NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/sci/military/11089

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From: "Gene A. Kennedy" <[e-mail]>
Subject: MAD - In WWII ?
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From "Gene A. Kennedy" <[e-mail]>

 I recently read the book "Take Her Deep!" by Adm I.J. Galantin
and noticed something that I had never heard before. Near the end
of the book, he says that the last attack by the Japanese on his
submarine, the Halibut, which put that sub out of action for the
rest of the war, was directed by a Japanese aircraft using a MAD
(magnetic anomaly detector). I had never heard of MAD being used
in WWII before, much less by the Japanese. As I recall, the first
U.S. aircraft to be so eqipped was the P2V which was first flown
about 1947 and even the early models of it did not have MAD.
 Does anyone know the history of MAD? Is it possible that the
Japanese invented the system and were using it towards the end of
WWII? All of his other descriptions of Japanese ASW matched what I
have read many times before in that their ASW equipment was poor
and relatively ineffective unless they could get on top of the sub
very quickly before it went deep.
 In any case, it's a good book if your interested more in the life
of the submariners and not just looking for lots of action.

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