The new bomb fuzing needs to be an option.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by JtD

Leaves me to wonder which bomb and which hull, and also to wonder "so?" what. Never heard a fact before? Make of it what you want, that's what the brain is for.

So -> so what. The delay has no influence on your success.
The bomb(I guess SC50's will not work) will penetrate all hulls of civilian ships.

Originally Posted by wiki

Early Liberty ships suffered hull and deck cracks, and a few were lost to such structural defects. During WWII, there were nearly 1,500 instances of significant brittle fractures. Twelve ships, including three of the 2,710 Liberties built, broke in half without warning, including the SS John P. Gaines

For a libertyship the impact alone would be enough to sink it, lol.
Or:

This made them bounce and penetrate their target's hull near the waterline.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/skip_bombing.aspx

If timed right the bomb would skip and penetrate the hull before exploding

http://books.google.ch/books?id=Z6YsNyLd_Q4C p.102, search for "hull"


Whether they could penetrate the side of a cruiser or not, I don't know.