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At random: The USS Blenny SS 324, on her last patrol of WW II sank 63 vessels. One by torpedo and 62 by deck gunfire, demolition charges set by boarding parties or by burning. On several occasions shotguns were fired through the boats bottoms. These were all vessels under the 500 ton JANAC limit for tonnage sunk and not counted in the "official" totals or ships sunk. This is also a record for the most vessels ever sunk by a submarine on one patrol.
5-13/14 history
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fortyrod
Posted 2018-05-13 5:13 AM (#89305)
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Subject: 5-13/14 history

Pacific 05/14/78: While surfacing in the western Pacific the USS Darter (SS-576) suffers flooding when about 45,000 pounds of seawater enter the engine room after a snorkel head valve fails. The USS Schofield (FFG-3) escorts the submarine toward Yokosuka, Japan.It arrives 19 May for repairs.
rover177
Posted 2018-05-13 1:16 PM (#89307 - in reply to #89305)
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Subject: RE: 5-13/14 history

Found this one hard to digest. A snort induction system should not be pressurised external to the hull. Can't understand why a surfacing submarine would have the induction system opened up for surfacing unless it was a surfacing on the low pressure blower. 550 gallons of water at PD coming through a relatively small diameter hole takes a while to ingress.
GaryKC
Posted 2018-05-13 2:52 PM (#89308 - in reply to #89305)


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Subject: RE: 5-13/14 history

This site states "While on one of these in 1978, the head valve failed to close while snorkeling, and the ship had to emergency surface among U.S. surface units participating in an ASW exercise."
Palm Bay Ken
Posted 2018-05-14 8:42 AM (#89310 - in reply to #89305)


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Subject: RE: 5-13/14 history

Interesting incident. In '69 during Gudgeon's transit to WestPac we also had the head valve freeze open and took quite a bit of water into the engine room. Had to divert to Guam for voyage repairs.
The reason for the casualty turned out to be that the grease fitting for the head valve operating shaft had been faired over by Mare Island during the recent overhaul and had never been located by the crew.
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