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Sailor Steve · 02-26-07, 11:24 AM

I don't have the answer, but the question puts me in mind of two things:

1) Don't forget that the US boats were big compared with the u-boats.

2) Actor David James Elliott is also 6'4", and on JAG they had him in a modern sub more than once, complaining that he was too tall for that sort of thing. Of course they ignored the fact that he is also far too tall to have been a fighter pilot, and scenes with him sitting in an F-14 show that he had to really scrunch when they wanted to close the canopy.

Me, I'm only 5'8", so I can fit pretty much anywhere.

02-26-07, 11:24 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I don't have the answer, but the question puts me in mind of two things: 1) Don't forget that the US boats were big compared with the u-boats. 2) Actor David James Elliott is also 6'4", and on JAG they had him in a modern sub more than once, complaining that he was too tall for that sort of thing. Of course they ignored the fact that he is also far too tall to have been a fighter pilot, and scenes with him sitting in an F-14 show that he had to really scrunch when they wanted to close the canopy. Me, I'm only 5'8", so I can fit pretty much anywhere. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo