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Platapus · 06-19-15, 07:37 PM

In the book "Final Harbor" Submariner Harry Homewood wrote that when a fleet sub went out on a war patrol, the anchor and chains were removed because

1. They were really not used much in war patrols
2. There were risks of the anchor breaking loose in a depth charge attack and dragging the chain with it.

His book was pretty realistic, but was this really the case? Did fleet subs go out on war patrols sans anchor/chain?

06-19-15, 07:37 PM	#7
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,995 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	In the book "Final Harbor" Submariner Harry Homewood wrote that when a fleet sub went out on a war patrol, the anchor and chains were removed because 1. They were really not used much in war patrols 2. There were risks of the anchor breaking loose in a depth charge attack and dragging the chain with it. His book was pretty realistic, but was this really the case? Did fleet subs go out on war patrols sans anchor/chain? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.