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Old 07-10-10, 09:41 PM   #11
rein1705
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Originally Posted by green_abobo View Post
bummer.
this may not be 100% historically accurate. i'm pretty sure they had to be running diesels at some speed, surfaced, to recharge them. uboats had snorkels later in the war for this purpose, along with restoring their O2 supply.

i think that's what they did anyway.

True. The later Fleet boats had 4 Diesel engines 2 to run surface speed while 2 ran max rpm to charge but you could kill 2 engines and sit while the other 2 run up the generators.
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