USS Redfish Sank Japan’s Carrier Unryu - Then Fought to Escape
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On December 19, 1944, USS Redfish intercepted the Japanese aircraft carrier Unryu in the East China Sea during the carrier’s first operational voyage beyond Japan. Redfish’s first torpedo hit flooded boiler rooms, broke a main steam line, and stopped Unryu, but Japanese damage-control teams restored power and got the carrier moving again. With every loaded torpedo tube already empty, Commander Louis McGregor’s crew rushed to reload a single stern weapon for one final shot. That torpedo struck near the forward elevator, where ammunition, aviation fuel, military cargo, and thirty Ohka weapons helped turn the hit into a catastrophic series of internal explosions. Unryu sank within minutes, but Redfish then faced thirteen depth charges, severe hydraulic and electrical damage, and an uncontrolled descent to the muddy seabed 232 feet below before her crew managed to escape.
Sources:
https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us...
https://www.history.navy.mil/research...
https://www.wwiisubs.com/pdf/SS-395_R...
https://www.combinedfleet.com/ijna/Oh...
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(1) Brave, aggressive sub commander. Seems obsessed.
(2) Using an ACC for shipping is nuts. ACCs normally hold aviation fuel and bombs, but those are safely stored when not in use. Carrying Ohka flying bombs in airplane hangers is desperation. Heck, the Ohka itself is desperation.
(3) This ACC was brand new. Built to replace those lost at midway. Nearly useless w/o planes and pilots.
Retired in Sacto.
Video game animation is better.
USS Redfish Sank Japan’s Carrier Unryu - Then Fought to Escape
WW2 Flavin
44,639 views
On December 19, 1944, USS Redfish intercepted the Japanese aircraft carrier Unryu in the East China Sea during the carrier’s first operational voyage beyond Japan. Redfish’s first torpedo hit flooded boiler rooms, broke a main steam line, and stopped Unryu, but Japanese damage-control teams restored power and got the carrier moving again. With every loaded torpedo tube already empty, Commander Louis McGregor’s crew rushed to reload a single stern weapon for one final shot. That torpedo struck near the forward elevator, where ammunition, aviation fuel, military cargo, and thirty Ohka weapons helped turn the hit into a catastrophic series of internal explosions. Unryu sank within minutes, but Redfish then faced thirteen depth charges, severe hydraulic and electrical damage, and an uncontrolled descent to the muddy seabed 232 feet below before her crew managed to escape.
Sources:
https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us...
https://www.history.navy.mil/research...
https://www.wwiisubs.com/pdf/SS-395_R...
https://www.combinedfleet.com/ijna/Oh...
#WWII #WorldWarII #PacificWar #USSRedfish #Unryu #USNavy #SubmarineWarfare #NavalHistory #PacificTheater #JapaneseNavy #AircraftCarrier #WW2History