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Originally Posted by KaleunMarco
that is another bugaboo with me...not only with DB with the other (mostly American) submarine movies...this resting on the bottom.
can't do that.
a sub has too many pumps located on the lower portion of the hull, pumping in either direction, to rest anywhere but in the water. But it's great entertainment isn't it?
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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
Numerous US subs did lay to on the bottom when damaged trying to make repairs. Tambor in Feb 1944 in South China Sea comes to mind, 17 hours was on bottom being depth charged USS Seahorse in 1945 off Tsushima Straits, was under 15 hours or so as well, on the bottom. S boat in Aleutians was sinking to crush depth hit a shelf, one in the philippines. Multiple other instances
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As Bubblehead has stated (and I'll expand on) diesel boats most certainly can rest on the sea bottom. Most nuc boats cannot, or could not, rest on the bottom due to Main Seawater and Auxiliary Seawater suction and discharge. The exceptions I believe were SSN-575 Seawolf, SSGN-587 Halibut, and SSN-683 Parche. With no reactor plant to keep running, there's no need for a MSW/ASW system or to take a suction from or discharge to the sea while submerged in a diesel boat.