Australian-Made Torpedo Sinks US Warship: War Games - With Video
“You sunk my battleship” LOL
July 25, 2008 12:25pm
July 25, 2008 - AN Australian submarine - HMAS Waller - has used a new super torpedo - the Mark 48 - to sink an American warship off Hawaii.
The HMAS Waller fired the heavyweight Mark 48 torpedo, which the US and Australian navies say is the world’s deadliest, during war games this week.
See the submarine sink the warship:
Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon said the torpedo had been jointly developed by Australia and the United States.
The firing occurred during the Rim of the Pacific 2008 (RIMPAC 08) exercise, involving multiple navies off the coast of Hawaii.
“This controlled exercise resulted in the planned sinking of a retired US warship,” Mr Fitzgibbon said.
“This represents the first new heavyweight torpedo warshot to be fired by either Navy. Just as significant is the fact that the warshot torpedo was assembled in Australia,” Mr Fitzgibbon said.
The MK 48 Mod 7 Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System (CBASS) torpedo is the latest enhancement for the MK 48.
The Defence Department says the MK 48 Mod 7 “represents a superior capability against both surface ships and submarines with sonar enhancements that make the torpedo an effective weapon in shallow water and in a countermeasure environment.
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them damn Australians! this means war!
just kidding. looks like the torpedo does its job very well. wonder if we’ll ever get the chance to use it on a worthwhile navy. sure wont help against iranian speedboats
July 25th, 2008 at 1:57 pmwith the Iranian speed boats you don’t need anything bigger than a drill to sink them. Just send in the SEALS to drill holes into their little rowboats and their navy’s incapacitated. ROFL
July 25th, 2008 at 2:00 pmFun Jolly Trivia Time: What was the only WWII US warship to be sunk by the British?
July 25th, 2008 at 2:11 pmThe Iranian navy has a handfull of bigger ships but Im not sure they would survive US airpower long enough for the subs to get them.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:12 pmThe Argentine Navy ship General Belgrano during the Falklands War.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:44 pmhttp://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh307/T-BaggsPhotos/poster75178175gunboat.jpg?t=1217025968
July 25th, 2008 at 2:46 pmWell I’ll be damned. They actually did make the Collins Class useful.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:10 pmIt is a wee bit of a trick question, I’ll admit.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:43 pmCorrect on all counts. I am something of a student of history.
Who was the only non-British citizen to earn the Victoria Cross and where did he earn it?
July 25th, 2008 at 3:52 pmSounds like a story in there somewheres.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:12 pmI was under the impression only one was awarded; at the battle of Rorke’s Drift. I must’ve read wrong, but an interesting story nonetheless.
“Worthy of note is Corporal Christian Ferdinand Schiess, the only non-British or Commonwealth VC winner, who died in poverty five years later on a ship to England and was buried at sea. His only possession was his Victoria Cross, which is now on display in the Regimental Museum beside others that were awarded for Rorke’s Drift.”
July 25th, 2008 at 4:32 pmQ/A
Can you name the only British battleship sunk by the US in WWII?
Ans. Trick question. The Imperial Japanese Navy in 1912 had purchased the Kongo from the British shipbuilder Vickers. During WWII it had participated in battles at Midway and Leyte Gulf and others. On Nov. 21, 1944 the kongo was hit and sunk by torpedoes from the submarine USS Sealion II. It was the only Japanese battleship sunk by a submarine and the last battleship by a sub.
July 26th, 2008 at 7:33 am