Comments by "" (@BobSmith-dk8nw) on "The USN Pacific Submarine Campaign - The Struggle is Real (Jan'43 - Jun'43)" video.

Yeah ... I've always kind of wondered if the failure of American Torpedoes early in the war - caused the Japanese to not put as much effort into their ASW as they might have. As it was - it would seem - that just about the time the US got it's torpedoes sorted - they'd also gotten a lot of submarines built - and ... suddenly ... Japanese ASW was simply over whelmed by US Submarine Attacks. There were other factors. The Japanese tended to put their less capable officers in their ASW forces for one thing. I just don't know enough about Japanese ASW to say what they might have done ... besides building a lot more Escort Vessels - which they may not have been able to do. .
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