It would not be necessary to fire their stern tubes.

Pour in so much that it would run out of the stern tubes.

Every instrument worked, and the leak in the stern tube had been put right.

That meant steady and equal pressure in the twenty stern tubes.

She fired four stern tubes at the leading ship, but heard no explosions.

Trigger turned and fired three stern tubes at the third tanker.

The submarine then fired her stern tubes at the merchant ship.

Dulcia took up a position by the stern tubes.

The two torpedoes from the stern tubes were effective on the third tanker.

This class of boat had no stern tubes.

There just went one of my stern tubes."

After maneuvering for several hours, the submarine was finally able to fire her stern tubes at an enemy convoy.

The Seadragon fired four torpedoes through her stern tubes, but all missed.

Thresher then turned and emptied all four stern tubes at the second freighter.

All five torpedo-tubes were rapidly emptied, (including a 180 turn so that the single stern tube could be used).

She didn't, as it happened; what she wanted was new stuffing at the stern tube gland.

The convoy changed course at 21:55, giving Thresher an excellent setup for her stern tubes.

Firing four stern tubes, he claimed three hits.

The rhythmic hum of the stern tubes filled in his brief period of silence.

With five torpedoes left, she fired a spread of three stern tubes, scoring two hits on the largest target.

The latter have been launched in the past by stern tubes as well as by the more normal forward ones.

Under heavy pressure from a charging escort, he shot two last torpedoes from his stern tubes just before going deep.

A torpedo spread was fired from the stern tubes, but they all passed ahead of the ship due to an error in her estimated speed.

In December, 1975 the Hayden was taken out of service due to persistent stern tube leakage.

In the course of the repairs the stern tube was confirmed to be nearly 100 mm lower than the main engine thrust sightline.