Recordings Made on USS Sealion during attack on Jap ship Kongo

[DREDIOCK]

Actual  Recordings Made on USS Sealion During WW II:
On 21 Nov 1944, Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship Kongo was sunk by USS Sealion. The crew of Sealion made sound recordings in the conning tower of the submarine during the attack. They also recorded another attack during their 5th war patrol in March of 1945.

http://www.hnsa.org/sound/index.htm#sealion

[FiLtH]

 I clicked on the Sealion clip but nothing happened.

[DREDIOCK]

Yea it did. It brought you down a paragraph or so.
Then (on the page the link I put up sends you to) click on one of the media icons to the right of the following listing for your prefered media player

Introduction by Fred Schuler    
Attack on Battleship Kongo, Record 1    
Attack on Battleship Kongo, Record 2    
Attack on Battleship Kongo, Record 3    
Attack on Battleship Kongo, Record 4    
Attack on oiler, Record 1    
Attack on oiler, Record 2    
Attack on oiler, Record 3    
Attack on oiler, Record 4

[FiLtH]

  That was cool..hard to understand but worth a listen for the history of it.


  Didnt realize how to operate that damn site..you kids an yer new fangled computers!

[Shuffler]

I found it very interesting. Thanks for the post!

[Karnak]

Always bothers me that the Kongo class get listed as battleships.  They were pretty clearly battlecruisers.

[Shuffler]

Always bothers me that the Kongo class get listed as battleships.  They were pretty clearly battlecruisers.

Evidently the one thing they have in common is that if they get holes in them.... they sink.

[Saurdaukar]

Awesome find, thanks.

[Brooke]

Nifty find.  Thanks for posting. 

[Gabriel]

Always bothers me that the Kongo class get listed as battleships.  They were pretty clearly battlecruisers.

The Japanese themselves calling them Battleships after their major interwar overhauls, probably has something to do with it.