13-02-2012, 09:14
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חבר מתאריך: 11.09.06
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תצלום הטורפדו-מניסוי בעת פיתוח ה-ASROC.
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In August 1960, King was assigned the services of a "target" submarine, Volador, then a GUPPY-II diesel boat operating out of San Diego for the purpose of testing the new ASROC MK-44 torpedo system. With the submarine at periscope depth, being tracked by King's SQS-23B sonar, King fired an ASROC.
Incredibly, the MK-44 torpedo separated from the rocket motor at the appropriate point and then punched through the thin skin of Volador's superstructure "sail" within a couple seconds of its entering the water. Other than requiring the services of a laundry, however, the only other damage done to Volador was a hole in its sail.
In fact, the Chief of the Boat ("COB") Darryl Bailey STC(SS) reminded me during a Volador reunion in June, 2004, that Volador was scheduled to serve as "visit ship" at Broadway Pier that very weekend. In order to keep that commitment, COB Bailey had the topside gang tape a piece of newspaper over the hole caused by the MK-44 torpedo and then repaint the area. His ploy worked, not one single visitor noticed the hole in the sail.
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