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Originally Posted by -Pv-
Some fleet boats had aux engines capable of driving the sub at 5 knots while charging batteries and maintaining electrical systems and air charge. The Gunnel lost all four engines one at a time on returning to England in Nov of '42 and relied on the aux almost the whole trip back.
http://jmlavelle.com/gunnel/patrol1.htm
-Pv- |
Well, I could be wrong.
I would substitute 'all' for 'some' in your description, because they probably all had those auxiliaries. Five knots is a slow voyage, but if they figured out how to do it, why shouldn't we? On the other hand, if you're out of gas, you're out of luck.