Crap Throwing Monkey Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Good tune, read a book about the uboats destroying many ships off the eastern seaboard from north carolina to florida...Towns and cities with lights on silloquetting merchant vessels at night, made the job easy for the germans...People would notice the explosians and didn't know it was the germans attacking right off the U.S. eastern seaboard....U boat's were affecting supplies to england and going to change possible outcome of the war...Luckily,, hitler ordered the uboats back to europe, around norway I believe...The uboat commander could'nt believe the success they were having and then having to leave... 506113[/snapback] "Operation Drumbeat". Actually, the U-boats stuck around well into 1943 (and longer in the Caribbean and off Brazil)...but the Navy introduced coastal convoying in mid-42, which significantly decreased sinkings. I believe Johnny Cash wrote a song about it, before he converted to Buddhism... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromagnum Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 "Operation Drumbeat". Actually, the U-boats stuck around well into 1943 (and longer in the Caribbean and off Brazil)...but the Navy introduced coastal convoying in mid-42, which significantly decreased sinkings. I believe Johnny Cash wrote a song about it, before he converted to Buddhism... 506227[/snapback] In the book, it mentioned convoying and how the uboats would attack the the largest tonnage first, and had competition with other uboat commanders for tonnage sunk....And the goverment did not order blackouts, which aided the uboats at periscope depth to follow the convoy and select the tonnage to go down first...The way it was described in the book, the uboats would check what went down by what was floating, oil, produce, and natural rubber... Useing the gulfstream the u's made the the merchant's ships try the costline route only to be silloqueted by shore lights... Johnny cash actually wrote the song loveboat for abc back in the 70's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnyguy Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 "Operation Drumbeat". Actually, the U-boats stuck around well into 1943 (and longer in the Caribbean and off Brazil)...but the Navy introduced coastal convoying in mid-42, which significantly decreased sinkings. I believe Johnny Cash wrote a song about it, before he converted to Buddhism... 506227[/snapback] Of course you know Johnny Cash shortened his name for show biz his birth name is Johnny Cassius Clay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30dive Posted November 18, 2005 Author Share Posted November 18, 2005 The thread that keeps on giving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 lol, where do you get that from? 506140[/snapback] The restraining order... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Of course you know Johnny Cash shortened his name for show biz his birth name is Johnny Cassius Clay. 506379[/snapback] I remember that from the movie "Ali". Jamie Foxx really bulked up for that role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of BiB Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I remember that from the movie "Ali". Jamie Foxx really bulked up for that role. 506488[/snapback] Wasn't Carl Weathers in that too? He had that big fight scene with that Predator thing. I think Foxx Mulder wrote the theme music for that, but I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Wasn't Carl Weathers in that too? He had that big fight scene with that Predator thing. I think Foxx Mulder wrote the theme music for that, but I'm not sure. 506498[/snapback] Foxx Mulder....X-Files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Foxx Mulder....X-Files? 506500[/snapback] Spooky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Good tune, read a book about the uboats destroying many ships off the eastern seaboard from north carolina to florida...Towns and cities with lights on silloquetting merchant vessels at night, made the job easy for the germans...People would notice the explosians and didn't know it was the germans attacking right off the U.S. eastern seaboard....U boat's were affecting supplies to england and going to change possible outcome of the war...Luckily,, hitler ordered the uboats back to europe, around norway I believe...The uboat commander could'nt believe the success they were having and then having to leave... 506113[/snapback] Interesting. The ICWW (InterCoastal WaterWay) was made during that time. Having a inland water route from NYC to the tip of Texas was a very valuable asset. But, once they broke harbor to head across the pond was another story I imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 In the book, it mentioned convoying and how the uboats would attack the the largest tonnage first, and had competition with other uboat commanders for tonnage sunk....And the goverment did not order blackouts, which aided the uboats at periscope depth to follow the convoy and select the tonnage to go down first...The way it was described in the book, the uboats would check what went down by what was floating, oil, produce, and natural rubber... Useing the gulfstream the u's made the the merchant's ships try the costline route only to be silloqueted by shore lights... Johnny cash actually wrote the song loveboat for abc back in the 70's 506251[/snapback] Hence the ICWW, as I mentioned. Problem for U-Boats would would have been shallow project depth and confined area? Problems for shipping would have been having to break-bulk their cargos to ocean going vessels. To tie this into the Edmund Fitz... ... Even the Soo (Sault Ste. Marie) had "sub nets" in place during the war! How exactly they would have made it into the lakes 15-20 years before a canalized SeaWay is beyond me? Any help CTM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Hence the ICWW, as I mentioned. Problem for U-Boats would would have been shallow project depth and confined area? Not a problem at all, considering the anti-sub effort off the East Coast amounted to something like six entire ships. Standard doctrine at the time was night surface attacks anyway, in which case the shallowness of the water and confined sea room hardly matters, considering that U-boats were actually fairly fast (18 knots clean, probably 16 in practice) on the surface. Problems for shipping would have been having to break-bulk their cargos to ocean going vessels. Which was the original thinking, too...until they realized that it hardly mattered either way if the cargo was at the bottom of the ocean. To tie this into the Edmund Fitz... ... Even the Soo (Sault Ste. Marie) had "sub nets" in place during the war! How exactly they would have made it into the lakes 15-20 years before a canalized SeaWay is beyond me? Any help CTM? 506538[/snapback] Probably just over-cautious - better to have and not need than need and not have, and all that. Part of the motivation was undoubtedly that u-boats had penetrated "impenetrable" places before, such as when Gunther Prien entered the anchorage at Scapa Flow and sunk the battleship Royal Oak (I believe. One of that class, at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Probably just over-cautious - better to have and not need than need and not have, and all that. Part of the motivation was undoubtedly that u-boats had penetrated "impenetrable" places before, such as when Gunther Prien entered the anchorage at Scapa Flow and sunk the battleship Royal Oak (I believe. One of that class, at least). 506557[/snapback] So right... Just imagine what they could if they got in (the emmense steel industry at that time... Not to mention the ore (and other raw materials) especially out of the Mesabi Range)... But, how would they "survive" in there (Great Lakes)after the attacks? The Edmund Fitzgerald did go down with 26,000 ton of taconite from that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linksfiend Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I've read this thread twice. I give up. Can't understand any of it. Must be a generational thing. Nope - can't be that. Lana doesn't get it either..... 503529[/snapback] Well I found the thread quite amusing. Almost as amusing as when the title is sung in <this version> of the Edmund Fitzgerald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I remember that from the movie "Ali". Jamie Foxx really bulked up for that role. 506488[/snapback] I'm pretty sure it was Red Foxx. He beat the living crap out of Grady in that flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I'm pretty sure it was Red Foxx. He beat the living crap out of Grady in that flick. 506804[/snapback] No, it wasn't Red Foxx, it was Red Green. The only reason he won the fight was due to the extra roll of duct tape he had hidden in each of his gloves. If Mr. T hadn't been there protecting him, there'd have been heck to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 by Gordon Lightfoot The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy. With a load of iron ore - 26,000 tons more Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed When the gales of November came early The ship was the pride of the American side Coming back from some mill in Wisconson As the big freighters go it was bigger than most With a crew and the Captain well seasoned. Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms When they left fully loaded for Cleveland And later that night when the ships bell rang Could it be the North Wind they'd been feeling. The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound And a wave broke over the railing And every man knew, as the Captain did, too, T'was the witch of November come stealing. The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait When the gales of November came slashing When afternoon came it was freezing rain In the face of a hurricane West Wind When supper time came the old cook came on deck Saying fellows it's too rough to feed ya At 7PM a main hatchway caved in He said fellas it's been good to know ya. The Captain wired in he had water coming in And the good ship and crew was in peril And later that night when his lights went out of sight Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Does anyone know where the love of God goes When the words turn the minutes to hours The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay If they'd fifteen more miles behind her. They might have split up or they might have capsized They may have broke deep and took water And all that remains is the faces and the names Of the wives and the sons and the daughters. Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings In the ruins of her ice water mansion Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams, The islands and bays are for sportsmen. And farther below Lake Ontario Takes in what Lake Erie can send her And the iron boats go as the mariners all know With the gales of November remembered. In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral The church bell chimed, 'til it rang 29 times For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee Superior, they say, never gives up her dead When the gales of November come early. © 1976 Moose Music, Inc. 499210[/snapback] If I remember correctly that storm was a heck of a storm across entire great lakes. That same night a tanker on lake Erie was also having major problems. Used to live right on the lake front and those November storms were as wicked as they get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 So right... Just imagine what they could if they got in (the emmense steel industry at that time... Not to mention the ore (and other raw materials) especially out of the Mesabi Range)... But, how would they "survive" in there (Great Lakes)after the attacks? Define "survive"? The response to a hypothetical u-boat attack in the Great Lakes would have been late, haphazard. and uncoordinated at best, considering every meaningful asset was in the Atlantic. But regardless...a u-boat would have maybe a week's endurance at that point, before it had to run home. Another thing to consider is that a lot of smaller ships (US submarines, Coast Guard forces, destroyer escorts) were worked up in the Great Lakes prior to deployment. Screw commerce, imagine the damage to the war effort by the disruption of training. Moot point anyway, since a u-boat never would have penetrated to the Great Lakes. It couldn't have made it's way up the St. Lawrence against the flow of the river. Hell, Prien barely made it into Scapa Flow against the tide. The Edmund Fitzgerald did go down with 26,000 ton of taconite from that area. 506719[/snapback] Moot point as well. Lots of that ore that got shipped over the Great Lakes got shipped over the Atlantic as well...and sunk there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campy Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 So right... Just imagine what they could if they got in (the emmense steel industry at that time... Not to mention the ore (and other raw materials) especially out of the Mesabi Range)... But, how would they "survive" in there (Great Lakes)after the attacks? The Edmund Fitzgerald did go down with 26,000 ton of taconite from that area. 506719[/snapback] There are well-documented sabotage attacks on staging warehouses (for lack of a better, ie, more accurate term) in New Jersey, including one at a munitions dump that was so big it blew out windows across the river in NYC. Afer a U-Boat was sunk, a dead German submariner washed up on the shore here. In his pocket was a movie ticket stub from a theater in downtown Norfolk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 If I remember correctly that storm was a heck of a storm across entire great lakes. That same night a tanker on lake Erie was also having major problems. Used to live right on the lake front and those November storms were as wicked as they get. 506846[/snapback] I'm certain (and you'd know this if you read through this thread) that you are mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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