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Old 12-21-11, 11:06 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Aviv View Post
@CptChacal I always thought it was the torpedo loading hatch too, but then how do you explain there's not one for the front tubes and also, this picture looks the same like the part of the submarine http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=8910
It looks to me like the vertical hatch behind the sailor is the escape hatch and he's actually posing in the torpedo loading hatch. These drawings show the layout of a Gato class sub, with everything marked.
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0821203.jpg
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0821230.jpg
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