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♪
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Narrator: BETWEEN THE SHORES
OF OCCUPIED CHINA
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AND THE ISLAND OF FORMOSA...
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SUBMARINE COMMANDER
DICK O'KANE...
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O'Kane: FIRE!
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Narrator: ...ATTACKS FIVE
JAPANESE SHIPS, SINKING TWO.
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HE DROPS BACK TO PREPARE
A FINAL ASSAULT.
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James Scott: THIS LAST TORPEDO.
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THIS IS ALL THAT STANDS
BETWEEN DICK O'KANE
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AND ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL PATROL.
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ALL HE HAS TO DO
IS FIRE THIS LAST SHOT.
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Narrator: O'KANE AND THE CREW
OF THE USS TANG...
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O'Kane: NEW SETUP, GET READY.
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Narrator: ...HAVE EXECUTED SOME
OF THE MOST DARING ATTACKS
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AGAINST THE JAPANESE
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
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O'Kane: FIRE!
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Narrator:
UNTIL THEIR LUCK AND A TORPEDO
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TAKE A DRAMATIC TURN.
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O'Kane: WE HAVE AN ERRATIC!
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ALL AHEAD EMERGENCY.
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[KLAXON HORN]
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Narrator: IN WORLD WAR II,
A SUBSEA WEAPON
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ALLOWS WARRIORS TO FIGHT
FROM BENEATH THE WAVES...
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WITH CUNNING, FORCE
AND TENACITY.
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THEIR ENEMIES STRIKE BACK.
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[BOOM]
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REVOLUTIONARY
BUT STILL SOMETIMES PRIMITIVE,
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IT'S A DESPERATE BID...
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TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF WAR.
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THEIR STORIES ARE LEGEND.
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[EXPLOSION]
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JUNE 1944.
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OFF THE COAST
OF NAGASAKI, JAPAN,
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AN AMERICAN SUBMARINE DISCOVERS
A CONVOY OF SIX SHIPS
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GUARDED BY 16 HEAVILY ARMED
ESCORT VESSELS.
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James Scott: O'KANE IS THERE,
AND HE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
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HOW BEST TO ATTACK.
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AND HE HAS THIS IDEA.
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HE SAYS, YOU KNOW,
WHY NOT COME FROM THE REAR,
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BECAUSE LOOKOUTS INHERENTLY
NEVER LOOK BEHIND THEM.
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Narrator: FALLING BACK,
COMMANDER DICK O'KANE DISCOVERS
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THAT ONLY TWO DESTROYERS
PROTECT THE END OF THE CONVOY.
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HE MUST SNEAK PAST
TO SINK THE FREIGHTERS.
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Scott: O'KANE REALLY FALLS BACK
ON HUMAN NATURE,
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GAMBLING ON THE FACT
THAT MOST LOOKOUTS,
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LIKE, LIKE HUMANS
WALKING DOWN THE STREET,
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ARE GONNA BE LOOKING
WHERE THEY'RE GOING,
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NOT WHERE THEY'VE BEEN.
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O'Kane: CONSTANT BEARING.
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Scott: HE SETS UP WHAT HE THINKS
IS THE PERFECT SHOT.
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O'Kane: SET...FIRE!
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Scott: HE FIRES A SPREAD
OF SIX TORPEDOES.
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[BOOM]
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HE SEES THE, THE DETONATIONS.
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AND IT JUST, IT LIGHTS UP
THE NIGHT SKY.
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Narrator: BUT USS TANG
MUST NOW ESCAPE THE CONVOY.
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THEY ARE SURROUNDED
BY ENEMY SHIPS.
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Scott: ONCE THOSE EXPLOSIONS
GO OFF,
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THEN IT'S GONNA DRAW
ALL THE ATTENTION
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OF THE JAPANESE ESCORTS
TO THOSE WOUNDED SHIPS.
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IN THAT CHAOS, HE'LL BE ABLE
TO SLIDE OUT.
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AND IT'S WHAT HE DOES.
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O'KANE THINKS HE'S
SUCCESSFULLY SUNK TWO SHIPS.
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POST‐WAR RECORDS REVEAL
THAT HE IN FACT
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ACTUALLY SANK FOUR SHIPS.
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THIS BECOMES THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
AMERICAN ATTACK
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IN THE PACIFIC
DURING WORLD WAR II.
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Narrator: BY 1944, THE U. S.
HAS BEEN FIGHTING JAPAN
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FOR OVER TWO YEARS,
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AND SUBS HAVE BEEN ONE OF THEIR
MOST SUCCESSFUL WEAPONS.
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TANG'S COMMANDER, DICK O'KANE,
CAME OF AGE ON ANOTHER SUB,
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USS WAHOO, UNDER LEGENDARY
SKIPPER DUDLEY "MUSH" MORTON.
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Scott: MUSH MORTON TAKES COMMAND
OF THE WAHOO
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AT THE START
OF ITS THIRD PATROL,
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AND DICK O'KANE IS
HIS EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
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THESE GUYS ARE
REALLY GREAT FRIENDS.
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THEY REALLY SEE COMBAT IN
A REAL EYE‐TO‐EYE KIND OF WAY.
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DICK O'KANE IS EQUALLY
AS AGGRESSIVE AS MUSH MORTON.
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AND SO THEY REALLY, THEY ALMOST
FORM A PERFECT FIGHTING TEAM.
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Narrator: MORTON GIVES
TANG'S SKIPPER HIS EARLY EDGE.
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Norman Friedman: HE WAS TRAINED
BASICALLY BY MORTON.
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AND THE INTERESTING THING
ABOUT THE TRAINING
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WAS THAT, UH, NORMALLY
THE SUBMARINE COMMANDER
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IS THE ONE WHO LOOKS
THROUGH THE PERISCOPE,
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FIGURES OUT WHAT'S GOING ON,
AND DOES THE REST.
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MORTON PREFERS
TO DO THE PLOTTING
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AND FIGURE OUT
WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
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HE LIKES HIS EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
IN THIS CASE O'KANE,
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TO DO THE, THE WORK
WITH THE PERISCOPE.
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THAT PREPARES HIM FOR BEING
A SUBMARINE COMMANDER.
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HE'S VERY AGGRESSIVE.
HE'S VERY GOOD AT IT.
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Narrator: AFTER FIVE PATROLS
ON WAHOO, O'KANE REMAINS ASHORE
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TO TAKE COMMANDED
OF NEWLY COMMISSIONED TANG.
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THE PROMOTION PROBABLY
SAVES HIS LIFE.
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THREE MONTHS AFTER O'KANE
WAS REASSIGNED,
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MORTON AND WAHOO WERE DECLARED
OVERDUE AND PRESUMED LOST.
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[KLAXON HORN]
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NOW IN COMMAND OF HIS OWN CREW,
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O'KANE IS DETERMINED THEY WILL
NOT SHARE HIS MENTOR'S FATE.
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HE PUTS HIS NEW SUBMARINE
AND ITS CREW TO A PERILOUS TEST.
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Scott: THE BEST TACTICAL THING
FOR A SUBMARINE IS TO GO DEEP,
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IS TO GET AWAY FROM THE ENEMY.
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AND SO YOU REALLY WANT
TO INCREASE THE DEPTH,
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BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY
YOUR ONLY NATURAL ADVANTAGE.
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Narrator: USS TANG IS AN
AMERICAN BALAO‐CLASS SUBMARINE,
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MADE OF HIGH‐TENSILE STEEL
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ABOUT 20 PERCENT THICKER
THAN ITS PREDECESSORS.
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IT'S ENGINEERED TO WITHSTAND
MORE PRESSURE
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THAN ANY HULL BEFORE IT.
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Scott: THE BALAO‐CLASS SUBMARINE
WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT
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THE MOST STATE‐OF‐THE‐ART
SUBMARINE
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THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD
IN ITS ARSENAL.
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AS THE JAPANESE
ANTISUBMARINE TECHNOLOGY
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BECAME MORE AGGRESSIVE,
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THE ABILITY FOR AMERICAN
SUBMARINES TO BE ABLE TO ESCAPE
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BECAME, UH, PARAMOUNT.
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Narrator:
THE U. S. NAVY CERTIFIES TANG
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TO DIVE TO 400 FEET,
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NEARLY 100 FEET DEEPER
THAN PREVIOUS SUB CLASSES.
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[CREAKING]
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BUT O'KANE WANTS TO SEE
HOW FAR HE CAN SAFELY GO.
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THE INFORMATION COULD BE CRUCIAL
WHEN THEY COME UNDER ATTACK.
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[GROANING]
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SOME OF THE DELICATE EQUIPMENT
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DOES NOT HOLD UP
TO CRUSHING OCEAN PRESSURES...
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♪
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AS HE PUSHES THE SUB 200 FEET
DEEPER THAN IT IS RATED FOR.
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O'Kane: ALL CLEAR.
SURFACE THE BOAT.
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Officer: AYE, SIR,
SURFACE, SURFACE, SURFACE.
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[KLAXON HORN]
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Narrator: BUT TANG'S TEST DIVE
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PROVES THE SUB CAN SURVIVE
AT 612 FEET.
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AS ENEMY FORCES MOBILIZE,
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O'KANE WILL NEED ALL THE HELP
HE CAN GET.
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THE JAPANESE FINALLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THE THREAT
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POSED BY AMERICAN SUBMARINES
TO THEIR WAR EFFORT
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AND ESTABLISH
THE GRAND ESCORT FLEET,
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WHICH GROWS TO 60 VESSELS.
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Brian Hayashi:
THE GRAND ESCORT FLEET
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IS CREATED TO PROTECT
JAPANESE SHIPPING.
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THEY WOULD ASSIGN
A NUMBER OF SHIPS,
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USUALLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR,
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TO ESCORT MAYBE ABOUT 12
MERCHANT MARINE SHIPS
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AND THEN ESCORT THEM THROUGH.
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Narrator: SOME ESCORTS CARRY
UP TO 300 DEPTH CHARGES,
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UNDERWATER BOMBS RIGGED
TO DETONATE AT SPECIFIC DEPTHS.
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[BOOM]
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THE GOAL IS TO COMPROMISE
THE SUBMARINE'S HULL.
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BY AUGUST OF 1944,
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FEWER MERCHANT SHIPS SAIL
FROM THE EMPIRE'S OUTPOSTS.
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USS TANG IS SENT
INTO JAPANESE HOME WATERS
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TO SEARCH FOR TARGETS.
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O'Kane: GIVE ME A NEW BEARING.
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Submariner: BEARING IS NOW
2‐7‐0, CAPTAIN.
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Narrator: AGAINST FALLING ODDS,
O'KANE LOCATES TWO FREIGHTERS...
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O'Kane: FIRE TUBE FIVE.
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♪
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Narrator: ...IGNORING A SMALL
ESCORT THAT CHARGES TO ATTACK.
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O'Kane: THAT'S IT,
TAKE HER DEEP.
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Narrator: O'KANE ORDERS A DIVE
TO AVOID THE COUNTER BARRAGE.
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BUT THE WATERS ARE VERY SHALLOW,
LESS THAN 200 FEET,
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WELL WITHIN THE RANGE
OF DEPTH CHARGES.
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Scott: ON ITS FOURTH PATROL
OFF OF HONSHU,
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DICK O'KANE EXPERIENCES
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THE WORST DEPTH CHARGE ATTACK
HE'S HAD
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IN TEN PATROLS
ON BOARD SUBMARINES.
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[EXPLOSIONS]
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Narrator: IN AUGUST OF 1944,
THE AMERICAN SUBMARINE USS TANG
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FIRES SIX TORPEDOES, THEN DIVES.
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THE CREW LISTENS
AS THE ESCORT PASSES OVERHEAD.
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[EXPLOSIONS]
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O'KANE DESCRIBES TANG'S STALKER
AS A MODEST 1,500‐TON GUNBOAT.
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IT'S OUTFITTED TO DROP
UP TO 28 DEPTH CHARGES.
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AFTER THE FIRST SALVO
RATTLES THE SUBMARINE,
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THE GUNBOAT COMPLETES
FOUR MORE PASSES,
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RELEASING MORE BOMBS EACH TIME.
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[EXPLOSIONS]
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[GLASS BREAKS]
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Scott: LIGHTS SHATTER,
GAUGES ARE BUSTED,
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SAILORS ARE KNOCKED OFF
THEIR FEET DURING THIS ATTACK.
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IT'S WORSE THAN BEING
ON A BATTLEFIELD,
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IN A LOT OF CASES, 'CAUSE YOU'RE
IN A TIGHT, CONFINED SPACE.
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YOU CAN'T SEE
WHAT'S COMING AT YOU.
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YOU CAN ONLY HEAR IT
AND YOU CAN ONLY FEEL IT
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AS IT'S SHAKING THE BOAT.
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[EXPLOSIONS]
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[CRASH]
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WHEN A SUBMARINE IS LOST,
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IT'S TYPICALLY LOST
WITH EVERYONE ON BOARD.
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WHEN YOU'RE LOST UNDERWATER,
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YOU KNOW, YOUR CHANCES
OF SURVIVAL ARE SO LIMITED.
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Narrator: O'KANE AND HIS MEN
KNOW THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE CASE
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WHERE A SUB CREW
HAS BEEN RESCUED.
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IN 1939, 33 SAILORS WERE
RECOVERED WITH A DIVING CHAMBER
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AFTER THE USS SQUALUS SANK
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DURING A TEST DIVE
IN THE ATLANTIC.
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THE SUBMARINE'S LOCATION
NEAR AMERICAN SHORES
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MADE THE RECOVERY POSSIBLE.
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FIVE YEARS LATER AND
THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY,
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O'KANE ORDERS LEFT FULL RUDDER
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AND RISKS FULL SPEED
TOWARD THE OPEN OCEAN,
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WORRIED HIS SUBMARINE
CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE.
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38 MINUTES
AFTER THE GUNBOAT CHARGES,
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THE ENEMY LOSES CONTACT
WITH THE SUB...
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[EXPLOSION]
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AND TANG MAKES AN ESCAPE.
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[EXPLOSION]
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THE PROLONGED ATTACK
RATTLES THE CREW.
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Scott: O'KANE AND HIS
EXECUTIVE OFFICER MURRAY FRAZEE,
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THEY'RE SITTING IN THE WARDROOM.
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FRAZEE LOOKS OVER AT O'KANE,
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AND HE TIPS HIS HAND BACK
LIKE IT'S A GLASS,
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AND THAT'S HIS SIGNAL
THAT MAYBE IT'S TIME
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TO BREAK OUT
THE DEPTH CHARGE MEDICINE.
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DEPTH CHARGE MEDICINE
IS ESSENTIALLY, IT'S BRANDY.
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IT WAS A WAY TO CALM
THE NERVES OF THE SAILORS.
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YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU GO THROUGH
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A REALLY SCARY
DEPTH CHARGE ATTACK,
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SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW,
A SHOT OF ALCOHOL
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WOULD BE JUST THE THING
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TO SORT OF TAKE THE EDGE OFF
OF A LONG DAY.
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♪
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Narrator: TWO WEEKS LATER
O'KANE RETURNS TO BASE.
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THROUGH FOUR PATROLS,
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TANG'S CREW AVERAGES
A SINKING EVERY 11 DAYS‐‐
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TWICE THE KILL RATE
OF ANY OTHER U. S. SUBMARINE.
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Scott: IN FOUR PATROLS,
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DICK O'KANE HAS ALREADY SUNK
17 SHIPS FOR 72,000 TONS.
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AND HE'S HUNGRY FOR MORE ACTION.
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♪
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Narrator:
USS TANG IS UNDER THE COMMAND
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OF ADMIRAL CHARLES LOCKWOOD,
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MASTERMIND OF PEARL HARBOR'S
SUBMARINES.
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Scott: O'KANE RETURNS
FROM HIS FOURTH PATROL,
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AND HE GOES TO SEE
ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD.
251
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AND ADMIRAL LOCKWOOD
WANTS TO GO AHEAD
252
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AND SEND HIM RIGHT BACK OUT
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
253
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HE NEEDS TO HAVE HIS BEST
SKIPPER IN POSITION TO HELP.
254
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Narrator: LOCKWOOD FACES
A BOLD DIRECTIVE.
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[BOOM]
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AMERICAN FORCES LED
BY GENERAL MacARTHUR
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RALLY TO CHARGE THE PHILIPPINES.
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IF THEY SUCCEED, IT WILL PUT
ALLIED WARPLANES
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WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE
OF JAPAN.
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Friedman: MacARTHUR IS VERY HOT
TO ATTACK THE PHILIPPINES.
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IF WE HELD THE PHILIPPINES,
THE JAPANESE COULDN'T BE SAFE.
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AND BY THAT TIME,
THE JAPANESE REALIZED
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THAT UNLESS THEY STOP US,
THE NEXT STOP IS JAPAN.
264
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Narrator: LOCKWOOD HAS ORDERS
TO SINK ENEMY SHIPS
265
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ATTEMPTING TO REINFORCE
THE JAPANESE GARRISONS.
266
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A KEY SUPPLY ROUTE FROM JAPAN
TO THE PHILIPPINES
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IS THE FORMOSA STRAIT.
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BOTH SHORES OF THE PASS
ARE OCCUPIED BY THE JAPANESE.
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Hayashi: THE FORMOSA STRAITS
IS ONE OF THE SAFEST PASSAGES
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THE JAPANESE MERCHANT MARINE
COULD TAKE.
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IT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH
TO THE SHORES.
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THEY WERE PROTECTED ON BOTH
SIDES BY LAND‐BASED AIRCRAFT.
273
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AND SO IT WAS A REASONABLY SAFE
OR PROBABLY THE SAFEST ROUTE
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THAT YOU COULD TAKE.
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Narrator: LOCKWOOD TURNS
TO HIS SUBMARINE ACE
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TO CUT OFF THIS CRITICAL PASS.
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♪
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TANG'S FIFTH PATROL WILL TAKE
THE CREW TO THE FORMOSA STRAIT.
279
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BUT BEFORE THEY CAN LEAVE,
THEY MUST RESUPPLY.
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IT PROVES SURPRISINGLY
DIFFICULT, HOWEVER,
281
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TO SOURCE TORPEDOES.
282
00:15:09,431 --> 00:15:12,201
THE MARK 14 TORPEDOES
USED EARLIER IN THE WAR
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PROVED FAULTY.
284
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Scott: THE FAILURE
OF THE AMERICAN TORPEDO
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IN THE EARLY PARTS
OF WORLD WAR II
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00:15:17,271 --> 00:15:19,941
IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCANDALS
OF THE WAR.
287
00:15:19,974 --> 00:15:23,614
WHERE IT WAS MOST PROBLEMATIC
WAS FOR AGGRESSIVE SKIPPERS
288
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WHO WOULD GO IN
AND WOULD GET IN CLOSE
289
00:15:25,512 --> 00:15:26,882
AND WOULD HAVE THESE SHOTS
290
00:15:26,913 --> 00:15:28,353
THAT LOOK LIKE THEY WERE
THE PERFECT SHOT,
291
00:15:28,381 --> 00:15:31,321
ONLY TO HAVE YOUR WEAPON FAIL.
292
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Narrator: THE SUBMARINE SERVICE
COMPLAINED FOR MONTHS
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BEFORE THE NAVY AGREED TO TEST
THE MARK 14 WARHEADS.
294
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Scott: THERE HAD BEEN
THIS BATTLE INSIDE THE NAVY.
295
00:15:40,159 --> 00:15:42,899
YOU HAD THE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE,
WHO MANUFACTURED THE TORPEDOES,
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WHO WERE BLAMING THE SKIPPERS
AS BAD SHOTS.
297
00:15:44,396 --> 00:15:45,526
AND YOU HAD THE SKIPPERS
298
00:15:45,564 --> 00:15:47,004
WHO WERE BLAMING
THE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE
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SAYING WE HAVE A FAULTY WEAPON.
300
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AND SO THERE WAS REALLY
THIS BACK AND FORTH
301
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AND NO EFFORT TO REALLY SOLVE
THAT PROBLEM.
302
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Narrator: OF THE FIRST TEN
MARK 14s TESTED,
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SEVEN FAILED TO EXPLODE.
304
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Scott: AT THAT POINT
THE PROBLEM WAS WELL KNOWN.
305
00:15:59,643 --> 00:16:00,983
IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF WHO
306
00:16:01,011 --> 00:16:02,451
WAS GONNA TAKE OWNERSHIP
OF THIS PROBLEM
307
00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:06,020
AND WORK TO REMEDY IT.
308
00:16:06,049 --> 00:16:08,219
Narrator: THE WAKELESS
MARK 18 TORPEDO
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00:16:08,251 --> 00:16:12,261
AIMS TO REPLACE
THE DEFECTIVE MARK 14.
310
00:16:12,289 --> 00:16:14,519
Friedman:
THE MARK 14 IS A STEAM TORPEDO.
311
00:16:14,557 --> 00:16:18,087
STEAM MEANS THAT IT LEAVES
A TRAIL OF BUBBLES.
312
00:16:18,127 --> 00:16:20,557
THAT MEANS THAT IF
IT'S COMING AT YOU,
313
00:16:20,596 --> 00:16:24,026
THERE'S A FAIR CHANCE THAT
YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING COMING.
314
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AN ELECTRIC TORPEDO
DOESN'T LEAVE ANY BUBBLES.
315
00:16:27,102 --> 00:16:29,642
SO THE GERMANS INTRODUCE
ELECTRIC TORPEDOES
316
00:16:29,670 --> 00:16:31,670
FOR THAT REASON.
317
00:16:31,706 --> 00:16:33,336
WE RECOVER SOME.
318
00:16:33,374 --> 00:16:35,944
WE BASICALLY COPY IT
WITH AMERICAN FEATURES.
319
00:16:35,976 --> 00:16:37,306
THAT'S A MARK 18.
320
00:16:37,344 --> 00:16:39,984
AND THE IDEA IS
THEY WON'T SEE IT COMING.
321
00:16:40,014 --> 00:16:43,654
SO IT'LL WORK BETTER.
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Narrator: ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1944,
TANG DEPARTS FOR FORMOSA...
323
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WITH A COMPLEMENT
OF AMERICA'S NEWEST TORPEDOES‐‐
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MARK 18s INITIALLY ALLOCATED
TO A DRY‐DOCKED SUBMARINE.
325
00:16:59,197 --> 00:17:01,397
Scott: AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS
WERE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP.
326
00:17:01,433 --> 00:17:03,303
AND SO THERE WAS A SHORTAGE.
327
00:17:03,335 --> 00:17:06,165
AND SO O'KANE
HAS TO ULTIMATELY SCAVENGE
328
00:17:06,204 --> 00:17:10,074
A LOAD OF TORPEDOES
FROM THE SUBMARINE TAMBOR.
329
00:17:10,107 --> 00:17:12,107
Narrator: O'KANE AND HIS MEN
HAVE BEEN OUT ON PATROL
330
00:17:12,143 --> 00:17:15,013
AT DOUBLE THE EXPECTED RATE.
331
00:17:15,046 --> 00:17:19,076
IN EXCHANGE, O'KANE NEGOTIATES
A BREAK FOR HIS OVERWORKED CREW
332
00:17:19,116 --> 00:17:22,016
AND AN UPGRADE FOR TANG
AT THE END OF THIS MISSION.
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♪
334
00:17:34,229 --> 00:17:37,099
SOME 1,500 MILES
INTO THE JOURNEY,
335
00:17:37,132 --> 00:17:42,442
TYPHOON SEASON IN THE PACIFIC
SLOWS TANG'S PROGRESS.
336
00:17:42,471 --> 00:17:44,571
Scott: AS THE TANG IS HEADING
TOWARD THE FORMOSA STRAIT,
337
00:17:44,606 --> 00:17:46,306
IT HITS THESE, THESE HIGH SWELLS
338
00:17:46,341 --> 00:17:48,781
THAT DEVELOP
INTO THIS RAGING STORM.
339
00:17:48,810 --> 00:17:51,110
WAVES CRASHING AGAINST THE BOAT.
340
00:17:51,145 --> 00:17:54,575
TANGIS TOSSING BACK AND FORTH.
341
00:17:54,615 --> 00:17:58,415
Narrator: O'KANE TOURS
TO BATTEN DOWN THE SHIP.
342
00:17:58,452 --> 00:18:02,292
THE SITUATION TAKES
AN ALARMING TURN.
343
00:18:02,322 --> 00:18:03,762
Scott: O'KANE IS DOING
AN INSPECTION
344
00:18:03,790 --> 00:18:06,730
AND HE STEPS INTO AN OPEN HATCH
IN THE FORWARD ENGINE ROOM,
345
00:18:06,759 --> 00:18:08,499
AND HE FALLS AND HIS FOOT SNAGS
346
00:18:08,528 --> 00:18:12,158
ON THE BOTTOM RUNG
OF THE LADDER.
347
00:18:12,198 --> 00:18:16,238
HE'S BROKEN SEVERAL BONES
IN HIS FOOT.
348
00:18:16,268 --> 00:18:18,198
SO O'KANE IS THEN HAVING
TO COMMAND THE SHIP
349
00:18:18,237 --> 00:18:20,337
FROM HIS BACK IN HIS BUNK.
350
00:18:20,372 --> 00:18:29,112
♪
351
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Narrator: OCTOBER 4th.
352
00:18:31,849 --> 00:18:33,649
AS O'KANE RELIES ON HIS CREW
353
00:18:33,684 --> 00:18:37,554
TO BATTLE THE ERRATIC WEATHER
THAT'S LASTED FOR DAYS...
354
00:18:37,587 --> 00:18:39,257
[WHISTLING]
355
00:18:39,289 --> 00:18:41,659
DURING A LULL
IN THE STORMING SEAS,
356
00:18:41,691 --> 00:18:44,261
AN INTERCEPTED JAPANESE MESSAGE
357
00:18:44,293 --> 00:18:47,363
DRAGS THE SKIPPER
FROM HIS QUARTERS.
358
00:18:47,396 --> 00:18:50,166
THE CODE BREAK IS LEVEL "ULTRA."
359
00:18:50,199 --> 00:18:51,699
Friedman: THERE ARE SEVERAL
DIFFERENT KINDS OF CODE BREAKING
360
00:18:51,734 --> 00:18:54,174
THAT HAPPENED IN WORLD WAR II.
361
00:18:54,203 --> 00:18:58,513
ULTRA IS BASICALLY USED
FOR BREAKING MILITARY CODES.
362
00:18:58,540 --> 00:19:02,480
MUCH OF THE ALLIED CODE BREAKING
IN WORLD WAR II IS JOINT.
363
00:19:02,510 --> 00:19:04,750
THERE ARE AMERICANS
AT BLETCHLEY PARK,
364
00:19:04,779 --> 00:19:07,579
THERE ARE AMERICANS
WITH AUSTRALIANS IN MELBOURNE.
365
00:19:07,615 --> 00:19:10,445
THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE UNITS
THAT WORK TOGETHER.
366
00:19:10,484 --> 00:19:13,254
AND THAT GIVES US
A FAIR AMOUNT OF INSIGHT
367
00:19:13,287 --> 00:19:17,157
INTO THE TIMING
OF JAPANESE OPERATIONS.
368
00:19:17,191 --> 00:19:19,561
Narrator: SKIPPERS LIKE O'KANE
USE THIS INTELLIGENCE
369
00:19:19,593 --> 00:19:23,533
TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION
OF ENEMY SHIPS.
370
00:19:23,563 --> 00:19:24,763
Norman Jolin:
BASED ON INTELLIGENCE,
371
00:19:24,797 --> 00:19:26,667
THESE SUBMARINES WERE
LITERALLY BEING DIRECTED
372
00:19:26,699 --> 00:19:29,669
RIGHT ON THE POINT
WHERE THEY EXPECTED TO HAVE
373
00:19:29,702 --> 00:19:33,072
MAJOR JAPANESE NAVAL UNITS
OR CONVOYS PASSING.
374
00:19:37,576 --> 00:19:40,746
Narrator: THE ULTRA TRANSMISSION
REVEALS THE SUSPECTED LOCATION
375
00:19:40,779 --> 00:19:44,779
OF A JAPANESE WEATHER SHIP.
376
00:19:44,816 --> 00:19:47,446
Friedman: WEATHER SHIPS
MAKE A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE.
377
00:19:47,485 --> 00:19:50,315
IF THE OTHER SIDE
DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS
378
00:19:50,354 --> 00:19:52,594
TO WEATHER INFORMATION
AND YOU DO,
379
00:19:52,623 --> 00:19:55,793
YOU'LL DO A WHOLE LOT BETTER.
380
00:19:55,826 --> 00:19:58,196
Narrator: THE COORDINATES
ARE WITHIN REACH.
381
00:19:58,228 --> 00:19:59,428
BUT THE STORMY WEATHER
382
00:19:59,462 --> 00:20:01,662
COMPROMISES O'KANE'S
ATTACK PLAN.
383
00:20:01,698 --> 00:20:08,438
♪
384
00:20:08,470 --> 00:20:11,570
THE INCREASINGLY VIOLENT SEA
MAKES IT DIFFICULT
385
00:20:11,607 --> 00:20:15,877
AS HE TRIES TO HUNT
THE JAPANESE WEATHER SHIP.
386
00:20:15,911 --> 00:20:18,251
Scott: TYPICALLY IN THESE KINDS
OF SITUATIONS,
387
00:20:18,279 --> 00:20:20,219
A SUBMARINE SKIPPER
WOULD TAKE THE BOAT DEEP
388
00:20:20,248 --> 00:20:23,348
AND JUST RIDE IT OUT
DEEP UNDERWATER.
389
00:20:23,384 --> 00:20:24,824
Narrator:
BUT TANG'S COMMANDER REFUSES
390
00:20:24,852 --> 00:20:29,462
TO LET A SHOT AT THE ENEMY
SLIP AWAY.
391
00:20:29,490 --> 00:20:31,860
THEY SURFACE SO LOOKOUTS
CAN BRAVE THE BRIDGE
392
00:20:31,892 --> 00:20:36,302
TO SEARCH THROUGH THE RAIN.
393
00:20:36,330 --> 00:20:37,600
Scott: IT'S VERY DANGEROUS
FOR THESE SAILORS
394
00:20:37,631 --> 00:20:39,701
TO BE OUT TOPSIDE
DURING A RAGING STORM LIKE THIS.
395
00:20:39,733 --> 00:20:43,343
THEY CAN GET BATTERED AROUND,
THEY CAN BE WASHED OVERBOARD.
396
00:20:43,369 --> 00:20:44,439
O'KANE'S IN A TOUGH SPOT,
397
00:20:44,470 --> 00:20:47,740
BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND
HE HAS TO GET INTO POSITION.
398
00:20:47,773 --> 00:20:50,383
ON THE OTHER HAND, HE HAS
RUN THE RISK OF LOSING HIS BOAT
399
00:20:50,409 --> 00:20:52,649
IF HE'S NOT CAREFUL.
400
00:20:52,678 --> 00:20:57,448
Narrator: LIKE O'KANE,
THE WEATHER IS UNRELENTING.
401
00:20:57,482 --> 00:20:59,382
AROUND 3:30 A. M.
402
00:20:59,417 --> 00:21:04,917
VIOLENT WINDS FORCE LOOKOUTS
TO ABANDON THE BRIDGE.
403
00:21:04,956 --> 00:21:08,726
TANG IS IN THE CLUTCHES
OF A TYPHOON.
404
00:21:08,759 --> 00:21:11,599
Scott: AT ITS PEAK, THE WAVES
WERE, FROM TROUGH TO CREST,
405
00:21:11,628 --> 00:21:13,298
WERE 95 FEET.
406
00:21:13,330 --> 00:21:14,130
MANY OF THE MEN
ON BOARD THE TANG
407
00:21:14,164 --> 00:21:16,974
WERE CONVINCED
THEY WERE DONE FOR.
408
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,870
Narrator: THE SEA BATTERS
TANG'S PORT SIDE,
409
00:21:18,902 --> 00:21:22,972
TILTING O'KANE'S SUBMARINE
STARBOARD.
410
00:21:23,006 --> 00:21:24,906
Scott: AT ONE POINT HE LOOKS
OVER AT THE INCLINOMETER,
411
00:21:24,940 --> 00:21:27,340
AND HE SEES HE'S GOT
A 70‐DEGREE LIST.
412
00:21:27,377 --> 00:21:29,647
AND HE SAYS, "IS SHE EVER
GONNA COME BACK?"
413
00:21:29,679 --> 00:21:31,479
AND HIS EXECUTIVE OFFICER SAYS,
414
00:21:31,513 --> 00:21:34,223
"YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
THEY DON'T."
415
00:21:34,249 --> 00:21:40,789
♪
416
00:21:40,822 --> 00:21:43,762
Narrator: OCTOBER 6, 1944.
417
00:21:43,792 --> 00:21:45,362
[CREAKING]
418
00:21:45,393 --> 00:21:46,763
A POWERFUL STORM THREATENS
419
00:21:46,794 --> 00:21:49,664
AMERICA'S TOP WORLD WAR II
SUBMARINE.
420
00:21:49,697 --> 00:21:59,567
♪
421
00:21:59,606 --> 00:22:03,276
IF COMMANDER O'KANE ATTEMPTS TO
DIVE NOW TO ESCAPE THE WEATHER,
422
00:22:03,309 --> 00:22:07,779
THE WAVES COULD CAPSIZE
USS TANG.
423
00:22:07,813 --> 00:22:09,823
Scott: SO HE HAS TO RIDE
ON THE SURFACE,
424
00:22:09,848 --> 00:22:11,848
HE HAS TO JUST PUSH
THROUGH THIS STORM.
425
00:22:11,883 --> 00:22:15,523
AND THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.
426
00:22:15,554 --> 00:22:17,024
WHEN THE STORM FINALLY ENDED,
427
00:22:17,055 --> 00:22:19,515
THE CREW WAS JUST HIT
BY IMMENSE RELIEF.
428
00:22:19,557 --> 00:22:24,357
AND AFTER SURVIVING THIS,
WHAT COULD BE WORSE?
429
00:22:24,395 --> 00:22:25,895
Narrator:
THE JAPANESE WEATHER SHIP,
430
00:22:25,930 --> 00:22:30,300
IF IT WAS EVER THERE, IS GONE.
431
00:22:30,334 --> 00:22:32,604
BLOWN OFF COURSE,
O'KANE AND HIS CREW
432
00:22:32,636 --> 00:22:38,936
SET A WESTERLY HEADING
FOR JAPANESE‐CONTROLLED FORMOSA,
433
00:22:38,975 --> 00:22:43,875
WHERE ALLIED FORCES MOBILIZE
A CRITICAL BLITZ.
434
00:22:43,912 --> 00:22:45,582
THEY ATTACK KEY AIRFIELDS,
435
00:22:45,614 --> 00:22:47,824
DESTROYING HUNDREDS
OF ENEMY PLANES...
436
00:22:47,850 --> 00:22:49,450
[EXPLOSIONS]
437
00:22:49,485 --> 00:22:51,315
TO CRIPPLE JAPAN'S ABILITY
438
00:22:51,353 --> 00:22:54,423
TO REPEL MacARTHUR'S ASSAULT
ON THE PHILIPPINES.
439
00:22:54,456 --> 00:23:00,856
♪
440
00:23:00,895 --> 00:23:02,895
THE JAPANESE FIGHT BACK,
441
00:23:02,930 --> 00:23:05,370
DAMAGING
TWO AIRCRAFT CARRIERS...
442
00:23:07,534 --> 00:23:09,074
WHOSE CREWS ARE AMONG THE FIRST
443
00:23:09,102 --> 00:23:13,742
TO EVER WITNESS
A KAMIKAZE ATTACK.
444
00:23:13,774 --> 00:23:16,814
[EXPLOSION]
445
00:23:16,843 --> 00:23:29,853
♪
446
00:23:29,888 --> 00:23:32,088
USS TANG HAS ARRIVED
AMIDST THE CHAOS
447
00:23:32,124 --> 00:23:34,364
TO JOIN THE FIGHT.
448
00:23:36,895 --> 00:23:39,455
O'KANE'S MISSION
IS TO SINK TRANSPORT SHIPS
449
00:23:39,497 --> 00:23:44,097
RESUPPLYING JAPANESE FORCES
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
450
00:23:44,134 --> 00:23:45,874
Scott:
SKIPPERS LIKE DICK O'KANE,
451
00:23:45,903 --> 00:23:48,373
THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR JOB IS.
452
00:23:48,405 --> 00:23:51,105
THEY KNOW THAT THEIR SUCCESS
IS GONNA BE GAUGED
453
00:23:51,141 --> 00:23:52,911
ON HOW MANY JAPANESE SHIPS
THEY'VE SUNK,
454
00:23:52,943 --> 00:23:54,513
ON HOW MUCH JAPANESE TONNAGE
THEY'VE PUT
455
00:23:54,544 --> 00:23:56,814
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA FLOOR.
456
00:23:56,846 --> 00:23:59,476
SO THEY LEAVE WITH 24 TORPEDOES,
457
00:23:59,516 --> 00:24:00,876
AND THEY WANT TO COME BACK
EMPTY‐HANDED.
458
00:24:00,917 --> 00:24:02,887
THEY WANT TO FIRE THEM ALL.
459
00:24:02,919 --> 00:24:10,629
♪
460
00:24:10,659 --> 00:24:13,629
Narrator: ON OCTOBER 23, 1944,
461
00:24:13,661 --> 00:24:17,631
TANG'S CREW FINALLY SPOTS
A CHANCE TO STRIKE.
462
00:24:17,665 --> 00:24:20,125
Scott: THE TANG'S RADAR MEN
PICK UP A WHOLE MESS OF BLIPS,
463
00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:21,097
SO MANY THAT THEY THINK
464
00:24:21,135 --> 00:24:23,495
THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING
AT AN ISLAND CHAIN,
465
00:24:23,537 --> 00:24:24,767
UNTIL THEY CHECK THE CHARTS
466
00:24:24,805 --> 00:24:28,475
AND THEY REALIZE THERE ARE NO
ISLANDS IN THIS SAME POSITION.
467
00:24:28,508 --> 00:24:29,538
SO O'KANE'S EXCITED.
468
00:24:29,576 --> 00:24:30,606
HE'S THRILLED AT THIS POINT.
469
00:24:30,644 --> 00:24:33,054
HE'S GOT WHAT TURNS OUT TO BE
A FOUR‐SHIP CONVOY
470
00:24:33,079 --> 00:24:35,749
LED BY TWO DESTROYERS.
471
00:24:35,782 --> 00:24:38,622
Narrator: THE CONVOY STEAMS
TO BOMB‐RAVAGED FORMOSA,
472
00:24:38,651 --> 00:24:40,921
KNOWN TODAY AS TAIWAN.
473
00:24:43,789 --> 00:24:45,689
Lookout: COMMANDER,
YOU BETTER TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
474
00:24:45,724 --> 00:24:48,564
Narrator: ONE OF THE SHIPS
IS A TROOP TRANSPORT
475
00:24:48,593 --> 00:24:51,703
THAT CARRIES
ENEMY REINFORCEMENTS.
476
00:24:51,729 --> 00:24:53,429
Friedman:
IF THE TARGET IS A FREIGHTER,
477
00:24:53,465 --> 00:24:55,825
YOU'RE CUTTING OFF
RAW MATERIALS.
478
00:24:55,867 --> 00:24:58,867
IF IT'S A TRANSPORT,
YOU'RE CUTTING OFF TROOPS.
479
00:24:58,903 --> 00:25:04,643
AND IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE
SUPPLY OF TROOPS ISN'T ENDLESS,
480
00:25:04,675 --> 00:25:07,575
ANYTHING THAT CAN KILL
THE TROOPS EN ROUTE HELPS.
481
00:25:07,611 --> 00:25:11,951
♪
482
00:25:11,982 --> 00:25:15,022
Narrator: TANG'S CREW
READIES FOR AN ATTACK.
483
00:25:15,051 --> 00:25:17,021
Scott: SAILORS MAN
THEIR BATTLE STATIONS.
484
00:25:17,052 --> 00:25:21,962
♪
485
00:25:21,991 --> 00:25:25,661
Narrator: O'KANE MUST GET TANG
PAST THE SCREEN OF ESCORTS.
486
00:25:28,563 --> 00:25:30,603
O'Kane: CONSTANT BEARING MARK.
487
00:25:30,632 --> 00:25:31,732
Scott: HE'S STUDYING THIS
488
00:25:31,766 --> 00:25:34,636
AND TRYING TO DETERMINE
WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO ATTACK.
489
00:25:34,668 --> 00:25:36,598
AND HE SEES HIS MOMENT
OF OPPORTUNITY
490
00:25:36,637 --> 00:25:38,967
WHEN ONE OF THE DESTROYERS
PULLS OUT OF FORMATION
491
00:25:39,006 --> 00:25:41,576
AND BEGINS A BIG WIDE CIRCLE
AROUND THE CONVOY,
492
00:25:41,609 --> 00:25:44,749
CHECKING UP AND MAKING SURE
ALL THE SHIPS ARE IN LINE.
493
00:25:44,778 --> 00:25:47,208
Narrator: THE TIMING IS PERFECT.
494
00:25:47,247 --> 00:25:50,717
Scott: O'KANE THEN MOVES
INTO THAT DESTROYER'S POSITION.
495
00:25:50,750 --> 00:25:53,920
AND HE KNOWS THAT ON RADAR
FOR THE OTHER JAPANESE SHIPS,
496
00:25:53,953 --> 00:25:55,563
THEY'RE GONNA LOOK
AND THEY'RE GONNA SEE
497
00:25:55,588 --> 00:25:57,088
WHAT TO THEM IS JUST AN ESCORT.
498
00:25:57,123 --> 00:25:58,693
AND SO HE'S GONNA
BLEND RIGHT IN.
499
00:25:58,724 --> 00:26:02,934
HE'S GONNA BECOME PART
OF THE JAPANESE CONVOY.
500
00:26:02,961 --> 00:26:04,901
Narrator:
AT NIGHTTIME, ON RADAR,
501
00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:09,170
THE SUBMARINE LOOKS
LIKE A DESTROYER.
502
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,800
O'KANE CONTINUES THE DECEPTION.
503
00:26:12,837 --> 00:26:14,967
Scott: HE JUST SLOWLY PULLS OUT
TO THE SIDE,
504
00:26:15,005 --> 00:26:17,235
MIMICKING THE MOVEMENTS
OF THE JAPANESE ESCORT.
505
00:26:17,274 --> 00:26:21,484
AND THEN HE ALLOWS THE OTHER
SHIPS TO SLOWLY OVERTAKE HIM.
506
00:26:21,511 --> 00:26:24,551
AND AT THAT POINT,
HE CAN THEN TURN INTO POSITION,
507
00:26:24,581 --> 00:26:27,051
AND HE HAS THE BROAD SIDE
OF ALL THESE SHIPS,
508
00:26:27,083 --> 00:26:29,693
ALL OF THEM TARGETS
THAT HE CAN THEN SHOOT AT.
509
00:26:34,557 --> 00:26:35,757
Submariner: LET'S GET
THOSE JIGGERS RIGGED.
510
00:26:35,791 --> 00:26:38,091
COME ON, WE AIN'T GOT TIME,
LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO!
511
00:26:40,663 --> 00:26:41,763
[SLAM]
512
00:26:41,797 --> 00:26:43,597
O'Kane: CONSTANT BEARING.
513
00:26:43,632 --> 00:26:46,002
Narrator: O'KANE TAKES AIM
AT THE CARGO SHIPS IN THE CONVOY
514
00:26:46,034 --> 00:26:48,004
AS THEY PASS.
515
00:26:48,036 --> 00:26:52,236
SOME AT TANG'S BOW,
ANOTHER ON ITS STERN.
516
00:26:52,273 --> 00:26:53,243
O'Kane: MARK!
517
00:26:57,078 --> 00:26:59,248
SET...FIRE!
518
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,080
♪
519
00:27:02,115 --> 00:27:04,075
Scott: HE FIRES THREE
ELECTRIC TORPEDOES.
520
00:27:04,117 --> 00:27:05,547
NOW THESE ARE WAKELESS,
521
00:27:05,586 --> 00:27:07,846
THAT THEY CAN'T SEE 'EM
COMING TOWARD 'EM.
522
00:27:07,888 --> 00:27:08,718
Operator: TWO READY.
523
00:27:08,754 --> 00:27:09,364
O'Kane: FIRE!
524
00:27:09,389 --> 00:27:11,619
Scott: EACH TIME HE FIRES,
525
00:27:11,657 --> 00:27:14,557
HE CAN FEEL THE JOLT,
THE SHUDDER OF THE SUBMARINE
526
00:27:14,594 --> 00:27:17,834
AS THE COMPRESSED AIR
PUSHES THESE TORPEDOES OUT.
527
00:27:17,863 --> 00:27:19,903
AND THEN HE WAITS
LESS THAN A MINUTE OR SO,
528
00:27:19,932 --> 00:27:24,242
AND THEN THE EXPLOSIONS
LIGHT UP THE NIGHT SKY.
529
00:27:24,269 --> 00:27:25,669
Narrator: O'KANE'S BOLD ATTACK
530
00:27:25,704 --> 00:27:30,814
QUICKLY SINKS
TWO JAPANESE SHIPS.
531
00:27:30,842 --> 00:27:35,652
BUT THE AMBUSH REVEALS
TANG'S PRESENCE.
532
00:27:35,679 --> 00:27:36,709
Scott:
AND AT THAT POINT, ACTUALLY,
533
00:27:36,747 --> 00:27:39,247
ONE OF THE SHIPS TURNS
AND HE SEES THE TANG,
534
00:27:39,282 --> 00:27:42,122
AND HE COMES IN TO TRY
AND RAM O'KANE.
535
00:27:42,152 --> 00:27:45,162
O'Kane: RADAR,
GIVE ME A READING.
536
00:27:45,188 --> 00:27:48,558
Narrator: THE CONVOY'S TRANSPORT
IS LESS THAN 30 SECONDS AWAY
537
00:27:48,591 --> 00:27:50,991
FROM SMASHING INTO TANG'S HULL.
538
00:27:51,027 --> 00:27:54,157
THERE'S NO TIME TO DIVE.
539
00:27:54,196 --> 00:27:56,566
Scott: HE'S BOXED IN
BY THESE BURNING SHIPS,
540
00:27:56,598 --> 00:27:58,598
AND HE CAN'T ESCAPE,
HE CAN'T DIVE.
541
00:27:58,634 --> 00:28:02,044
HE ORDERS LEFT FULL RUDDER,
AND EMERGENCY SPEED.
542
00:28:02,070 --> 00:28:05,340
AND HE ACTUALLY GOES RIGHT DOWN
THE SIDE OF THIS JAPANESE SHIP.
543
00:28:05,373 --> 00:28:11,913
[GROANING AND CREAKING]
544
00:28:11,946 --> 00:28:14,846
Narrator: O'KANE AVOIDS
A COLLISION WITH THE TRANSPORT,
545
00:28:14,882 --> 00:28:16,752
BUT A FOURTH CARGO SHIP
FROM THE CONVOY
546
00:28:16,784 --> 00:28:19,594
STEAMS IN FOR THE KILL.
547
00:28:19,619 --> 00:28:20,789
Scott: THESE TWO SHIPS, HOWEVER,
548
00:28:20,820 --> 00:28:22,760
ARE ON THEIR OWN
COLLISION COURSE,
549
00:28:22,789 --> 00:28:25,189
AND O'KANE SEES AN OPPORTUNITY.
550
00:28:25,224 --> 00:28:28,264
Narrator: TANG'S COMMANDER
MANEUVERS CAREFULLY.
551
00:28:28,294 --> 00:28:30,334
Scott: HE SETS UP A SHOT
AND HE FIRES AT THE SPOT
552
00:28:30,363 --> 00:28:32,203
WHERE THE TWO SHIPS
ARE GONNA COLLIDE.
553
00:28:32,231 --> 00:28:34,231
SO INTO THAT MIX
OF THESE TWO COLLIDING SHIPS
554
00:28:34,267 --> 00:28:36,197
GO TANG'S TORPEDOES.
555
00:28:36,234 --> 00:28:49,914
♪
556
00:28:49,947 --> 00:28:52,117
HE'S CREATED ALL THIS CARNAGE
OUT THERE.
557
00:28:52,149 --> 00:28:54,619
THESE SHIPS HAVE COLLIDED,
THEY'VE EXPLODED,
558
00:28:54,651 --> 00:28:56,751
AND SO AGAINST THE GLOW
OF THESE BURNING SHIPS,
559
00:28:56,787 --> 00:29:00,217
HE CAN SEE THE DESTRUCTION
THAT THE TANG HAS CAUSED.
560
00:29:00,256 --> 00:29:02,686
AT THAT POINT HE DECIDES
MY WORK HERE IS DONE,
561
00:29:02,726 --> 00:29:04,956
AND HE SLIPS BACK OUT TO SEA.
562
00:29:04,995 --> 00:29:13,865
♪
563
00:29:13,903 --> 00:29:15,703
Narrator: AS DAYLIGHT BREAKS
564
00:29:15,738 --> 00:29:18,708
JAPANESE PATROL UNITS
HUNT THE SUBMARINE.
565
00:29:18,740 --> 00:29:20,010
O'Kane: GIVE ME A NEW BEARING.
566
00:29:20,041 --> 00:29:23,141
Frazee: BEARING 2‐7‐2.
567
00:29:23,177 --> 00:29:25,007
Narrator:
USS TANG LAUNCHED THE ASSAULT
568
00:29:25,046 --> 00:29:29,746
ALONG A MAIN SHIPPING ROUTE
THROUGH THE FORMOSA STRAIT.
569
00:29:29,783 --> 00:29:32,693
O'KANE BELIEVES THE JAPANESE
WILL REROUTE THEIR CONVOYS
570
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:37,260
CLOSER TO THE CHINESE COAST
IN A BID TO DETER THE SUBMARINE.
571
00:29:37,290 --> 00:29:41,690
♪
572
00:29:41,728 --> 00:29:45,298
THE SHALLOWER WATER ERODES
TANG'S DEEP DIVING ADVANTAGE
573
00:29:45,332 --> 00:29:50,172
AND LEAVES IT MORE VULNERABLE
TO DEPTH CHARGES.
574
00:29:50,202 --> 00:29:54,442
IT'S A RISK TANG'S SKIPPER
IS DRIVEN TO TAKE.
575
00:29:54,473 --> 00:29:57,043
Submariner: AYE, SIR,
SURFACE, SURFACE, SURFACE!
576
00:29:57,075 --> 00:30:00,745
[KLAXON HORN]
577
00:30:02,981 --> 00:30:04,821
Friedman: IF YOU'RE A SMART,
AGGRESSIVE GUY,
578
00:30:04,849 --> 00:30:07,289
YOU CAN GET REAL RESULTS.
579
00:30:07,318 --> 00:30:10,858
BUT THAT'S ALSO
INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS...
580
00:30:10,888 --> 00:30:13,718
SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
COMMANDERS GET KILLED
581
00:30:13,758 --> 00:30:15,028
PUSHING IT TOO HARD.
582
00:30:19,329 --> 00:30:23,699
Narrator: OCTOBER 1944.
583
00:30:23,733 --> 00:30:26,703
AMERICA'S SUBMARINE ACE
SCOURS THE FORMOSA STRAIT
584
00:30:26,735 --> 00:30:30,735
FOR JAPANESE SHIPS.
585
00:30:30,773 --> 00:30:32,143
Scott: ON OCTOBER 24,
586
00:30:32,174 --> 00:30:34,884
THE TANG'S RADAR MEN
PICK UP ANOTHER CONVOY.
587
00:30:34,910 --> 00:30:36,710
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY
A 12‐SHIP CONVOY,
588
00:30:36,745 --> 00:30:38,305
AND IT'S DEPARTED SASEBO
IN JAPAN.
589
00:30:38,346 --> 00:30:40,176
AND IT'S GUARDED
BY FIVE ESCORTS,
590
00:30:40,215 --> 00:30:43,485
AND IT'S STRUNG OUT
IN ONE REALLY LONG COLUMN.
591
00:30:43,518 --> 00:30:46,188
Friedman: IF THE CONVOY
IS WEAKLY PROTECTED,
592
00:30:46,220 --> 00:30:50,820
IT BECOMES A TASTY MEAL
RATHER THAN A DANGEROUS PLACE.
593
00:30:50,857 --> 00:30:52,357
Narrator:
STRINGING OUT THE FORMATION
594
00:30:52,393 --> 00:30:55,263
LEAVES SOME OF
THE MERCHANT SHIPS UNSCREENED.
595
00:30:55,296 --> 00:30:58,056
Scott: O'KANE WONDERS WHY WOULD
THE CONVOY COMMANDER DO THIS.
596
00:30:58,098 --> 00:30:59,428
WHY WOULDN'T HE GROUP THEM
ALL TOGETHER
597
00:30:59,465 --> 00:31:01,425
AND SURROUND THEM
AND KEEP THEM SAFER?
598
00:31:01,467 --> 00:31:03,497
BUT HE SURMISES
THAT THE CONVOY COMMANDER
599
00:31:03,536 --> 00:31:04,596
HAS STRUNG THEM OUT SO MUCH
600
00:31:04,637 --> 00:31:07,337
SO THAT IF THEY'RE ATTACKED
BY AMERICAN SUBMARINES,
601
00:31:07,373 --> 00:31:09,013
THEN THEY'LL HAVE
ENOUGH SPACE AND DISTANCE
602
00:31:09,041 --> 00:31:10,011
THAT THEY CAN SEPARATE,
603
00:31:10,042 --> 00:31:12,412
THEY CAN GET OUT OF THE WAY.
604
00:31:12,444 --> 00:31:16,454
Narrator: O'KANE HAS 11
MARK 18 TORPEDOES LEFT.
605
00:31:16,481 --> 00:31:21,291
HE MUST FIRE AS MANY AS HE CAN
BEFORE HIS TARGETS SCATTER.
606
00:31:21,319 --> 00:31:24,259
Scott: SO O'KANE THEN HAS TO
DECIDE HOW IS HE GONNA ATTACK.
607
00:31:24,288 --> 00:31:26,218
O'Kane: ALL AHEAD TWO‐THIRDS.
608
00:31:28,559 --> 00:31:29,459
Narrator: O'KANE ORDERS TANG
609
00:31:29,493 --> 00:31:33,303
TO SLINK BETWEEN
THE CONVOY'S TWO COLUMNS.
610
00:31:33,330 --> 00:31:35,770
Scott: HE'S GETTING IN CLOSE
ON THIS CONVOY
611
00:31:35,799 --> 00:31:39,539
WHEN SEARCHLIGHTS ILLUMINATE
AND THE TANG GETS SPOTTED.
612
00:31:39,569 --> 00:31:45,069
[FLARES SCREAMING]
613
00:31:45,107 --> 00:31:48,107
Narrator: THE CREW RACES
TO ATTACK THE CARGO SHIPS
614
00:31:48,144 --> 00:31:51,314
BEFORE THEIR ESCORTS MOBILIZE.
615
00:31:51,347 --> 00:31:54,047
O'Kane: GET READY!
616
00:31:54,082 --> 00:31:56,152
Scott: HE SETS HIS SIGHT ON ONE,
HE FIRES.
617
00:31:56,184 --> 00:31:57,924
O'Kane: FIRE!
618
00:31:57,953 --> 00:31:59,053
Operator: FIVE ON THE WAY.
619
00:31:59,087 --> 00:32:01,957
Scott: HE MOVES ON TO THE NEXT,
FIRES AGAIN, AND AGAIN.
620
00:32:01,989 --> 00:32:06,789
♪
621
00:32:06,827 --> 00:32:08,997
[EXPLOSIONS]
622
00:32:09,029 --> 00:32:10,499
Narrator:
O'KANE TARGETS FIVE SHIPS
623
00:32:10,530 --> 00:32:14,000
BEFORE A DESTROYER CLOSES IN.
624
00:32:14,033 --> 00:32:15,373
Scott: AT THAT POINT
HE CLEARS OUT.
625
00:32:15,402 --> 00:32:19,812
HE PULLS BACK, HE'S ONLY GOT
TWO TORPEDOES LEFT.
626
00:32:19,839 --> 00:32:23,479
Narrator: ONE OF THE SHIPS
THEY'VE HIT HAS NOT SUNK.
627
00:32:23,509 --> 00:32:24,839
Scott:
IT'S RIDING LOW IN THE WATER,
628
00:32:24,877 --> 00:32:26,107
BUT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY SINKING.
629
00:32:26,145 --> 00:32:28,905
AND HE WONDERS
ARE THOSE CREWS BELOW DECK
630
00:32:28,947 --> 00:32:30,447
DOING DAMAGE CONTROL DUTIES.
631
00:32:30,482 --> 00:32:33,352
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THEY'RE
GONNA SAVE THE SHIP?
632
00:32:33,385 --> 00:32:37,585
Narrator: ESCORTS PROTECT
THE DAMAGED SHIP SEASIDE.
633
00:32:37,622 --> 00:32:39,292
O'KANE DECIDES TO CREEP AROUND
634
00:32:39,324 --> 00:32:43,064
AND ATTACK FROM CLOSER
TO THE SHORE.
635
00:32:43,094 --> 00:32:45,904
Scott: IT'S TIME TO REGROUP,
GET A CUP OF COFFEE,
636
00:32:45,930 --> 00:32:48,230
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY RELOAD
THOSE LAST COUPLE OF TORPEDOES.
637
00:32:48,265 --> 00:32:52,135
AND THEN IT'S TIME
TO RETURN TO THE FIGHT.
638
00:32:52,168 --> 00:32:53,468
Narrator:
THE WORDS OF HIS MENTOR
639
00:32:53,504 --> 00:32:56,214
DRIVE O'KANE BACK INTO THE FRAY.
640
00:32:56,239 --> 00:32:57,469
Scott: IT'S JUST AS MUSH MORTON
HAD TOLD HIM‐‐
641
00:32:57,507 --> 00:33:00,937
"TENACITY, DICK, YOU STICK WITH
'EM 'TIL THEY'RE ON THE BOTTOM."
642
00:33:00,976 --> 00:33:06,446
Narrator: AT 2:30 A. M.
TANG CIRCLES IN FOR THE KILL.
643
00:33:06,481 --> 00:33:10,221
THE SUBMARINE ADVANCES
AT TWO‐THIRDS SPEED.
644
00:33:10,252 --> 00:33:12,852
O'Kane: NEW SETUP, GET READY.
645
00:33:12,887 --> 00:33:16,557
[DIALS CLICKING]
646
00:33:16,591 --> 00:33:18,031
Operator: NINE STANDBY.
647
00:33:18,059 --> 00:33:19,289
O'Kane: FIRE!
648
00:33:19,327 --> 00:33:21,397
♪
649
00:33:21,429 --> 00:33:26,129
Narrator: TANG FIRES
ITS 23rd MARK 18 TORPEDO.
650
00:33:26,166 --> 00:33:28,566
CREWS READY FOR THE 24th.
651
00:33:28,602 --> 00:33:30,172
Scott: THIS LAST TORPEDO,
652
00:33:30,203 --> 00:33:32,373
THIS IS ALL THAT STANDS
BETWEEN DICK O'KANE
653
00:33:32,405 --> 00:33:36,235
AND ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL PATROL.
654
00:33:36,276 --> 00:33:38,136
HE'S GONNA HEAD ALL THE WAY BACK
TO SAN FRANCISCO
655
00:33:38,177 --> 00:33:41,477
WITH THE PROMISE OF DAYS OFF,
SEVERAL MONTHS IN CALIFORNIA,
656
00:33:41,513 --> 00:33:44,183
A REAL BREAK FROM THE WAR
FOR HIS MEN.
657
00:33:44,216 --> 00:33:47,046
ALL HE HAS TO DO
IS FIRE THIS LAST SHOT.
658
00:33:47,086 --> 00:33:48,646
O'Kane: FIRE!
659
00:33:48,687 --> 00:33:50,587
Operator:
TEN FIRED ELECTRICALLY.
660
00:33:50,622 --> 00:33:53,192
♪
661
00:33:53,224 --> 00:33:57,034
Narrator: THE FINAL WARHEAD
FIRES FROM TANG'S BOW.
662
00:33:57,062 --> 00:33:59,402
CHEER SPREADS THROUGH THE SHIP.
663
00:33:59,430 --> 00:34:01,570
Scott: THROUGHOUT THE SUBMARINE,
MEN RELAX.
664
00:34:01,599 --> 00:34:05,039
ONE OF THE MEN SHOUTS
"LET'S HEAD FOR THE BARN."
665
00:34:05,069 --> 00:34:06,569
THERE'S NO MORE TORPEDOES
TO FIRE.
666
00:34:06,603 --> 00:34:09,413
THE PATROL IS DONE.
667
00:34:09,439 --> 00:34:13,239
Narrator: BUT SECONDS LATER
SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
668
00:34:13,276 --> 00:34:15,206
Scott: DICK O'KANE IS UP
ON THE BRIDGE AT THIS POINT.
669
00:34:15,244 --> 00:34:16,414
O'Kane: WE HAVE AN ERRATIC!
670
00:34:16,445 --> 00:34:18,545
Scott: AND HE SEES
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
671
00:34:18,581 --> 00:34:21,121
THAT HE'S GOT A PROBLEM,
A MAJOR PROBLEM.
672
00:34:21,150 --> 00:34:24,350
THE TORPEDO
IS RUNNING ERRATICALLY.
673
00:34:24,387 --> 00:34:25,547
Friedman: TANG'S LAST TORPEDO
674
00:34:25,588 --> 00:34:27,558
MAKES WHAT'S CALLED
A CIRCULAR RUN,
675
00:34:27,590 --> 00:34:28,660
WHICH IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
676
00:34:28,691 --> 00:34:31,461
IT COMES BACK AT HER.
677
00:34:31,493 --> 00:34:37,003
Narrator: A VERTICAL RUDDER
STEERS THE 3,154 POUND TORPEDO.
678
00:34:37,031 --> 00:34:40,101
IT'S NOT RUNNING THE RIGHT WAY.
679
00:34:40,134 --> 00:34:43,044
Friedman: IF THE RUDDER
ON THE TORPEDO LOCKED,
680
00:34:43,070 --> 00:34:45,340
INSTEAD OF GOING
ONTO THE NEW COURSE
681
00:34:45,372 --> 00:34:49,082
AND STAYING THERE,
IT WOULD JUST KEEP TURNING.
682
00:34:49,109 --> 00:34:50,179
O'Kane:
RADAR, GIVE ME A READING.
683
00:34:50,210 --> 00:34:52,550
Narrator:
570 POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES
684
00:34:52,578 --> 00:34:55,618
RACE FASTER
THAN THE SUB CAN TRAVEL.
685
00:34:55,648 --> 00:34:57,578
Scott: HE CAN SEE
THE PHOSPHORESCENCE
686
00:34:57,617 --> 00:35:00,387
TRAILING BEHIND IT, KIND OF LIKE
THE TAIL OF A COMET.
687
00:35:00,420 --> 00:35:03,160
AND SO HE CAN CHART ITS COURSE
AS IT'S COMING IN.
688
00:35:03,188 --> 00:35:04,358
HE'S WATCHING WITH HORROR
689
00:35:04,389 --> 00:35:08,189
AS THIS ERRANT TORPEDO IS
BOOMERANGING BACK TOWARD HIM.
690
00:35:08,227 --> 00:35:10,157
Narrator: THE TORPEDO
IS ON A CRASH COURSE
691
00:35:10,194 --> 00:35:12,464
WITH TANG'S PORT SIDE.
692
00:35:12,497 --> 00:35:14,327
Scott: THE SUBMARINE IS
THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD
693
00:35:14,365 --> 00:35:15,995
AND HE HAS ONLY ABOUT 10 SECONDS
694
00:35:16,034 --> 00:35:18,244
TO TRY AND FISHTAIL
THE SUBMARINE
695
00:35:18,269 --> 00:35:22,169
OUT OF THE WAY OF THIS TORPEDO.
696
00:35:22,205 --> 00:35:24,575
Friedman: TANG AND SIMILAR
SUBMARINES WERE SO LARGE,
697
00:35:24,608 --> 00:35:28,008
THEY COULDN'T MANEUVER AS WELL
AS, SAY, SMALLER SUB MIGHT HAVE.
698
00:35:28,045 --> 00:35:31,105
O'Kane: ALL AHEAD EMERGENCY.
699
00:35:31,148 --> 00:35:33,518
Scott: SO HE IMMEDIATELY ORDERS
EMERGENCY SPEED
700
00:35:33,550 --> 00:35:36,420
AND LEFT FULL RUDDER
TO TRY AND SWING IT AROUND.
701
00:35:36,452 --> 00:35:38,392
O'Kane: HOLD ON, HOLD ON!
702
00:35:38,420 --> 00:35:42,760
Narrator:
20 SECONDS AFTER TANG'S
FINAL MARK 18 LAUNCHED...
703
00:35:42,791 --> 00:35:46,331
[ALARM SOUNDS]
704
00:35:46,362 --> 00:35:47,762
♪
705
00:35:47,796 --> 00:35:53,526
[BOOM]
706
00:35:53,568 --> 00:35:57,508
THE WARHEAD STRIKES
THE SUBMARINE WHICH FIRED IT.
707
00:35:57,538 --> 00:36:00,778
Scott: THE TORPEDO COMES AND IT
SLAMS INTO THE STERN OF THE TANG
708
00:36:00,808 --> 00:36:01,908
AND IT BLOWS A HUGE HOLE IN IT
709
00:36:01,942 --> 00:36:05,452
AND IMMEDIATELY STARTS FLOODING
THOSE AFT COMPARTMENTS.
710
00:36:05,479 --> 00:36:13,149
♪
711
00:36:13,186 --> 00:36:15,686
ALL THOSE MEN IN THERE ARE
EITHER KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION
712
00:36:15,721 --> 00:36:17,661
OR THEY DROWN.
713
00:36:17,690 --> 00:36:25,560
♪
714
00:36:25,597 --> 00:36:29,767
Narrator: THE REST OF TANG'S
CREW IS THROWN INTO CHAOS.
715
00:36:29,801 --> 00:36:32,241
Scott: THE EXPLOSION
IS SO HORRIFIC ON BOARD
716
00:36:32,269 --> 00:36:36,069
THAT IT LITERALLY RAISES UP
THE DECK PLATES.
717
00:36:36,107 --> 00:36:37,407
IT RUPTURES PIPING
718
00:36:37,441 --> 00:36:41,481
AND IT SHATTERS EQUIPMENT
AND MACHINERY.
719
00:36:41,512 --> 00:36:43,212
THEIR TRAINING KICKS IN
LIKE THAT,
720
00:36:43,246 --> 00:36:46,216
AND THEY BEGIN TO SEAL THOSE
WATERTIGHT COMPARTMENT DOORS
721
00:36:46,249 --> 00:36:49,049
TO HELP ISOLATE THE FLOODING.
722
00:36:51,321 --> 00:36:53,491
SAILORS THROUGHOUT THE BOAT
WHO JUST SECONDS EARLIER
723
00:36:53,523 --> 00:36:55,663
HAD BEEN CELEBRATING
THIS RETURN TO SAN FRANCISCO
724
00:36:55,691 --> 00:36:57,661
ARE NOW FACED
WITH THIS STUNNING HORROR
725
00:36:57,693 --> 00:37:00,503
AS WATER'S BEGINNING TO FLOOD
INSIDE OF THE SUBMARINE.
726
00:37:00,529 --> 00:37:03,729
♪
727
00:37:03,765 --> 00:37:06,535
Submariner: CAPTAIN, LET'S GO!
O'Kane: HOLD ON, HOLD ON!
728
00:37:06,568 --> 00:37:09,738
Narrator: TOPSIDE, TANG'S
SKIPPER FACES A DARK SEA.
729
00:37:09,771 --> 00:37:12,611
Scott: THEY CAN SEE
THE WATER RACING UP.
730
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,640
THEY ALSO CAN SEE THIS
HUGE CLOUD UP ABOVE THE TANG,
731
00:37:15,676 --> 00:37:18,276
AND IT'S THAT TELLTALE SYMBOL
OF A DESTROYED SHIP
732
00:37:18,312 --> 00:37:23,222
THAT THEY HAD SEEN SO OFTEN
OVER THEIR OWN VICTIMS.
733
00:37:23,250 --> 00:37:24,720
Narrator: AS TANG SINKS,
734
00:37:24,751 --> 00:37:27,751
O'KANE AND THE LOOKOUTS
ARE SWEPT FROM THE BRIDGE.
735
00:37:30,857 --> 00:37:32,827
Scott: THE BOAT
LIKE A GIANT PENDULUM
736
00:37:32,859 --> 00:37:35,389
SWINGS DOWN TO THE BOTTOM
737
00:37:35,427 --> 00:37:37,127
UNTIL IT RESTS
ON THE MUDDY BOTTOM
738
00:37:37,163 --> 00:37:39,333
OF THE FORMOSA STRAIT.
739
00:37:44,803 --> 00:37:51,513
Narrator: THE SURVIVING CREW
HAVE ONE CHANCE AT LIFE.
740
00:37:51,542 --> 00:37:53,712
AN EXIT HATCH
IN THE TORPEDO ROOM
741
00:37:53,744 --> 00:37:56,384
AT THE BOW OF THE SUBMARINE.
742
00:37:56,413 --> 00:37:58,353
Scott: THAT ESCAPE CHAMBER
IS THE ONLY THING THAT STANDS
743
00:37:58,382 --> 00:38:00,582
BETWEEN THESE MEN AND DEATH.
744
00:38:00,617 --> 00:38:04,617
♪
745
00:38:08,391 --> 00:38:11,391
Narrator: OCTOBER 25, 1944.
746
00:38:11,427 --> 00:38:13,357
IN THE FORMOSA STRAIT
747
00:38:13,396 --> 00:38:19,736
DOZENS OF AMERICANS FIGHT
TO SURVIVE A SUNKEN SUBMARINE.
748
00:38:19,768 --> 00:38:24,138
USS TANG'S STERN
SITS ON THE BOTTOM.
749
00:38:24,172 --> 00:38:29,212
THE ONLY ESCAPE HATCH IS
AT THE BOW OF THE SUBMARINE.
750
00:38:29,243 --> 00:38:31,483
Scott: THE BOW, WHICH IS STILL
FILLED WITH AIR,
751
00:38:31,512 --> 00:38:33,512
IS ACTUALLY JUTTING
OUT OF THE WAVES,
752
00:38:33,547 --> 00:38:36,917
SORT OF LIKE A KNIFE BLADE,
IF YOU WILL, COMING UP.
753
00:38:36,950 --> 00:38:39,490
Narrator: BUT WITH
JAPANESE ESCORTS ON THE HUNT,
754
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:43,390
THE EXPOSED SECTION
MAKES THEM VULNERABLE.
755
00:38:43,423 --> 00:38:44,463
Scott: THEY WERE WORRIED
THAT THERE'S STILL
756
00:38:44,490 --> 00:38:46,490
JAPANESE DESTROYERS
OUT THERE AND THEIR ESCORTS.
757
00:38:46,526 --> 00:38:49,656
AND THEY KNOW THAT THE BOW OF
THE SUBMARINE IS AN EASY TARGET.
758
00:38:49,695 --> 00:38:52,195
AND SO IF THEY DON'T
LEVEL IT AND HIDE,
759
00:38:52,231 --> 00:38:54,501
THEN THE JAPANESE MAY COME IN,
KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE,
760
00:38:54,533 --> 00:38:56,873
AND DESTROY THE TANG COMPLETELY.
761
00:38:59,204 --> 00:39:01,314
Narrator: THE MEN CHOOSE TO SINK
THEIR DAMAGED SUBMARINE
762
00:39:01,340 --> 00:39:06,950
TO CONCEAL IT,
WHILE THEY PREPARE TO ESCAPE.
763
00:39:06,978 --> 00:39:08,908
Scott:
THEY DECIDE TO LEVEL THE BOAT,
764
00:39:08,947 --> 00:39:11,317
TO RELEASE ALL THE AIR
FROM THE FORWARD BALLAST TANKS
765
00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:12,719
AND TO LET THE BOW OF THE TANG
766
00:39:12,750 --> 00:39:16,190
COME DOWN AND REST
ON THE BOTTOM.
767
00:39:16,219 --> 00:39:19,919
THEY RELEASE THE AIR AND
THE TANG DIVES FOR A FINAL TIME.
768
00:39:19,957 --> 00:39:27,497
♪
769
00:39:27,530 --> 00:39:29,530
[COUGHING]
770
00:39:29,565 --> 00:39:32,565
AT THIS POINT THESE MEN WHO ARE
SCATTERED THROUGH THE SUBMARINE
771
00:39:32,601 --> 00:39:35,501
HAVE TO MAKE THIS MARCH FORWARD
TO THE FORWARD TORPEDO ROOM
772
00:39:35,537 --> 00:39:37,707
WHERE THE ESCAPE CHAMBER IS.
773
00:39:37,739 --> 00:39:41,279
AND IT'S A JOURNEY
THROUGH A DESTROYED SUBMARINE.
774
00:39:41,309 --> 00:39:45,479
THERE'S SPARKS, SOME OF THE MEN
ARE TRYING TO DESTROY CODEBOOKS.
775
00:39:47,582 --> 00:39:50,282
SOME OF THESE MEN HAD
BROKEN LEGS, BROKEN ARMS,
776
00:39:50,317 --> 00:39:52,687
THEIR HEADS HAD HIT, YOU KNOW,
CORNERS OF EQUIPMENT
777
00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:54,450
AND IT CUT THEM OPEN.
778
00:39:54,488 --> 00:39:59,958
SO THEY'VE GOT TO MOVE THESE
INJURED MEN ALL THE WAY FORWARD.
779
00:39:59,993 --> 00:40:02,463
Narrator:
AN HOUR AFTER TANG SINKS,
780
00:40:02,496 --> 00:40:07,696
THE LAST OF ITS CREW
REACHES THE BOW.
781
00:40:07,733 --> 00:40:10,273
Scott: THEN THEY GET
TO THE FORWARD TORPEDO ROOM.
782
00:40:10,303 --> 00:40:12,873
SEVERAL DOZEN MEN,
THEY ULTIMATELY ALL CROWD INSIDE
783
00:40:12,905 --> 00:40:16,405
AND THEY SEAL THAT DOOR.
784
00:40:16,441 --> 00:40:18,341
AND INSIDE THAT TOR‐‐
FORWARD TORPEDO ROOM
785
00:40:18,376 --> 00:40:21,246
IS THE ESCAPE CHAMBER.
786
00:40:21,279 --> 00:40:26,979
Narrator: THE ENTIRE SUBMARINE
LIES 180 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE.
787
00:40:27,018 --> 00:40:29,288
Narrator: THE CREW WILL USE
A SPECIAL‐ISSUE BREATHING AID
788
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,820
TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE
TO SURVIVE THE ASCENT‐‐
789
00:40:32,856 --> 00:40:34,556
A MOMSEN LUNG.
790
00:40:34,591 --> 00:40:37,761
A CANISTER OF SODA LIME
CAPTURES CARBON DIOXIDE
791
00:40:37,794 --> 00:40:43,004
SO AIR CAN BE RECYCLED
AND BREATHED AGAIN.
792
00:40:43,033 --> 00:40:44,803
IT'S AN EXPERIMENTAL DEVICE
793
00:40:44,834 --> 00:40:47,774
DESIGNED TO INCREASE
THE ODDS OF SURVIVAL.
794
00:40:51,674 --> 00:40:53,584
Scott: THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PAUSE
AFTER SO MANY FEET
795
00:40:53,608 --> 00:40:55,008
TO GO UP AND SORT OF EQUALIZE,
YOU KNOW,
796
00:40:55,044 --> 00:40:55,984
TO BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT,
797
00:40:56,010 --> 00:40:59,010
SORT OF EQUALIZE
THE, THE AIR IN THEIR LUNGS.
798
00:40:59,047 --> 00:41:01,847
IN THEORY, IT SEEMS
LIKE A VERY SIMPLE CONCEPT.
799
00:41:01,883 --> 00:41:03,723
BUT TYPICALLY,
WHEN A SUBMARINE WAS LOST,
800
00:41:03,752 --> 00:41:05,322
ALL HANDS WERE LOST WITH IT.
801
00:41:05,353 --> 00:41:07,463
IT WAS ALMOST AN ALL OR NOTHING.
802
00:41:07,488 --> 00:41:09,958
IN VERY FEW CASES
WERE THERE ANY SURVIVORS.
803
00:41:09,990 --> 00:41:12,330
[SONAR PING]
804
00:41:12,359 --> 00:41:18,299
Narrator: AS TANG'S CREW
PREPARES TO BRAVE THE OCEAN...
805
00:41:18,331 --> 00:41:20,801
ANOTHER ATTACK...
806
00:41:20,833 --> 00:41:24,643
STOPS THEM SHORT.
807
00:41:24,671 --> 00:41:25,871
Scott: AS THESE MEN ARE THERE
808
00:41:25,905 --> 00:41:27,935
CROWDED INSIDE
THE FORWARD COMPARTMENT,
809
00:41:27,974 --> 00:41:29,614
TERRIFIED ABOUT HOW THEY'RE
GONNA MAKE IT
810
00:41:29,641 --> 00:41:31,581
180 FEET UP TO THE SURFACE,
811
00:41:31,610 --> 00:41:32,780
THE JAPANESE ARE COMING OVER,
812
00:41:32,811 --> 00:41:34,981
AND THEY'RE DROPPING
DEPTH CHARGES.
813
00:41:35,013 --> 00:41:37,753
[EXPLOSIONS]
814
00:41:37,783 --> 00:41:39,893
SO HERE THEY ARE STUCK
ON THE BOTTOM,
815
00:41:39,918 --> 00:41:43,488
AND THEIR BOAT'S STILL
BEING RATTLED.
816
00:41:43,521 --> 00:41:46,591
[EXPLOSION]
817
00:41:49,894 --> 00:41:53,604
[WATER RUSHING]
818
00:41:55,599 --> 00:41:59,839
[EXPLOSIONS]
819
00:41:59,869 --> 00:42:04,769
Narrator:
THE HELPLESS MEN ENDURE
A FINAL DEPTH CHARGE ATTACK
820
00:42:04,807 --> 00:42:07,577
BEFORE THE SEA FALLS SILENT.
821
00:42:10,479 --> 00:42:11,909
Scott: THE CONDITIONS
AT THIS POINT
822
00:42:11,947 --> 00:42:16,017
IN THE FORWARD TORPEDO ROOM
IN THE TANG ARE AWFUL.
823
00:42:16,051 --> 00:42:20,051
THE BATTERY COMPARTMENTS
ARE ON FIRE...
824
00:42:20,087 --> 00:42:21,857
IT'S HAZY AT THIS POINT.
825
00:42:21,889 --> 00:42:23,359
THE AIR PRESSURE'S RISING,
826
00:42:23,390 --> 00:42:25,360
AND THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY
ARE RISING.
827
00:42:25,392 --> 00:42:29,532
ALL OF THESE THINGS COMBINE TO
SAP THE ENERGY FROM THESE MEN,
828
00:42:29,563 --> 00:42:31,133
WHO ARE FACING
THIS LIFE‐OR‐DEATH STRUGGLE
829
00:42:31,164 --> 00:42:36,144
AS TO HOW TO GET OFF
OF THIS SUNKEN BOAT.
830
00:42:36,169 --> 00:42:38,039
Narrator:
13 MEN MUSTER THE STRENGTH
831
00:42:38,071 --> 00:42:41,511
TO ATTEMPT AN ESCAPE.
832
00:42:41,541 --> 00:42:43,941
Scott: IT'S A REALLY DAUNTING
TASK BECAUSE AT 180 FEET,
833
00:42:43,976 --> 00:42:46,606
IT'S THE EQUIVALENT
OF AN 18‐STORY BUILDING.
834
00:42:50,015 --> 00:42:54,415
Narrator: OTHERS ARE UNWILLING
OR UNABLE.
835
00:42:54,453 --> 00:42:57,163
Scott: AND SO MANY MORE
FINALLY DECIDE TO GIVE UP
836
00:42:57,188 --> 00:42:59,588
AND THEY LAY ON THEIR BUNKS.
837
00:42:59,623 --> 00:43:01,493
THEY'VE SURRENDERED
TO THEIR FATE.
838
00:43:01,525 --> 00:43:07,525
[WATER DRIPPING]
839
00:43:07,565 --> 00:43:08,725
Narrator: AT 8:00 A. M.
840
00:43:08,766 --> 00:43:13,136
TANG'S ESCAPE HATCH CLOSES
FOR THE LAST TIME.
841
00:43:13,170 --> 00:43:15,670
Scott: WHEN THEY FIRST STEP OUT,
IT'S VERY DARK.
842
00:43:15,705 --> 00:43:16,665
YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.
843
00:43:16,706 --> 00:43:18,836
AND THE FARTHER THEY GO
UP TOWARD THE SURFACE,
844
00:43:18,875 --> 00:43:21,405
THE WATER AROUND THEM
BEGINS TO LIGHTEN.
845
00:43:21,443 --> 00:43:34,823
♪
846
00:43:34,856 --> 00:43:39,686
Narrator: ONLY 5 OF THE 13 MEN
SURVIVE THE ASCENT.
847
00:43:39,727 --> 00:43:40,857
Scott: EVEN THOSE WHO ESCAPE
848
00:43:40,895 --> 00:43:42,125
AND MAKE IT ALL THE WAY
TO THE SURFACE
849
00:43:42,162 --> 00:43:43,932
AREN'T NECESSARILY GUARANTEED
TO SURVIVE.
850
00:43:43,964 --> 00:43:45,634
IN FACT, FOR SOME OF THOSE MEN,
851
00:43:45,666 --> 00:43:47,936
THEY WATCH OTHERS COME UP
WHO ARE VOMITING,
852
00:43:47,968 --> 00:43:50,168
WHO, BLOOD IS COMING
OUT OF THEIR NOSES,
853
00:43:50,204 --> 00:43:52,574
WHO ARE SO EXHAUSTED AND SO SICK
AT THIS POINT
854
00:43:52,606 --> 00:43:53,906
THAT THEY ULTIMATELY DROWN
855
00:43:53,940 --> 00:43:55,780
JUST A FEW FEET AWAY
FROM THEIR FRIENDS,
856
00:43:55,809 --> 00:44:00,079
THEIR BODIES CARRIED OUT
BY THE TIDE.
857
00:44:00,113 --> 00:44:02,553
Narrator: THE SHALLOWER SEAS
WHERE TANG ATTACKED
858
00:44:02,581 --> 00:44:06,081
MAY HAVE SAVED THEIR LIVES.
859
00:44:06,118 --> 00:44:09,988
EVEN SLIGHTLY DEEPER WATER
MIGHT HAVE PROVED UNSURVIVABLE.
860
00:44:13,691 --> 00:44:16,061
FOUR OTHERS FROM TANG'S BRIDGE
AND CONNING TOWER
861
00:44:16,093 --> 00:44:20,003
ALSO MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT.
862
00:44:20,031 --> 00:44:24,501
ALL ARE TAKEN PRISONER
BY THE JAPANESE.
863
00:44:24,535 --> 00:44:30,665
ONE OF THEM IS TANG'S LEGENDARY
SKIPPER, RICHARD O'KANE.
864
00:44:30,707 --> 00:44:33,737
Scott: THE JAPANESE BEGIN
TO PUNCH THEM, SLAP THEM,
865
00:44:33,776 --> 00:44:36,546
PUT OUT CIGARETTES
ON THEIR SKIN.
866
00:44:36,579 --> 00:44:38,049
AND O'KANE LOOKS AND HE REALIZES
867
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,250
THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE INFLICTING THIS PAIN
868
00:44:40,282 --> 00:44:41,722
ARE COVERED IN BANDAGES
869
00:44:41,751 --> 00:44:43,821
AND THIS WHITE SALVE,
THIS MEDICINAL SALVE.
870
00:44:43,853 --> 00:44:47,023
AND HE REALIZES THAT THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOW PUNISHING HIM
871
00:44:47,056 --> 00:44:49,056
ARE THE SURVIVORS OF THE BOATS
872
00:44:49,090 --> 00:44:52,130
THAT HE JUST SANK
THE NIGHT BEFORE.
873
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:54,930
AND HE LATER SAYS,
"I COULD TAKE IT BETTER
874
00:44:54,963 --> 00:44:57,573
AFTER LEARNING THAT THESE WERE
THE BLOWS COMING FROM VICTIMS
875
00:44:57,598 --> 00:44:59,968
OF WHAT WE HAD DONE
THE NIGHT BEFORE."
876
00:45:03,003 --> 00:45:05,173
Narrator: TANG'S SURVIVORS
SPEND THE REST OF THE WAR
877
00:45:05,205 --> 00:45:09,005
IN JAPANESE
PRISONER‐OF‐WAR CAMPS.
878
00:45:09,042 --> 00:45:12,012
O'KANE LIVES TO BE 83.
879
00:45:12,044 --> 00:45:13,814
HE GOES DOWN IN HISTORY
880
00:45:13,846 --> 00:45:18,816
AS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SKIPPER
OF AN AMERICAN SUBMARINE.
881
00:45:18,851 --> 00:45:20,521
Scott: O'KANE'S LEGACY
REALLY COMES DOWN
882
00:45:20,552 --> 00:45:22,892
TO TACTICS AND DARING.
883
00:45:22,921 --> 00:45:25,641
HIS EXPERTISE AND WHAT HE WAS
BEST SUITED FOR
884
00:45:25,672 --> 00:45:27,192
REALLY WAS FIGHTING.
885
00:45:27,534 --> 00:45:29,504
THAT'S WHAT DICK O'KANE WAS
AT THE END OF THE DAY.
886
00:45:29,534 --> 00:45:32,204
HE WAS A FIGHTER.
887
00:45:32,234 --> 00:45:34,034
Jolin: BECAUSE USS TANG
ONLY EVER HAD
888
00:45:34,067 --> 00:45:36,167
ONE COMMANDING OFFICER,
RICHARD O'KANE,
889
00:45:36,201 --> 00:45:40,871
IT'S HARD TO SEPARATE THE
SUBMARINE FROM THE COMMANDER.
890
00:45:40,901 --> 00:45:42,871
THEIR LEGACY IS THAT OF ONE
891
00:45:42,901 --> 00:45:45,431
OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
FIGHTING SUBMARINES
892
00:45:45,467 --> 00:45:48,197
OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
893
00:45:48,234 --> 00:45:51,174
Narrator: BECAUSE IT WAS HELD
IN SUCH HIGH REGARD,
894
00:45:51,201 --> 00:45:54,071
THE FIRST POST‐WAR CLASS
OF AMERICAN SUBS
895
00:45:54,101 --> 00:45:58,871
WAS NAMED AFTER USS TANG,
896
00:45:58,901 --> 00:46:01,071
A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THE MAN
897
00:46:01,101 --> 00:46:02,801
AND THE SUBMARINE.
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