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Old 01-22-09, 06:35 PM   #5
Soundman
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Originally Posted by Ping Panther
This is an interesting thread. Is it true that minesweepers were also typically constructed with wooden hulls?
(Not that setting topedoes for magnetic triggers is the consideration here to blast them off of you. But it just got me thinking...)
Shallow keel draft and a tight turn ability on those sweepers is a trouble to deal with.

I hope WCow has dealt with his sweeper issue by now!
I have wondered if this is modeled in the game too. The same applies to Subchasers, they supposedly had wooden hulls and I've never been able to hit them with a fish (using TMO) and go Hmmm? :hmm:
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