[Milsurplus] Submarine Factoid

[Hue Miller]

Something I had never quite realized before: U.S. subs WW2 had no RDF 
equipment.
I was just reading about a 1945 incident near Japan. Four U.S. subs were 
trying
to locate an aircrew using a Gibson Girl. I believe the rescue radio was 
dropped
along with a large liferaft, by a U.S. dumbo aircraft. The aircraft DF'd the 
500
kc/s SOS signal and guided the subs to the raft. U.S.S. Tinosa was key 
player
in the incident and heard if from the start, monitoring the bomber's mission
frequency, it heard the pilot radio that he was going to have to ditch.
-Hue
from "Hellcats of the Sea", Charles Lockwood, 1955, 1988