IIRC all of the American subs and the german ones even had a direct-drive electric motor, meaning both the diesel and electric motor were on the same shaft, allowing the diesel to be used as a dynamo to recharge the batteries.
the japanese however, I think, used a different drive comfiguration, meaning the motors had to switch drives with the diesels, probably by some kind of Rube Goldberg cog, rack and pinion thing
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