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Originally Posted by Ridgeback
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.
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