To: 2banana
Yeah - a modern nuclear attack submarine sinks a WWII cruiser that was being held together with chewing gum and bailing wire...And they used World War II-era torpedoes to sink her!
19 posted on
08/31/2007 11:38:31 AM PDT by
Pyro7480
("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
To: Pyro7480
World War II-era torpedoes ..... Heard tell Belgrano went down after a hit with a wire-guided torpedo.
20 posted on
08/31/2007 11:41:06 AM PDT by
Zerodown
(Youse guys don't think Frenchmen are tough? OK. You try Gauloises.)
To: Pyro7480
I thought they used a wire-guided Mk48, pre-ADCAP?
24 posted on
08/31/2007 11:54:42 AM PDT by
SJSAMPLE
To: Pyro7480
And they used World War II-era torpedoes to sink her!A wire guided torpedo from ~20 miles
96 posted on
09/01/2007 11:37:44 AM PDT by
fso301
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