Comments by "Kenneth Dean Miller" (@kennethdeanmiller7324) on "Hell Below - Episode 5: Destroyer Killer | Free Documentary History" video.

Only thing is that in WW2 submarines are very vulnerable! And there was a war going on & you had to put your ship in harms way to deal torpedoes to the enemy. Too aggressive? Maybe. But that is what the Captain of a warship is supposed to be. In order to deal decisive blows to the enemy you had to be aggressive. The big draw back for operating subs in the Pacific was the fluorescent green light that would show the wake of a passing ship. It would also show the wake of a periscope as well & the Japanese having optics specialized for night fighting were highly adept at spotting that green light give away in glassy waters. My opinion is that the odds just caught up with them. And they died like millions of others in that war. But they went down fighting for a nation that they loved & believed in too.
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@wenthulk8439 Yeah that was my point. It was expected of them. And they knew it before going back out.
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Very Deserving. It's not that there luck ran out. Submarines were very vulnerable in WW2. It was there job to take the fight to the enemy and they gallantly put themselves in harms way to do so. Very disappointing that they didn't survive the war. But it was because of them & others like them that the Allies defeated the aggression of the Axis Powers!!! Thanks for telling us the tale of USS Harder. I hope & pray their shining example & sacrifice will be forever remembered in US Navy lore.
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Actually if you knew much about the dud rates of the Mark 14 torpedo during the first 2 years of the war it might make a little more sense. Some submarines would fire every torpedo in their arsenal, hit the ship it was aiming for with no explosion. Search YouTube- Drachinifel/ Mark 14 torpedo and it will help you understand.
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