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I think that would add to the realism. You shouldn't go much bellow 450' even in a Balao class. If I recall corectly, I believe about 500' was the deepest recorded depth. I'm suprised you survived at 600', wow!
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In "Clear The Bridge", Richard O'Kane tells how he took the
USS Tang (Balao class) down to 612 feet on her shakedown cruise. He stated "
Tang had depth capabilities no American submarine had known before."
A little earlier when talking about the pressure hull, O'Kane said, "As I hoped, it could probably take twice the pressure of the stipulated 438 feet".
And this was December 1943.