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Originally Posted by KaleunMarco
i recall the last time i watch Das Boot and the Kaleun gave the order: Deeper and the diving officer announced 400 or 500 m, i had to laugh. i believe they reached 700 m when they were "resting" on the bottom trying to fix the diesels. I believe that the German Kaleun in The Enemy Below also takes his Type 7 to 700 m.
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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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