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Old 02-18-21, 10:23 AM   #12
John Pancoast
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Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
I do not understand what you (or the author?) mean(s) with "other navies .. used electric, not Diesel".. surfaced with E-engines?
There was of course the option to add the electric motors to the Diesels, to go at 22 or so knots for a very short time, but i never saw this mentioned in surface attack reports.

And thanks for the book advice, will look out for it!
When decks awash was used the boat was powered then by its electric motors vs. its diesels.
That's not possible in the game, i.e., is all. The author didn't state this; that was only me.
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