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The Giant Torpedo Failure That Could Have Altered World War II
Lieutenant Dan Daspit, commanding the USS Tinosa, was on a high-stakes war patrol near Japanese shipping lanes between Borneo and Truk. When the crew spotted the large tanker Tonan Maru No. 3, they ...
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Torpedo juice: The legendary, illegal WWII liquor drunk in Alaska and around the world
torpedo.” Torpedo Tessies were far more commonly known as torpedo juice, the legendary liquor of World War II servicemen. The name had a literal origin. As of the beginning of World War II ...
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See inside the historic World War II-era aircraft carrier that was hit by 4 Japanese kamikazes and a torpedo and served in the Vietnam War
This is what the flight deck and the island looked like during World War II when the Intrepid was an "attack carrier." After the war, the ship was reclassified for anti-submarine warfare ...
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This World War II Submarine Was Destroyed By Its Own Torpedo That Malfunctioned, Sinking It Off The Coast Of China
On October 24, 1944, during World War II, the USS Tang sank off the coast of China. The submarine was destroyed by its own torpedo, which slammed into the port side while launching an attack on a ...