Japanese Admirals Counted 3 US Subs — Then 288 Gato-Class Sank 1,392 Ships in 4 Years скачать в хорошем качестве

Japanese Admirals Counted 3 US Subs — Then 288 Gato-Class Sank 1,392 Ships in 4 Years

December seventh, nineteen forty-one. Two-twenty AM, Pacific Time. Commander Tyrell Jacobs stood on the bridge of USS Drum, America's newest fleet submarine, watching dockworkers load the final torpedo into her forward tubes at Pearl Harbor. The submarine had been in commission for just thirty-six days. She was the only Gato-class boat operational in the entire United States Navy. Across the Pacific, in the operations room of the Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet headquarters, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto reviewed intelligence estimates that would shape his nation's strategy for the coming war. The assessment was precise, methodical, and catastrophically wrong. American submarine strength, Pacific Theater, December nineteen forty-one: twenty-nine fleet submarines operational, twelve S-class boats, various auxiliary types. Expected wartime construction: three to six boats per year.