Remember, this information is for your enjoyment only, so please don’t send the answers here – they’ll be in KTB #169 next month.
Remember, this information is for your enjoyment only, so please don’t send the answers here – they’ll be in KTB #170 next month.
- 291. ComInCh of course, means Commander in Chief, and the German ComInCh in 1939 was Großadmiral Erich Raeder. He felt that the Kriegsmarine would not be ready for war until 1942.
292. The first Japanese ship captured by the U.S.N. was a sampan which was spotted in the restricted waters at the mouth of Pearl Harbor at 0648 the morning of December 7; one hour before the Japanese aircraft arrived. Upon being challenged by the destroyer USS WARD, the Skipper of the sampan stopped him engine and raised a white flag.
293. The Japanese admiral who led a squadron of Kamikaze against the American ships at Okinawa was Admiral Ugaki. He led an eleven-plane group on 15 August 1945 and his aircraft was a JUDY, the Japanese name was a Yokosuka D4Y2, one of 2,000 made.
294. CinCLant is the American Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet.
295. CinCPac therefore would be the American Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet.
For KTB #170 next month, do you know:
- 296. What prompted Großadmiral Dönitz to order the famed “Laconia Order”?
297. What was the German passenger ship that was stalked by an American warship until the RCN made the intercept, and the German Skipper scuttled his ship?
298. What was the American warship?
299. What SHARKHUNTERS Member was a crewman on that German passenger ship?
300. What was the Japanese strength on Okinawa?
BONUS QUESTION – to an American diesel boat Torpedoman of WW II, what is the ONLY function of an American submarine?
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