber?
I think USS Starrett had the measure of the japanese.
didn't you have mines to lay under sea?
your tone and words are confusing, as you sound to prefer the Jap boats and the Axis, the enemies of America and FREEDOM.
whose side are you on ???!? (what are you — a NSDAP, lol)
Too many ads
Why did U.S. torpedoes not work ?
woah this is AI propaganda cool-aid? yumm i like.
I love your content, but the constant ads in the middle of your videos are just too much for me. I'm outta here!
Thinking about how all those men did all that terrible work with little or no color in their lives.
Don't you think the engines should always be muffled
We are all pawns. I no longer hate the Japanese, because we are all brought up in a culture from hell. Pride, revenge, judgment of others, and none of us has the right to decide what others deserve.