USS Tarpon 'Incident Down South'

[@accousticdecay]

I watched every episode of this series and marched in place with my toy helmet and stick-gun during the closing credits. To this day, I still love that music!

[@davefellhoelter1343]

I said the music too! I knew and LOVED these dudes! both theaters, Pacific and ETO, with Battle of the Atlantic, all us armed forces, and coasties, seabees, and merchies, as a Kid! Teachers, bosses, neighbors, customers, ass holes, leaders, losers, friends, and family. RIP Graetest!

[@ronaldbose9645]

I used to watch this series. But I loved the series that had surface ships and subs. These shows helped me decide what branch to join.

[@Lawrence1203-f7s]

I could never be a submariner but my nephew who was a sonar tech on a sub said he could never be a combat engineer. I loved this series many years ago and still love it. God bless all that have served and are currently serving. viewed in California by a Vietnam vet.

[@timengineman2nd714]

Not sure when the US Navy started p count of the people on the deck, and to count each one as they hurried back into the sub when submerging. (Trying to make sure that no one was left topside, they also helped to dog the hatch once it was closed. Sometimes the person was the one to help hold the hatch closed.) In case you're wondering all of those guys running down a passageway as the sub starts to submerge are to put an extra ton of weight (from their own bodies) in the bow to help the sub submerge faster. Later US Subs had an extra ballast tank on the centerline forward called the Negative Ballast Tank to do this function. Hence the number of times in the movies (and this TV show) you heard the Captain shout: Flood Negative! (Most subs they still had members of the crew run forward if aircraft were coming to attack!)

[@billb2479]

Its amazing how many of the guests were still in the Navy 12-13 years later.

[@juliehoffman6292]

My Uncle Fred was a thirty year Navy man. A submariner in the Pacific in WWII and was in Korea,and Vietnam,tired in 1973.

[@stinker43]

Gardner McKay (the exec here on the USS Tarpon) was the captain of the "Tiki" in the series "Adventures in Paradise", also set in the South Pacific.

[@vassotsolakis3714]

one of my favorites

[@ThePyramidone]

The 50 cals mentioned as deck armament were one 4-inch/100mm by 50 caliber deck gun and two .30 caliber machine guns. Shown in the clip was a 40mm AA gun that equipped submarines later in the war.

[@sfeigh]

I remember watching these films when I was in a sun school back in 1976.

[@oskareriksson2202]

Great serie. My old is been a decorated submariner in ww2, in regia marina. (red sea and Indian Ocean, war cross, he was 17 when the war started and retired as chief machinist in '50) He served also throughout early cold war making also some spy mission after 1953 mainly in Jugoslavian waters, in Adriatic, after 1953 when it was again allowed to have submarines by the peace restrictions. (truly they had maintained a couple, officially as battery chargers bridges, but in reality for train new crews nighttime in Taranto. Giada and vortice. Later when they entered nato, these boats was converted in guppy and served until the 70 aside with former US fleet boats and the new toti class subs). The only thing I regret about the serie is that also in the early war stories they show footages of the late was subs. I guess they had few footages about the pre war fleet boats.

[@RandalAustad]

I was hoping they heaved made a model of a s boat when they told the story of s-38.

[@Ronclown]

Must have been nervewracking for the crew. It's always good to have faith in your boat and the commaradie of the crew. Another exciting episode.

[@Trucker1957]

What a great series this was.

[@daleburrell6273]

YOU BETCHER LIFESAVERS!!!

[@GermanShepherd1983]

At 3:22 you'd swear it was Eddy Haskell and Beaver Cleaver talking.

[@austinevplab7167]

Couldn’t they launch the torpedoes disarmed? It seems the explosions attracted attention.

[@vawlkee51]

Wow! Another episode with WW2 vet Ed Kemmer as the skipper! Kemmer was in the army air corps during the war and was shot down by the krauts. He spent the rest of the war as a guest of the Luftwaffe! Also look for Henry (Bomber) Kulky as chief Fats. Kulky was a professional wrestler and character actor. Ironically, from a submarine POV, Kulky played chief "Curly" Jones on the first season of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Sadly he died and was replaced as chief by actor Terry Becker. Becker is no stranger to the "Silent Service" series either.

[@clearingbaffles]

What about running a trim party? We always ran them on new Chief of the Watch, Diving Officer the Watch & Officer of the Deck usually parading they control with Steinke hoods on

[@johnleach7879]

They've shown a few groundings in this program series, but have never shown a common practice of shifting weight: moving the crew (aft, usually). I wonder why.

[@stinker43]

Not likely that the Tarpon had a 40mm (shown at 18:00) in 1942 when hi incident happened

[@Straswa]

Great vid! Thanks for upload.

[@topgeardel]

Gardner McKay as Adam Troy in "Adventures in Paradise". Anyone remember that?

[@oneparticularharbor144]

Of course- on his schooner Riki III... great series that only us old timers remember- wonder why it’s never shown on reruns? Jimmy Buffett also made mention of him on his song ‘ We are the people our parents warned us about’...

[@topgeardel]

@@oneparticularharbor144 An old friend of mine just loaned me a DVD box of Adventures in Paradise shows.

[@heloripascal8997]

I remember reading about this incident in a book about subs in ww2. Kind of neat seeing it dramatized like this.

[@Trucker1957]

Being on a sub during WW2 must have been a frightening experience especially with depth charges blowing up all around.

[@diamonddog257]

Thats' not true, stupid woman ..... often the sub would just crush, killing everyone instantly...... [ that means; ... not much time to get ''scared'' ]

[@daleburrell6273]

@@diamonddog257 HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL THAT- WERE YOU THERE?!!!

[@diamonddog257]

-at crush depths .... physics say even a little leak would result in heat, explosion [?] instantly .......

[@daleburrell6273]

Don't pay any attention to the uncouth slobs on the internet! The dangers that the WW2 submarine crews faced were not much different from what submarine crews are facing today. The last time I heard, in the U.S. Navy, submarine duty was strictly voluntary, and the crews receive "hazardous duty" pay. The modern day submarines are vastly different- but there are still no guarantees...

[@diamonddog257]

The SOP's [ that means 'standard operating procedures'] ...are recruiting ostensibly the top 2% of candidates..... ...which surprises me , as you have to be insane to want to serve on one ....: ..... I doubt you are an engineer, ..but you are probably American ...and have no clue about physics of compression at crush depths..... .... What do think makes Diesel engines ignite ? ........and it isn't sparkplugs, dummy..................... Go to a man's school for a change , .. then apologize.

[@dhamrick100]

The Tarpon now rest on the bottom off N.C. and is a popular dive site,she sank on the way to the scrapyard.

[@tubeyou222100]

I just discovered this and am catching up now 😊

[@mikestanley9176]

This was my Grandfather's boat during this time period.

[@lishik7712]

My Dad was assigned to one of those, too! Our folks were incredibly brave!❤

[@philippecasteleyn9327]

Why was no one court martiallised for running aground ?

[@johnrogan9420]

Uncanny how the sea life resembled periscopes, sea mines, and other paranoid fears.

[@davidroby7290]

Was that a white Supremacists hand sign at 20:19

[@stevenhj3124]

At 9:58........."Special coffee." Wonder what that was?

[@paulmiddleton4215]

added jungle juice to the coffee. torpedo alcohol [fuel]. stuff could make ya go blind

[@willboyd4607]

Running aground is a common experience.

[@hellboundrubber4448]

I think Padre was looking for the source of the Goods that came to shore! He was on a Booty Hunt.

[@philliprogers964]

The Navy always blame the captain for any grounding no matter the reason those captains will never see another command post. Still happen all the time though

[@23draft7]

That's totally messed up. Uncharted waters, how can even a Admiral know where a reef's are??

[@ftarqjr]

Nimitz grounded his first command on a reef. He just told his men…we wait till high tide and move on…just saying.

[@stephenfarthing3819]

An unnoted outcrop - and one very stuck Submarine. Tricky - especially if a battlegroup happened along! Not nice. And I have understated it.

[@richardmiller8350]

I having watched Ads Boot tried for subs during the Carter administration.My fathers comment ( when I went in if they looked in one far and did not see out the other side?He was 3 up 3 down and was from the 101first, then a GS 12 an inspector ordinance.

[@johnrogan9420]

Throw things overboard...60 feet under the surface?

[@BA-gn3qb]

After lightning the nose, all crew members should have gone to the rear to help lift the nose off the rocks. Just like the Germans ran everyone forward to dive quicker.

[@npk765fan]

6:17 LOL!

[@johnrogan9420]

7:24 shows the tracking apparatus...triangulation.

[@RichardSMaloney]

why didnt they make the men go to the stern to lighten the bow area and tilt the bow up to help move the ship off the reef. if you saw das boot they made the ship dive faster by men acting as ballast fore and aft

[@donaldhill3823]

the wiener schnitzel joke was bad but still funny. :-)

[@richardcline1337]

"Sour Kraut?"

[@johncox2865]

These actors aren’t nearly as believable as they were back in the early 60s. But it’s still a great show.

[@richardmiller8350]

They will intently misspell German.The boat, in German is ... Boot.

[@drlong08]

@16:15 that's a Rabbi, Baby!!

[@davidbennett5601]

The Tarpon, my biggest that i caught was in Porto Rica 155 pounds... Thank you USA navy men in WW2........

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025]

👍

[@stevenhj3124]

Well done.

[@judithradtke8569]

Somebody might use them against us.

[@bridgetstoli2347]

They ran aground and could not calculate high tide. They could have tried to pull off at high tide without wasting their torpedos.

[@rodfirefighter8341]

We've got another weather and tide expert. Do you know what can be involved in getting the tide even close to right when you must know low or high tide? It's about like predicting the weather and a lot depends on local conditions. You don't go to your Farmer's Almanac and say , OK on June 23, the High Tide in the Pacific ocean will be at 1137 on the nose for all of the ocean. Jesus, you would think people are living in a tiny bubble, using smartphones and makes them feel like God. Well, like I said, it is a tiny, tiny bubble called that person's Head!?

[@rodfirefighter8341]

Yea, run aground in enemy waters weighted down with ALL those explosive torpedoes and keep them for when the enemy planes do come back. If you're still aground, some of the aircrew may comment, look at how that Sub blew up, it must have had a full load on board. Stupid, if they would have lightened their load, maybe we would not be looking at body parts and shrapnel flying around down there in the water!