02-06-07, 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by flyingdane
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Originally Posted by CCIP
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Originally Posted by Iron Budokan
Weren't the VIICs pretty much built just for war and nothing else? What I mean is, there were very little comforts on the VIICs, they were war vessels, period, and not meant to serve in the fleet a really long time. Isn't that right?
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Well I think it's true that the reason Germans excluded many comforts was that they wouldn't sacrifice any performance for that!
That said, I think there again is the difference in philosophy - American boats were built for longer fleet operations, with the comforts accounted for.
Mind you, some German boats still served in various Allied navies for years after the war... |
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and modified Balaos served in the US Navy into the Sixties.
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