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CCIP · 12-13-06, 02:43 PM

Yep, just remember that U-boats technically had a safe rated depth of 90m (300ft), whereas in actuality they'd go down to 200m (700ft) and deeper, with the deepest recorded dives being in the area of 270m (900ft). It'd only be fair to assume the relationship between tested and actual maximum dive depths would be about same for US subs. Just that they didn't push it as often as the U-boats.

12-13-06, 02:43 PM	#5
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Yep, just remember that U-boats technically had a safe rated depth of 90m (300ft), whereas in actuality they'd go down to 200m (700ft) and deeper, with the deepest recorded dives being in the area of 270m (900ft). It'd only be fair to assume the relationship between tested and actual maximum dive depths would be about same for US subs. Just that they didn't push it as often as the U-boats. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)