A-6E TRAM INTRUDER "GULF WAR" Hasegawa She was torpedoed on 13

She was torpedoed on 13 November 1941 by the German submarine U-81 and sank the following day

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2003 the keel was laid at the Ingalls shipyard in Mississippi

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A-6E TRAM INTRUDER "GULF WAR" Hasegawa She was torpedoed on 13The A 6 Intruder entered service in the mid 60s as ground attack carrier based aircraft to replace the outdated planes as the propeller driven A 1 Skyraider and the A 3 Skywarrior. The Grumman Corporation developed and designed the A 6A, based on U. S. Navy specifications, a twin jet engine all weather medium attack aircraft able to operate from the American aircraft carriers. The so called Intruder was characterized by a sturdy and robust fuselage