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Originally Posted by Admiral8Q
From reading this, it would seem to have been much much worse in an American sub to die at crush depth, than in a U-boat.  |
Those posts are quite old and are before there were wrecks found. The first US WWII sub wreck to be found was in May 2005, since then quite a few have been found (due in part to side scan sonar). The wreck of the USS Gudgeon which sank deep (one mile down) shows clear signs of the hull crushing, rather than flooding. If you start sinking in deep water, the hull will probably crush, unless the sub floods and equalises sea pressure before you reach the point at which the hull will fail, which would take some fast flooding.