Historical Question - Bow doors

ryuzu · 03-27-07, 11:02 AM

So I think more or less everyone knows now that the lack of simultaneous spread fire as in U-boats was not employed on USN Subs.

However, the issue of only opening one torpedo door at a time is still unclear. Some are reporting it as a bug.

But the question is, could USN subs of the era open multiple doors to allow the quick fire of torpedos multiple torpedos?

The only data I've found on the interweb talks about flooding the tubes, but no mention is made of how/when the outer doors were opened.... Something that may be related is that one document said that torpedos had pressure limits (no surprise I guess) implying that sailing around with the torpedo doors open would be a bad idea...

Is anyone here in touch with any of the museums that maintain a submarine collection (The USS Pampano for example) where we might get a definitive answer?

Thanks,

r.

03-27-07, 11:02 AM	#1
ryuzu Navy Dude Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 171 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Historical Question - Bow doors So I think more or less everyone knows now that the lack of simultaneous spread fire as in U-boats was not employed on USN Subs. However, the issue of only opening one torpedo door at a time is still unclear. Some are reporting it as a bug. But the question is, could USN subs of the era open multiple doors to allow the quick fire of torpedos multiple torpedos? The only data I've found on the interweb talks about flooding the tubes, but no mention is made of how/when the outer doors were opened.... Something that may be related is that one document said that torpedos had pressure limits (no surprise I guess) implying that sailing around with the torpedo doors open would be a bad idea... Is anyone here in touch with any of the museums that maintain a submarine collection (The USS Pampano for example) where we might get a definitive answer? Thanks, r.