Barb: The U.S. Navy’s World War II Rocket-Firing Submarine That Terrorized Japan

Summary

KEY POINTS:

1. The Navy took a Mark 51 rocket launcher and strapped it to the deck of a submarine.
2. The rockets could only be fired while surfaced, and had a maximum range of three miles.
3. The ‘Barb’ became one of the top-scoring submarines of World War II.  

References

• Media Check: 19FortyFive - Media Bias Fact Check (High Credibility)
• Collections | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
• ADDITIONAL READING RAAF RUNWAY (PME)
• RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE, GUIDELINES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, ETC.