USN to buy Polish sub for training

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"For training"...? That needs a training crew operating the sub then. I pass.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORP_Orze%C5%82_(1986)

After being decommissioned in the meantime, the Orzel was reactivated in 2016 and is still in service in 2021. The commander in 2006 was "kmdr ppor" Andrzej Ogrodnik.

The crew members warned in an anonymous open letter in May 2021 that the submarine was "in a deplorable technical condition, and any voyage may end with sinking and with our deaths". During one maneuver, he said, there were problems with surfacing, propulsion, sonar, communications and armament. It was "a miracle that the Eagle is still afloat." Five years ago, the boat was returned to service "despite our protests."

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