Diving Stations

Payoff · 10-12-06, 08:25 PM

I am curious to see if SHIV will FORCE us to man the dive planes and ballast valve set while on surface, as in SHIII. I never understood this. In the books and movies I've read/seen it's usually the watch crew's function to man those stations. Remember the young kid in "Das Boot" Uncut who calls an alarm because of a seagull? Jurgen shakes him down pretty good about what type of plane it was while he is manning the (aft?) dive planes. Werner speaks of this as well in "Iron Coffins". I just thought it was a waste of three good hands that could be resting or doing something else, especially in the smaller boats. I would think they could program the watch crew to go directly to dive planes, helm & valve set when ordering a dive, instead of crew quarters, or TORPEDO ROOM (I hate when that happens)? Did U.S. subs handle this differently?

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10-12-06, 08:25 PM	#1
Payoff Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nash Town, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Diving Stations I am curious to see if SHIV will FORCE us to man the dive planes and ballast valve set while on surface, as in SHIII. I never understood this. In the books and movies I've read/seen it's usually the watch crew's function to man those stations. Remember the young kid in "Das Boot" Uncut who calls an alarm because of a seagull? Jurgen shakes him down pretty good about what type of plane it was while he is manning the (aft?) dive planes. Werner speaks of this as well in "Iron Coffins". I just thought it was a waste of three good hands that could be resting or doing something else, especially in the smaller boats. I would think they could program the watch crew to go directly to dive planes, helm & valve set when ordering a dive, instead of crew quarters, or TORPEDO ROOM (I hate when that happens)? Did U.S. subs handle this differently? hits enter key hoping devs are peeking __________________ "Hit Shokaku class carrier with three out of six torpedos. Recieved 105 depth charges during three hour period. Heard four terrific explosions in the direction of target, two and one half hours after attack. Believe that baby sank!" Lieutenant Commander Herman Kossler USS Cavalla