Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "USS England - Guide 173 (Extended)" video.

I had read about the USS England but a story well worth repeating. Got its war sorted out early. It would be interesting to do a video on Captain Fredric John 'Johnnie' Walker and his exploits as a sub hunter. He came up with a rather clever plan to get around the limitations of the depth charge and losing contact with the enemy submarine when the ship passed over it. He would use one stationary ship to illuminate the submarine with its sonar while two more slow moving ships were directed to the spot where the submarine was. The fact that they moved slowly meant that the first time the submarines crew were aware of the ships presence was when they heard the depth charges hitting the water. And even if the submarine escaped damage it was still being tracked by the stationary ship, so contact was never lost.
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