Bad Weather & Sub commanders
Bad weather especially large wave actions are normally avoided entirely by subs by simply dropping down and operating at depth....
No sub commander would run his boat at the surface in a typhoon. The wave actions would be brutal on the occupants, equipment, weapons, etc.
You can run at depth for a good while and even then coming near the surface only to replenish O2 and maybe recharge...
A storm would move on out and the sea states stabilize back to conditions that were tolerable.
Bowplanes were retractable for speed on the surface... They were normally rigged out just prior to a dive unless combat conditions warranted running them out.
Snagging mine cables on a bow plane was a nightmare as well.
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