There wasn’t even one American merchant ship (that I know of) lost to hostile action with a good survival rate. Didn’t see what year the film was made, it looked like Atlantic convoys, could be the number is correct but based on cherry-picked data (adjusting the dates for example)? I got the impression they were talking about merchant ships as well because they are shown during the narration but I don’t think they said explicity. The number is around 2:40 (more or less) and it’s 85%. I’m not a shark expert, but I don’t think splashy-splashy is a good deterrent. Even today, there are parts of that war that we don’t think about truthfully.Įdit: also I think it contains some bad tips. There’s no way they could tell those guys the truth and expect them to do their jobs. That war was fuckin shocking when it came to loss of life. That film is super entertaining, it contains some really good tips, but it’s also a propaganda puff. I don’t know what those numbers are, but whatever they are they’re over-estimated by the numbers I quoted. The numbers that go back to sea after abandoning ship are naturally smaller than the number of guys that survived. I think the point was it was impressive that that high a percentage would return to work at sea after becoming members of the tin fish club. And I’m assuming more related to merchant ships than navy where you might not have a choice about going back. USS Bush: 87/314 (72%) Īre you talking about the same thing KC is? Not percentage that survive but of those that do that choose to go back on a ship and sail again. USS McKean: 64/100 (36%) 52 Marines also died (Not including accidents, storms, typhoons, disappearances, submarines, and Pearl Harbour) WWII US Navy survivorship after loss of surface ships from hostility.
That 80% number is mostly bunk according to Wikipedia That’s impressive for a couple reasons but I recall reading somewere that the survival rates early in the war were very low, films like this and other various effors made during the war greatly increased the survival rate. A statement is made in the movie that 80% of mariners on ships that were sunk went back to sea again.
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