(1) Periscope depth, 3 knots, (2) On surface, 7 knots, (3) Periscope depth, 3 knots, (4) Blowing tanks and surfacing Comparison Between Sounds Produced by Surfaced and Submerged Submarine. The first three examples are of USS Bluegill, and the last two USS Pintado, both fleet type submarines. Effect of Underwater Range on Submarine Sounds (3) Fleet type submarine, 140 RPM, 7 knots (1) Fleet type submarine, 120 RPM, 6 knots Estimation of Submarine's Speed by Counting RPM depth, 3 knots, (3) Periscope depth, 2 1/2 knots, (4) 100 ft. (1) Periscope depth, 3 knots, (2) 100 ft. ![]() Cavitation: Effect of Depth and Speed (Old Type Submarine) (1) Periscope depth, 7 knots, (2) Periscope depth, 3 knots, (3) Periscope depth, 6 knots, (4) 250 ft. Cavitation: Effect of Depth and Speed (Fleet Type Submarine). (1) water noise, (2) propeller beats, (3) machinery sounds, (4) auxiliary motor sounds, (4) propeller beats and machinery sound together.Īll recorded from USS Bluegill, an American fleet type submarine. The user manual including instructions on how to use the records and the text of the records is available here.Īn illustration and short description of the WW II radio sonobuoy hardware may be found at: Most extraordinary are the final records (XIX and XX) which are pieced together from an actual attack on Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-52 during 1944. They were kind enough to provide a copy for our use. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory, Fort Trumball, New London Conn.Ī cassette tape containing a copy of these records was discovered by a group researching I-52 for potential salvage. These are 78 RPM records prepared by Columbia University, Division of War Research at the U.S. Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics - Special Devices Division NP 11334RA, USN 1594, INTRODUCTIONĮxpendable Radio Sonobuoy Training Records, 15P3: These records are from the collection of the U.S. More detail and the text of the calls and some explanation may be found in the album lining information. These training records introduce calls, command, bugles and pipes. USN Bureau Of Naval Personnel Training Aids, Shipboard Calls And Commands, Recorded By Empire Broadcasting Corp. The history of Sealion is available on the web at: Then in July we found copies of these records in the collection of the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, WA.īackground on the attack and sinking of the Kongo is available on the web at: Schuler's son and was digitized for long term preservation. In May of 2005 the original of this tape was found by Mr. A copy of this was discovered in the collection at the Mariners' Museum in 2004. Later, one of Sealion's crew, Fred Schuler, acquired a copy of the training records and added his own music and narration and transferred the sounds to cassette tape. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratoryįort Trumbull, New London, Connecticut. It was later transferred with a narrators voice at the beginning and end to 78 RPM records by Columbia University Division of War Research at the U.S. The Kongo attack was first recorded on a portable film optical recording machine. The sound you hear on the links below has been copied many times and is at times hard to understand. These truly remarkable recordings may be the only audio or video from within a submarine during an attack that has survived. Very, very few sound recordings of any kind where made aboard submarines during the war. They also recorded another attack during their 5th war patrol in March of 1945. The crew of Sealion made sound recordings in the conning tower of the submarine during the attack. On, Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship Kongo was sunk by USS Sealion. Recordings Made on USS Sealion During WW II: US Navy Band Website, with downloads of Music for Honors and Ceremonies Video from 1945 built USS Steinaker, now ARM Netzahualcoyotl taken in March 2006: Video from 1951 built ex-USS Tang, now TCG Pirireis made in 2004 Recordings Made on USS Sealion During WW IIĮxpendable Radio Sonobuoy Training Records, 15P3Īttack on Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-52 ![]() Please contact us with the Feedback Form if you have any interesting sounds you wish to share. We are always looking for additional real underwater sounds of interest to the historic naval ship community (or better copies of what we have). These are in MP3 format which should work on most modern browsers. Below are some real (nothing from Hollywood) underwater sounds and some video.
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