Some time ago in Europe and the United States there was such a high-scoring naval battle film, yes, is the movie "Greyhound" starring Tom Hanks, the Greyhound in the play, can be said to be with the protagonist's super aura, to support themselves to fly, stunned to escape the attack of German submarines, and finally came to the harbor safely, although the director made a thrilling, but the reality is more cruel than the movie.
In the movie, the Greyhound returned safely to the port despite some attacks, but if you go to find the real World War II Greyhound, you will find the real situation, definitely not as good as in the movie, and even the ending of the Greyhound is very bleak, so what happened to the real Greyhound? Today, I will tell you about this matter!
The prototype of the Greyhound is the US military ship Mahan class destroyer in the World War II period, the full load displacement reached more than 2200 tons, is a veritable large tonnage destroyer, here also have to say ah, don't look at our country's warships are often 3000 tons to start, but you know, this is World War II, World War II warships, can reach more than 2200 tons, that is definitely worthy of the name of the large tonnage destroyer.
At the beginning, the U.S. military only built a small number of warships, because the United States did not join world war II, so there, the U.S. navy in world war II only had a few ships, but did not expect a pearl harbor attack in little Japan, the United States joined world war II, but the problem was that the three warships at that time happened to be overhauled in Pearl Harbor, three such destroyers were attacked, and one warship was detonated by a bomb, resulting in the complete scrapping of the destroyer.
Later, in order to support the European battlefield, the U.S. military began to use the way of warship escort, to Europe to transport supplies, that will be the German submarine ambush on the sea, in such a situation, the U.S. military's Mahan class destroyer can be said to be quite serious losses, the entire World War II period, most of these destroyers were sunk, yes, it is precisely because of this reason, can not find the prototype of history, so the director made a trick, the Mahan class destroyer changed to the Fletcher class destroyer.
Because this kind of warship, in the World War II period, the U.S. military mass production, to the end of World War II, there are more than 170 ships, there are still some warships sealed, which makes these warships have a place to play, if you shoot a movie, you can also find a prototype, not because you can't find a prototype and can't shoot, so, everyone understands, the fate of the real Greyhound is not as good as the movie.