Agreed, but you have to remember the German U-Boat was used not just as a "fleet boat" (type IX), but as a "costal boat" (type II), and a "hybrid" (type VII), for close on attacks on England and the north Atlantic. Therefore, the designs were of a much bigger variety then the "fleet boat" design needed by the U.S. to cross long stretches of the Pacific.
Personally, I am pyched that we have both "options" now. I have SHIII and SHIV installed, and when I get tired of harassing the Japanese in their home waters, I can go fight "the losing battle" with the Kreigsmarine. Fun world we live in these days!
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