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Originally Posted by MR. Wood
What about slightly broaching  your sail just slightly wouldn't that work maybe? |
Well...yes...that would work.
...but then the CO would award the Dive his water wings and promptly shoot him out the TDU
...which reminds me of a story I read, I think it was U-1206, that was forced to the surface during a run on a British convoy due to flooding...
...from the head.
Seems like someone was not qualified on the new high pressure toilet. An improper valve lineup caused a substantial amount of seawater intake and ... you guessed it...they salted the battery. That means chlorine gas and lots of it. Needless to say,
a good time was had by all. It must have sucked to explain that to their British captors. Especially since the 'someone' was the CO.
-feld