Введение
Подводная лодка Соединенных Штатов
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it was from where they had been told to expect Dorado to be and from where Dorado really was supposed to be
it was heading almost 90 degrees off from Dorado’s base course
it had no guns on the fore deck, where Dorado carried a five inch (127 mm) gun
it had an entirely grooved deck, where Dorados deck was grooved only near the conning tower
it had a "knob like" object on the front of the conning tower, almost certainly the Metox radar detector installed on Type IX U boats
Post war examination of Kriegsmarine records indicate that the submarine first attacked by the Mariner may have been U 518 was launched in ., though that boat's logs do not record the attack. It is possible that the attack went unnoticed by the boat; of the three depth charges and one bomb that were dropped, one depth charge was a confirmed dud, one was dropped too low to arm, and neither the third depth charge nor the bomb were seen to explode. After the attack, the Mariner searched the area for 20 minutes, but saw no explosions, bubbles, or debris. The second submarine, attacked by the Mariner two hours later, was certainly U 214; her log book, captured after World War II, describes firing at the aircraft. On 8 October, off Colón, U 214 laid a minefield of 15 mines. One of these may have sunk Dorado on or about 14 October 1943. Dorado was one of only two U. S. Navy submarines lost in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. The other was R 12, which sank during a training dive near Key West, Florida.
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it was from where they had been told to expect Dorado to be and from where Dorado really was supposed to be
it was heading almost 90 degrees off from Dorado’s base course
it had no guns on the fore deck, where Dorado carried a five inch (127 mm) gun
it had an entirely grooved deck, where Dorados deck was grooved only near the conning tower
it had a "knob like" object on the front of the conning tower, almost certainly the Metox radar detector installed on Type IX U boats
Post war examination of Kriegsmarine records indicate that the submarine first attacked by the Mariner may have been U 518 was launched in ., though that boat's logs do not record the attack. It is possible that the attack went unnoticed by the boat; of the three depth charges and one bomb that were dropped, one depth charge was a confirmed dud, one was dropped too low to arm, and neither the third depth charge nor the bomb were seen to explode. After the attack, the Mariner searched the area for 20 minutes, but saw no explosions, bubbles, or debris. The second submarine, attacked by the Mariner two hours later, was certainly U 214; her log book, captured after World War II, describes firing at the aircraft. On 8 October, off Colón, U 214 laid a minefield of 15 mines. One of these may have sunk Dorado on or about 14 October 1943. Dorado was one of only two U. S. Navy submarines lost in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. The other was R 12, which sank during a training dive near Key West, Florida.
Она находилась в том месте, где им сообщили, что следует ожидать "Дорадо", и в том месте, где "Дорадо" действительно должен был быть. Она шла курсом, отклоняющимся почти на 90 градусов от базового курса "Дорадо". На передней палубе у нее не было орудий, в то время как на "Дорадо" была установлена пятидюймовая (127 мм) пушка. Ее палуба была полностью ребристой, тогда как палуба "Дорадо" имела ребристую поверхность только в районе боевой рубки. На передней части боевой рубки находился объект, похожий на "ручку", почти наверняка радарный детектор Metox, устанавливаемый на подводные лодки типа U IX. Послевоенное изучение архивов немецкого военно-морского флота указывает на то, что подводная лодка, на которую первым напал "Маринер", могла быть U 518, спущенной на воду в…, хотя в судовом журнале этой лодки об этом нападении не упоминается. Возможно, атака осталась незамеченной экипажем лодки; из трех сброшенных глубинных бомб и одной авиабомбы одна бомба оказалась бракованной, одна была сброшена слишком низко для взведения, и ни третья бомба, ни авиабомба не были замечены при взрыве. После атаки "Маринер" в течение 20 минут прочесывал район, но не обнаружил взрывов, пузырей или обломков. Вторая подводная лодка, атакованная "Маринером" два часа спустя, безусловно, была U 214; ее судовой журнал, захваченный после Второй мировой войны, описывает ведение огня по самолету. 8 октября у Колон U 214 установила минное поле из 15 мин. Одна из этих мин, возможно, потопила "Дорадо" примерно 14 октября 1943 года. "Дорадо" была одной из всего двух подводных лодок ВМС США, потерянных в Атлантическом океане во время Второй мировой войны. Другой была R 12, затонувшая во время тренировочного погружения недалеко от Ки-Уэста, штат Флорида.
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it was from where they had been told to expect Dorado to be and from where Dorado really was supposed to be
it was heading almost 90 degrees off from Dorado’s base course
it had no guns on the fore deck, where Dorado carried a five inch (127 mm) gun
it had an entirely grooved deck, where Dorados deck was grooved only near the conning tower
it had a "knob like" object on the front of the conning tower, almost certainly the Metox radar detector installed on Type IX U boats
Post war examination of Kriegsmarine records indicate that the submarine first attacked by the Mariner may have been U 518 was launched in ., though that boat's logs do not record the attack. It is possible that the attack went unnoticed by the boat; of the three depth charges and one bomb that were dropped, one depth charge was a confirmed dud, one was dropped too low to arm, and neither the third depth charge nor the bomb were seen to explode. After the attack, the Mariner searched the area for 20 minutes, but saw no explosions, bubbles, or debris. The second submarine, attacked by the Mariner two hours later, was certainly U 214; her log book, captured after World War II, describes firing at the aircraft. On 8 October, off Colón, U 214 laid a minefield of 15 mines. One of these may have sunk Dorado on or about 14 October 1943. Dorado was one of only two U. S. Navy submarines lost in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. The other was R 12, which sank during a training dive near Key West, Florida.
Наследие
Памятник «Дорадо» установлен на реке Арканзас в Мемориальном парке ветеранов в Уичите, штат Канзас. В ноябре 2011 года Дуглас Э. Кэмпбелл опубликовал книгу объемом 614 страниц под названием «USS Dorado (SS 248): На вечном патруле». До своей гибели американский художник Томас Харт Бентон совершил плавание на борту «Дорадо» во время ее ходовых испытаний, используя этот опыт как основу для своих картин «Ещё один счёт в пользу подводных лодок», «В глубоком сне» и «Клаустрофобское пространство».