Bow Torpedo Loading Hatch Missing

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by skirich

Over the past several weeks I have been watching WWII movies and documentaries about these subs and I just realized that every model of US sub is missing the Bow Torpedo Loading hatch on deck.


The Stern one is there, but the bow one is not, and based on the pictures and movie reel footage I have seen, they all had them exactly like the stern.


Shame. Now I cant unsee this.

Mr. PB is exactly correct.
on US boats the forward torpedo loading access hatch is part of the pressurized hull and covered by the outer hull.
when you watch a US movie, you will see wooden-slate-grating which is part of the outer hull that covers the pressurized hull and allows seawater to wash over and through the outer hull.
this is the best photo i could find.