Quote: Originally posted by halfyank@May 24 2005, 10:23 PM
Operation Petticoat. More based on fact than many people give it credit for. For instance the bit about sinking the truck kind of happened.
| The USS Bowfin was one of a number of submarins that "sank" a land vehicle. It torpedoed a pier with a crane and a bus sitting on it and smashed all three. Her victory total includes the crane, pier, and bus. I believe USS Wahoo also fired a torpedo in the Philippines that shot up on land and blasted open a truck, which was the cause of this incident. The actual "Petticoat" evacuation took place in the Solomon Islands, and involved USS Nautilus.
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