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Aktungbby · 01-23-14, 12:06 AM

[QUOTE]Impact torpedoes worked as expected, though it took me four or more to do the job -- no problem with that. Magnetic torpedoes, on the other hand, failed miserably. Although I fired dozens, not one detonated. The draught of the Iowa is stated to be 13.6m and so I set my torpedo depth to 14.5m. The torps passed just under the hull with no problem, and right on out the other side without detonating. Eventually, I tried varying the torpedo depths from 14.0m - 15.5m but the results were the same.[QUOTE/]
The info I googled says Iowa's draft is 37'2" or 11.33 meters; in two extensive detailed sites; Got see her every day at the Suisun Ghost Fleet and watched her (sadly )as she was towed out to her new home in Southern CA from the upper parapet of old Ft Point directly under the Golden Gate Bridge. It was quite a sight. Set your eels for 9-10 meters and quit worrying about it. Draft: 36 ft (11 m) maximum Installed power: 212,000 shp (158,000 kW)
8 water-tube boilers Speed: 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) Range: 14,890 miles (23,960 km) @ 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) Complement: ~2,700 officers and men (WWII, Korea)

01-23-14, 12:06 AM	#5
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,021 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	[QUOTE]Impact torpedoes worked as expected, though it took me four or more to do the job -- no problem with that. Magnetic torpedoes, on the other hand, failed miserably. Although I fired dozens, not one detonated. The draught of the Iowa is stated to be 13.6m and so I set my torpedo depth to 14.5m. The torps passed just under the hull with no problem, and right on out the other side without detonating. Eventually, I tried varying the torpedo depths from 14.0m - 15.5m but the results were the same.[QUOTE/] The info I googled says Iowa's draft is 37'2" or 11.33 *meters; in two extensive detailed sites; Got see her every day at the Suisun Ghost Fleet and watched her (sadly )as she was towed out to her new home in Southern CA from the upper parapet of old Ft Point directly under the Golden Gate Bridge. It was quite a sight. Set your eels for 9-10 meters and quit worrying about it. Draft: 36 ft (11 m) maximum* Installed power: 212,000 shp (158,000 kW) 8 water-tube boilers Speed: 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) Range: 14,890 miles (23,960 km) @ 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) Complement: ~2,700 officers and men (WWII, Korea) __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!