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Topic: Wolf pack submarines


  
  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Submarine
Submarines in a neutral buoyancy condition are not intrinsically stable in trim.
Military submarines are generally divided into attack submarines, designed to operate against enemy ships, including other submarines, in a hunter-killer role, or strategic ballistic-missile submarines, designed to launch attacks on land-based targets from a position of stealth, also known as "boomers" in the United States Navy or "bombers" in the Royal Navy.
Submarines designed for the purpose of attacking merchant ships or other warships are known as "fast attacks", "hunter-killers", "fast boats", or "fleet submarines" (which terms are not synonyms; each is a different design for a different mission).
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Submarine   (8379 words)

  
 Wahoo Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Fluckey's presentation of an American wolf pack attack that decimated a Japanese convoy unknowingly filled with Allied POW's (and some of their subsequent rescue) is one of the most moving stories I've ever read.
It is comprehensive in nature covering all aspects of American submarine warfare during WWII.
Packed full of narratives, data, and illustrations, it is an essential addition to any submarine enthusiast's library.
www.emackinnon.com /wahoo-bibliography.html   (1454 words)

  
 Naval History.ca - Articles on the Battle of the Atlantic and the RCN at war by Robert C. Fisher
This article examined a convoy battle between a British-Norwegian escort group and a wolf pack of German submarines, using all available Allied and German sources to build a clear picture of the action for the first time.
This article attempted to redress the imbalance by identifying and closely examining the convoy battle that initiated the second mid-ocean campaign in July 1942; a campaign which led ultimately to the defeat of the wolf packs in mid-1943.
This appendix was a table showing the 50 enemy submarines destroyed by Canadian air and surface forces during the Second World War.
www.familyheritage.ca /articles1.html   (1477 words)

  
 Canada at War
The largest problem the allies had was that all their coastal patrol aircraft were not designed to fly across the ocean which made the merchant ship vulnerable in the mid-Atlantic.
Corvettes were armed with anti- submarine torpedoes, anti-aircraft guns, depth charges to fend off attacks from German U-boats lurking all around them and one 4-inch deck gun.
In all, 217 merchant vessels were destroyed from the deadly Wolf Pack attack.
www.secondworldwar.co.uk /canada.html   (1648 words)

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