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Originally Posted by Dietger
Forced to surface in an emergency, not actually to engage anyone nearby.
In no way a german torpedo - or anyone's could have been threatening a ship that close. Apparently the sub is absolute helpless and desperate...
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Yep. There were frequent actions similar to the photo via a forced to surface sub.
And the distance in the photo is much larger than the scraping paint side by side ala the movie trailer.
Though I believe there's mention of something along those lines in Blair's books, not by the subs choice of course.