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Sailor Steve · 12-30-10, 11:22 PM

In December 1941 USS S-38 escaped pusuing Japanese destroyers by sitting on the bottom several times. It seems the sandy bottom does indeed make the sub harder to find, and it absorbs the concussion when the depth charge explodes.
http://www.historycentral.com/navy/Submarine/s38.html

But no, none of this works in the game.

12-30-10, 11:22 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	In December 1941 USS S-38 escaped pusuing Japanese destroyers by sitting on the bottom several times. It seems the sandy bottom does indeed make the sub harder to find, and it absorbs the concussion when the depth charge explodes. http://www.historycentral.com/navy/Submarine/s38.html But no, none of this works in the game. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo