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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
A little trick for the Balao/Gato/Tench in TMO is to travel to and from patrol are at ahead standard(which is 15 knots as they did in RL usually)
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No, they didn't. They were called 'Fleet Boats' because they were originally designed to travel with and support the surface fleet, which did indeed travel at 15 knots. The concept was that the boats would be refueled at sea, just like their surface counterparts.
Best cruising speed was 10 knots.
http://www.valoratsea.com/gato.htm
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08212a.htm