About 10km ahead7 minutes later
Destroyer USS O'Brien was sunk by 1 torpedo hit.
Although it didn't actually immediately sink the O'Brien but set up structural weakness that resulted in her splitting in two on the 18th of October 1942 and then sinking. 8 minutes later
One torpedo hit the USS North Carolina.1km ahead
1 minute laterCarrier USS Wasp was sunk by three torpedo hits!!However, I-19's battle records only contained the sinking of USS Wasp. She didn't know about O'Brien and North Carolina nor the fact that she managed to hit them. She has been called a sniper in the sea but it was just an accident.A meme related to Fukudome Kousuke. See also Tim Souers' blog.19's awesomeness in an easy to understand formatA little history lesson: I-19's actions in the Solomon Islands
On that day I-19 managed to damage three American ships with a single torpedo salvo.
7 minutes later
Destroyer USS O'Brien was sunk by 1 torpedo hit.
Although it didn't actually immediately sink the O'Brien but set up structural weakness that resulted in her splitting in two on the 18th of October 1942 and then sinking.
However, I-19's battle records only contained the sinking of USS Wasp. She didn't know about O'Brien and North Carolina nor the fact that she managed to hit them. She has been called a sniper in the sea but it was just an accident.A meme related to Fukudome Kousuke. See also Tim Souers' blog.
19's awesomeness in an easy to understand format
A little history lesson: I-19's actions in the Solomon Islands
On that day I-19 managed to damage three American ships with a single torpedo salvo.
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