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As she headed back out to sea at flank speed, Tirante launched a spread of torpedoes that hit and destroyed both pursuers. En route to Midway Island, she captured two Japanese airmen (bringing her prisoner total to five) and concluded her first war patrol on 26 April. Tirante's performance earned Commander Street the Medal of Honor.
USS Sea Dog (SS-401/AGSS-401) was a Balao -class submarine in the United States Navy. She was the first ship to be named for the dogfish, a small shark of the North Atlantic, considered destructive by fishermen. Sea Dog was laid down on 1 November 1943 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 28 March 1944 sponsored by ...
War emergency power. War emergency power ( WEP) is a throttle setting that was first present on some American World War II military aircraft engines. For use in emergency situations, it produced more than 100% of the engine's normal rated power for a limited amount of time, often about five minutes. [1] [2] Similar systems used by non-US forces ...
Battle of Inchon. Part of the Korean War. Four tank landing ships unload men and equipment on Red Beach one day after the amphibious landings on Incheon. Date. 10–19 September 1950. (10–15 September – Bombardments of Wolmido and Incheon) (15–19 September – Incheon Landing) Location. Inchon, South Korea and the Yellow Sea.
USS Bache at Rhodes after she was blown aground in a gale on 6 February 1968. USS Bache (DD/DDE-470), a Fletcher -class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy of that name. The destroyer was named for Commander George M. Bache . Bache was launched on 7 July 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co. at Staten Island, New York and sponsored ...
The Ise-class battleships (伊勢型戦艦, Ise-gata senkan) were a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War I. Both ships carried supplies for the survivors of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923. They were modernized in 1934–1937 with improvements to their armour and machinery and a rebuilt ...
Torpedo net. An example of torpedo netting at the Scapa Flow museum, Orkney. Torpedo nets were a passive ship defensive device against torpedoes. They were in common use from the 1890s until the Second World War. They were superseded by the anti-torpedo bulge and torpedo belts. [1]
Armament. 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. 2 × Mark 45 torpedoes. USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack -class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, and the sixth vessel, and second submarine, of the U.S. Navy to carry that name. Scorpion was believed to have been lost on 27 May 1968.