| Title |
William Sackett, February 23, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Frances Merrill |
| Alternative Title |
William Sackett, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Sackett, William, 1922-2009 |
| Contributor |
Merrill, Frances; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-02-23 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Subject |
Sackett, William, 1922-2009--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine; United States. Navy--Submarine forces; Submariners--Biography |
| Keywords |
Submarines |
| Description |
Transcript (20 pages) of an interview by Frances Merrill with William Sackett on February 23, 2004. Part of the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Sackett (b. 1922) was drafted into the Navy and attended basic training at Camp Bennion. He received further training in San Diego, Key West, Newport, and on Long Island. He was assigned as a torpedoman 3rd class to the USS Cart, and spent most of his time on lookout. Interviewed by Frances Merrill. 20 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
20 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6n038mx |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--Submarine--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026869 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n038mx |
| Title |
Page 5 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026852 |
| OCR Text |
Show W : I was on th U art 338. FHM: Could you tell a little bit about the technology at that time submarin s or ... WS: Well, the submarine we were on was what they called a fleet submarine. It was a diesel boat. And the S-Boats were before the fleet submarines. And when they started making fleet submarines, they were almost all alike even though they were built in different shipyards. Ours was 310 feet long and our top speed was about 27 knots. That's about all I can tell you about it. FHM: Ok. Were there any casualties during the war in your unit? WS: No, we didn't have any casualties at all. Even though we were depth-charged, it wasn't bad, and I think the Jap's were more scared than we were. FHM: How many submarines were in the fleet at that time where you were? WS: Well, we went out with 7 other submarines, and we changed positions about every 4 days, so we'd move from one place to another and some other submarine would take our place. On one occasion, another submarine was coming in to take our place, and it was at night, and he didn't tum his IFF on. That's the way we told whether they were friend or foe. They didn't tum theirs on, and so we opened our forward tube doors and were ready to fire. And so the captain was really mad at the other captain because he hadn't come in with the right directions. FHM: Could you please tell a couple of your most memorable experiences while you were serving on that ship? WS: Well, we had a ship that we had hit with a torpedo, and they went in and beached their ship on the shore there. And the next morning-this happened at night-and it was raining and we had rain squalls. You couldn't tell exactly if it was a ship or a rain squall 4 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n038mx/1026852 |
