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04-27-08, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by geosub1978

In the type XXI submarines there was a switch which automatically lowered the masts including periscope at speeds > or = 9kts because the vibration was imposible to be removed. That switch could be ON / OFF / SURFACE MODE.

True!

(IIRC, all schnorkel-equipped subs had "speed limits", so that the strain from the water would not break the equipment.)

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