Looking at the depth scale I wonder: The scale goes only to 185 ft. German submarine type VIIc was certified for 100 m (328 ft), each boat was tested for 165 m (541 ft) during initial trials and actually did go deeper in emergencies. Did the US boats in the Pacific really only go down to depths less than 200 ft?
The US fleet boats carried two depth gauges-the one with the lower maximum was intended for shallow ops, but there was another gauge with at least a 350 maximum or 400-foot maximum.
@@eddievhfan1984 OK. Makes a lot of sense. Thinking about it, German u-boats probably had that, too. Otherwise holding periscope depth without breaking the surface would be rather difficult. I probably have to re-read "Das Boot", Buchheim, the author, explains a lot of technical stuff on German Type VIIc boats in there
@@Kref3 In the Das Boot film, you can see two shallow water gauges-a rotary one during the emergency dive at the beginning ranged for 20m, and the vertical level gauge between the dive plane controls during the first destroyer encounter.
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And a true story as well. Those submariners were a special breed and we all owe them a debt of gratitude.
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Looking at the depth scale I wonder: The scale goes only to 185 ft. German submarine type VIIc was certified for 100 m (328 ft), each boat was tested for 165 m (541 ft) during initial trials and actually did go deeper in emergencies.
Did the US boats in the Pacific really only go down to depths less than 200 ft?
The US fleet boats carried two depth gauges-the one with the lower maximum was intended for shallow ops, but there was another gauge with at least a 350 maximum or 400-foot maximum.
@@eddievhfan1984 OK. Makes a lot of sense. Thinking about it, German u-boats probably had that, too. Otherwise holding periscope depth without breaking the surface would be rather difficult.
I probably have to re-read "Das Boot", Buchheim, the author, explains a lot of technical stuff on German Type VIIc boats in there
@@Kref3 In the Das Boot film, you can see two shallow water gauges-a rotary one during the emergency dive at the beginning ranged for 20m, and the vertical level gauge between the dive plane controls during the first destroyer encounter.
@@eddievhfan1984 and how did you know that?
@KR72534 Other episodes, Das Boot, recreations in Silent Hunter III, and general research into U-boat interiors from available photography.
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