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<div>The term '''wolf pack''', when applied to [[submarine]]s, refers to the mass-attack tactics against [[convoy]]s used by [[Germany|German]] U-boats during the [[Second Battle of the Atlantic|Battle of the Atlantic]] in [[World War II]].<br />
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The term is actually a mis-translation, the German's used the word ''Rudel'', meaning pack - as in group of animals. The addition of [[wolf|wolves]] was an Allied idea, probably as some kind of negative comment.<br />
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The computer game Wolfpack was an early simulation program of a submarine.<br />
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With the opening shots of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] in March 2003, the term wolf pack was brought back into use to describe the fleet of American and British [[nuclear submarine]]s which operated together in the [[Red Sea]] to fire [[BGM-109 Tomahawk|tomahawk missiles]] at [[Iraq]]. [[USS Providence (SSN-719)|''USS Providence'' (SSN-719)]] was the first boat to fire its entire load of missiles and earn the nickname "Big Dog of the Red Sea Wolf Pack."<br />
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