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Why US Destroyer Captains Started Charging 'Straight At Torpedoes' — And Avoided Them Every Time

Why did American destroyer captains in World War 2 start charging DIRECTLY at Japanese torpedoes—and survive every time? Discover the counterintuitive tactic that transformed the Pacific War. In 1942, American destroyers were sitting ducks. Japanese Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedoes were sinking U.S. ships at an alarming rate, and traditional evasive maneuvers weren't working. Captains who followed the textbook died. The survival rate was just 37%. Then Commander Frederick Moosbrugger made an accidental discovery that defied every rule of naval warfare. Instead of turning AWAY from incoming torpedoes, he charged TOWARD them—and survived. What seemed like suicide was actually brilliant physics. Admiral Arleigh Burke took this desperate improvisation and turned it into systematic doctrine. Through intensive training and mathematical analysis, he proved that charging torpedoes reduced hit probability from 47% to under 2%. The Battle of Cape St. George in November 1943 validated the technique perfectly: 32 Japanese torpedoes fired, zero American ships hit. This video explores: ✓ The physics behind the Long Lance torpedo and why it was so deadly ✓ How one accidental maneuver became doctrine ✓ The geometry that made charging work when zigzagging failed ✓ Commander Burke's training program that saved hundreds of ships ✓ How this WWII innovation influences modern naval warfare From the desperate battles of Guadalcanal to the decisive victory at Cape St. George, this is the story of how American destroyer captains learned to turn toward death—and lived. SOURCES Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume VI: Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. Potter, E.B. Admiral Arleigh Burke: A Biography. New York: Random House, 1990. Hara, Tameichi, with Fred Saito and Roger Pineau. Japanese Destroyer Captain. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1961. Roscoe, Theodore. United States Destroyer Operations in World War II. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1953. Friedman, Norman. U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2004. Evans, David C., and Mark R. Peattie. Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1997. U.S. Naval War College. Battle Experience: Battle of Cape St. George, November 25, 1943 (Confidential Information Bulletin No. 23). Washington: Navy Department, 1944. National Archives. Action Reports from USS O'Bannon (DD-450), USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570), and Destroyer Squadron 23, 1943-1944. Record Group 38. Campbell, John. Naval Weapons of World War Two. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1985. Hornfischer, James D. Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal. New York: Bantam Books, 2011. #ww2 #worldwar2 #ww2history #ww2secrets #wwii