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Originally Posted by Archive1
I tried to duplicate this: required at least 50% time submerged, surface speed ahead 1/3rd and arrived at US coast with only enough fuel remaining for 3,000 Km
Any comments on how to revise diesel consumption downward?
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Surface speed of 1/3 burns more fuel; instead try 8 knots, set manually. Wheather conditions also a factor.
While running submerged uses no fuel, it does require more fuel to recharge batteries. Most, if not all, u-boats ran on the surface in mid Atlantic at the time of Drumbeat.