What where the differences between American and German Subs?

[elanaiba]

Most Fleet boats had air conditioning - vital in the Pacific temperatures and solving all humidity problems. This was also important - and thats why it probably was done in the first place - to solve electrical problems/shorts/etc.

[Fincuan]

The Ice cream machine

I ALWAYS repair that first if anything is damaged.

[SquidB]

Thanks for the insight, seems (if you can forget the problems with the torps) Fleet boats were a much nicer place to be.

[AVGWarhawk]

Dan is correct. The American subs had air conditioning. This help in reducing condensation but also was great for storing food. Just like todays refrigerators. In the galley, below deck is a large storage area that was kept cool. So meats, eggs, milk, etc would stay fresh for a long time. Sometime they resorted to powdered milk after the fresh stores were used. Water was made onboard but this was mostly used for the batteries and drinking. Onc could shower or do laundry but that did not happen often.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Similar thread, may give you some more insight : Here


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[SquidB]

Thanks again Guys.

I didnt think the ice cream machine was serious! lol talk about home comforts

[Rockin Robbins]

American subs carried enough firepower to battle to get the job done. U-Boats were always crippled by a lack of torpedo tubes. Americans were very good at copying captured German torpedoes: so good they copied their defects too! The Germans fixed theirs long before we did. American subs because of their conning towers, were deeper at periscope depth and so less likely to broach the surface, bringing quick death to all on board.

Finally, American subs produced victory, where it is very debatable whether German subs helped or hurt their war effort. I am inclined to come down on the theory that the use of German subs necessitated fighting the United States, and that was the end of the war for the Germans. The submarines also made them fight the British, and the Germans may not have had to fight them either. In any event, the German submarines did not produce victory. The American ones did.

[OKO]

In any event, the German submarines did not produce victory. The American ones did.

japanese prosecution of US subs was FAR less effective than the one of the allies against german subs.

Just nothing to compare.

If you have had the same destroyer/sub ratio as in alantic, the US subs would have suffered the same kind of desaster as German subs during the late war.

Because the boats were nearly the same (considering global performances)
Even if german boat could dive deeper, the american ship could cruise speeder under see and were a lot more "confortable" (if you could say that about these kind of boats !)

I don't think anyone could say US submariners were better than germans one, especially at the beginning of the war, were german were better trained and US doctrine was inadequate (because of the lost of the surface fleet they were supposed to "escort" a bit in front of them).

Both nations had very valuable crews and boats.

But Axes just couldn't handled the US production capacity, in no matter.
Japanese underestimated the reaction of USA after pearl harbor, and that's why a frog like me can talk to you from a free country.

[msalama]

In any event, the German submarines did not produce victory. The American ones did.

Well actually neither did, because the Allied victory was ultimately secured by land battles fought by the Americans in the Pacific, and the Russians in Eastern Europe...