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1 US Sub Sinks a Japanese Supercarrier - Sinking of Shinano Documentary

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Sources:

Joseph Enright, James Ryan, Shinano! The Sinking of Japan’s Secret Supership
Clay Blair, Silent Victory: The US Submarine War against Japan
Evan Mawdsley, The War For the Sea: A Maritime history of World War 2
Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committe report, 1947 - http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan...

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20 Comments

@historigraph Creator 3 years ago (edited) Pinned

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@cyberblah 3 years ago (edited)

Commander Enright: "a cautious and uncertain skipper"
also Commander Enright: drives his boat ten feet under an enemy ship

@dannyzero692 2 years ago

Be Joseph Enright:
> patrol continuously
> didn't achieve any success 99.9% of the time
> sunk one ship
> become top 1 of the entire war
> leaves

@JaBaiter 3 years ago

Commander Enright sinks largest naval ship in the war and wins the combined tonnage patrol record
Gimli: "That still only counts as one!"

@smacman68 3 years ago

Imagine living and fighting on a WWII submarine. The hot, sweaty fear and ominous noises that were sonar, torpedos and depth charges. Mad respect

@crazywarriorscatfan9061 3 years ago

I just love that the US didn't believe that the Archerfish sank something that huge. Goes to show how unbelievably large the Yamatos were

@KillBones 3 years ago

Imagine winning the tons competition by sinking only one ship. That's just insane.

@Randsurfer 1 year ago

"It did not take Abe long to realize they had been torpedoed".
That's one sharp cookie.

@gidmichigan1765 3 years ago

What intrigues me is that the supercarrier was sunk near it's own coast. They didn't even leave that far from the home islands, and they were already stalked by a submarine. This puts a lot of perspective on how dire Japan's situation was, as they can't even navigate in their own home waters without stressing the possibility of being watched.

@ZaydinTTV 3 years ago (edited)

One thing I find funny is that the US Navy didn't believe that the Archerfish had sunk a carrier as large as the Shinano and credited it with sinking a light carrier with a displacement of 27,000 tons. It wasn't until after the war and the US got its hands on the Japanese archives that confirmed the Shinano existed that the Navy retroactively credited the Archerfish and her captain with sinking her and awarding Captain Enright the Navy Cross.

@Malbeefance 3 years ago

Capt. Abe requested a delay to address serious concerns. I think his only real mistake was following orders to take Shinano to sea. This guy was set up for failure. Mad respect to Capt. Enright for not giving up on the hunt!

@myfavoritemartian1 3 years ago

My father in law was a submariner in WW2. USS Shad, SS-235. He did two missions with that boat then one more on another. A Sub Captain was their luck. Any sub Commander who could both go out, complete the patrol and return his command to harbor was a good one in my book. Thousands of ways to die, very few ways to live and damn few to be successful. Iron men among the elite! all of them. RIP Bill

@Daindrais 3 years ago

Impressive display of patience, holding his course after losing track of the Shinano. And what a payoff: one lone submarine sinks a carrier with just six torpedoes / four hits. It's not surprising he wasn't believed at first.
Enright: "I just sank a Japanese aircraft carrier."
Pacific Command: "Sure you did. And I'm flying to Mars this afternoon."

@Ao_Taisan04 3 years ago

This was a monumental Achievement, as to this day Shinano is still the largest warship to be sunk in combat and largest ship to be sunk by submarine.

@TRHART_Books 3 years ago

I read the book "Archerfish". Not only did it sink the Shinano but performed admirably during the Cold War as a spy ship as well.

@barryrammer7906 3 years ago (edited)

You gotta love a man who failed and knows it. Then made it right, he picked himself up proved himself with bravery. This captain was a brave man.

@grandadmiralzaarin4962 3 years ago (edited)

The entire Shinano affair is just mindboggling. The IJN convert her from Battleship to carrier but don't have the pilots-the whole reason for moving her was due to lack of aircover- yet they insisted on following through with finishing her as a carrier for a naval air arm that no longer existed. They have the largest carrier in the world at that time and they make it a support hub for the other carriers(again which also lack pilots), then in typical IJN fashion, they continue to ignore even basic antisubmarine warfare precautions and when transferring it between ports for final work, most of the damage control wasn't operational, all the bulkheads are open and she's running her lights like a cruise ship...

@bigbirddottv 3 years ago

Actually met the sonor officer from this patrol. His wife was in our church choir. He rarely spoke out at events of this group. But he found himself narrating the attack to a rapt 15 years old. I was in awe of this gentleman.

@the_secret_life_of_gaz 3 years ago

I love the story of this and how originally Pacific Command said they sank a battleship first until it was found the Captain had made a drawing of the carrier through the periscope, that he had originally throw in the bin. It wasn’t until one of the crew members had saved it from the bin because in training he was told to never throw anything out that they were able to prove it was in fact a carrier they sank.