This fully illustrated study examines and compares the roles of the US
Navy submarines and the Imperial Japanese Navy's anti-submarine
warfare capabilities during World War II. In 1941 and 1942, US Navy
submarine operations in the Pacific were largely ineffective, hampered
by faulty torpedo design, conservative tactics, and insufficiently
aggressive submarine captains. Eventually, though, a new generation of
wartime submarine commanders, combined with reliable torpedoes, new
generation boats, improved intelligence, and advanced radar, inflicted
devastating losses on Japanese shipping. Antisubmarine warfare was
initially accorded a low priority by the Imperial Japanese Navy; the
lack of ASW escorts and modern weaponry, and an inability to develop
tactics, resulted in devastation to vital convoys, and hampered its
ability to deter and destroy enemy submarines. This book explores all
these factors, and the role that US submarines played in supporting
the major fleet operations in the Pacific Theater, notching up almost
500 patrols by war's end for the loss of 52 submarines to the
Japanese. The technical and tactical developments implemented by the
opposing sides are documented in detail, including US improvements to
submarine design and weaponry and more aggressive tactics, and the
Japanese development of destroyer escorts, changes to depth charge
design, and improved submarine detection capacity.
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ISBN
9781472843067
Publisert
2021
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Vendor
Osprey Publishing
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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