Did any wartime US boats have snorkels?

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Originally Posted by IRONxMortlock

Yes, but you have to admit that having their u-boats constantly sunk by aircraft was a huge incentive for the German navy to more rapidly install and use devices such as the snorkle. The US had far less need for it.

Also, don't forget the Type XXI. Revoultionary for its day and the first true submarine.

But how do you know, for sure, that they really were sunk ...

They may have escaped to Argentina and be hidding in a cave near the sea, waiting
for their great granchildren to pick up the Iron Cross and do it all over again.

We can't trust history till all of the facts are in ...