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Osmium Steele · 06-27-11, 11:44 AM

US boats show distinctive oil canning in their free flooding areas, U-boats don't seem to show much if any.

What was the typical thickness of the Gato/Balao class skins?

BROAD GENERALIZATION ALERT!!

We yanks tend to be thinner skinned than those across the pond. Perhaps our boats were as well?

EDIT: Gallery of U-505 pics during the original transit to Chicago. Note the obvious bumping/collision damage with a dearth of oil-canning.

However: U-995 in Lahoe shows a little bit of curvature in bright light, which is not visible in other pics in cloudier conditions.

06-27-11, 11:44 AM	#8
Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	US boats show distinctive oil canning in their free flooding areas, U-boats don't seem to show much if any. What was the typical thickness of the Gato/Balao class skins? BROAD GENERALIZATION ALERT!! We yanks tend to be thinner skinned than those across the pond. Perhaps our boats were as well? EDIT: Gallery of U-505 pics during the original transit to Chicago. Note the obvious bumping/collision damage with a dearth of oil-canning. However: U-995 in Lahoe shows a little bit of curvature in bright light, which is not visible in other pics in cloudier conditions. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread Last edited by Osmium Steele; 06-27-11 at 12:11 PM.