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pythos · 10-22-07, 08:21 PM

It is my understanding that all boats of the US navy were refit with new towers within certain periods. No boat had the bathtub after mid 42, and all boats had two AA nests, one in front and one in back. Also, the periscope sheers were cut away very early on. All of this was to reduce the profile of the submarine, to make it harder to see.

The skippers had no effect on whether or not a conning tower was cut down, and the cut down jobs were unique to each boat. The only boats to get standardized towers were the S-boats. The S-18 class got a platform aft of the tower, and the S-42 class got one forward of the bridge. These were all done by mid 42. If S boats did not recieve the new towers they were either retired or put into training duties, often getting the AA postition for training purposes.

The random roll thing is something the modders and players need to find and eliminate. It is simply not realistic, no boats after 42 had the larger conning towers, they were all cut down, this was doctrine.

10-22-07, 08:21 PM	#15
pythos Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 834 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	It is my understanding that all boats of the US navy were refit with new towers within certain periods. No boat had the bathtub after mid 42, and all boats had two AA nests, one in front and one in back. Also, the periscope sheers were cut away very early on. All of this was to reduce the profile of the submarine, to make it harder to see. The skippers had no effect on whether or not a conning tower was cut down, and the cut down jobs were unique to each boat. The only boats to get standardized towers were the S-boats. The S-18 class got a platform aft of the tower, and the S-42 class got one forward of the bridge. These were all done by mid 42. If S boats did not recieve the new towers they were either retired or put into training duties, often getting the AA postition for training purposes. The random roll thing is something the modders and players need to find and eliminate. It is simply not realistic, no boats after 42 had the larger conning towers, they were all cut down, this was doctrine. Last edited by pythos; 10-23-07 at 07:30 PM.