Talk:USS Nautilus (SS-168)

message: Please verify. Indeed, there exists Kuma Island, but Gilbert Islands, mentioned in the immediate context of "Kuma" in this article, lists Kuria. mikka (t) 19:26, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Kuma

message: I really doubt any cruisers were dropping DCs. They were DDs. I believe it was Yahagi & her resemblance to Akikaze that led to the freq confusion early in the war; many sub war patrols mis-ID DDs as cruisers.
On another point, can somebody confirm the cruisers maneurvering to avoid were Mogami & Mikuma? Memory sez so, but... If you can, add it to the Mogami page? Thanks!  Trekphiler 07:26, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cruisers?

message: I rewrote this
:"one battleship and three cruisers. Within minutes"
to this
:"cruisers(more probably a cruiser and three destroyers, misidentified as they often were early in the war). Within "
And this:
:"had disappeared. At 12:53,"
to this:
:"had disappeared. (Unknown to Brockman at the time, the destroyer counterattacking him, in her rush to rejoin, was tracked by 
Enterprise's VB-6, led by Wade McClusky, back to the Japanese task force.) At 12:53,"
and added:
:"Evans F. Carlson (the Marine Raiders, or "Carlson's Raiders")"
I'd also mention Adamson, Hans Christian's Guerrilla Submarines, if I could recall the co-auther & publisher.  Non-plagariser 20:22, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Department of corrections

message: Here the USS Nautilus' commander is listed as Anderson. In a recent book on Midway, "Shattered Sword" by Parshall and Tully the commmanding officer is stated to be Lieutenant Commander William Brockman.  69.22.240.126 12:31, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Commander USS Nautilus during Midway 

message: The article and serveral other sources I found  say 6 torpedo tubes, however the Naval Historical Center says 10 torpedo tubes . Anyone knows which number is correct? One source speaks of 4 "topside" torpedo tubes . What does this mean? --JogyB (talk) 20:45, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  No. of Torpedo tubes 

message: These don't add up:
"Sighting on Kirishima, she fired two bow tubes; one misfired, one missed."
"Nautilus launched four torpedoes at the carrier from less than 3,000 yards"
"Nautilus resumed her patrol, having expended five torpedoes and survived 42 depth charges"
Two plus four would be six, not five. The only source I have in front of me is Morison, and he says Nautilus only fired one torpedo at Kirishima, from 4500 yards, and it missed. But he also says Nautilus fired three torpedos from 2700 yards at the carrier, which he identifies as Soryu, and all three hit. Kendall-K1 (talk) 20:44, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Torpedo miscount 

message: From the U.S. gov't military history page on this vessel:
"... While en route on 6 March, Nautilus came upon another enemy convoy at 22°19'N, 143°54'E, and subsequently engaged them. She struck the transport (ex-hospital ship) America Maru between her after stack and after mast, as well as at her stern. Nautilus then dove as a depth charge attack began and shortly thereafter continued on her course. When struck by Nautilus, America Maru had been en route to repatriate 551 civilian evacuees from Saipan, primarily consisting of women and children. Only 43 of the 642 on board were rescued."
At the time, was she still painted with hospital ship colours? HammerFilmFan (talk) 17:04, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes - since being 'conscripted' by the Imperial Japanese Navy as a troop transport in '43, she should have been repainted per international law - but was not.  As tragic as her sinking was, she had clearly been identified as an active war vessel and no longer a hospital ship by Allied intelligence. As such, the article is correct. The situation is comparable to the sinking of the Lusitania (see Wiki article).50.111.51.247 (talk) 14:01, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  hospital ship-war crime? maybe not?