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Originally Posted by Steeltrap
Fleet boats were whales compared with u-boats (type VII in particular), but they were - as has been said ad infinitum - built for a dramatically different theatre. That extra size was handy for comfort and packing away a lot of ammo and stores.
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I'm reading Clear the Bridge! and it almost sounds like they were on a submergible restaurant that has some torpedo attack capability that the USN found handy in wartime.
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