soc.history.war.world-war-ii

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:19:55 -0400, remove22@sonic.net (Timothy J.
Lee) wrote:
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>Didn't Nautilus get a hit on (already burning and dead in the water)
>Kaga, but it was a dud?

Yes, according to Parshall and Tully, some Japanese sailors in the
water saw the torpedo hit and break in two, and some of them used its
air flask as a flotation device.

>Also, didn't Nautilus make an earlier attack (no hits) that indirectly
>helped VB-6 and VS-6 find the IJN fleet?

Yes, the big old Nautilus was setting up for a shot on a BB IIRC, but
was spotted from the air. One destroyer stayed around and
depth-charged her for a while. The Enterprise SBDs spotted the
destoyer running high speed back to rejoin the main group, and
followed her course to the carriers.

--Justin