Balao Top of the Line?

CinC Battleforce · 12-09-08, 04:29 PM

Should be riser, bad spelling and fast typing on my part. the Riser is a cross member where the outer hull joined the inner hull (where the double hull ended) the beams of the risers ran from the lower deck all the way upto the upper overhead. The riser in the older boats was elimanated by rearrangement of tanks.

snakeyez · 12-09-08, 07:04 PM

Balaos are king in SH4, but Tambors have my heart.

CinC Battleforce · 12-09-08, 10:27 PM

I thought I would drop some diagrams here to show the progression in design of the fleet boats from Tamber to Tench.

Tamber introduced the 10 tube armament to the fleet. the earlier boats had from 6 to 8 tubes.

As I stated earlier in the thread, the most important development in the Gato was the introduction of the bulkhead that divided the engine room. Due to the war, the Gato design was frozen for mass production.

With the introduction of the high tensil steel and improved the basic design of the Gato.

The Tench was the ultimate in fleet boats during the war. This diagram shows the changes to the trim tanks and helps show the impoved internal layout of the boat. the larger coning tower seen on the diagram was a one off experiement tried on the USS Sarda (SS-488)

12-09-08, 04:29 PM	#1
CinC Battleforce A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 78 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Should be riser, bad spelling and fast typing on my part. the Riser is a cross member where the outer hull joined the inner hull (where the double hull ended) the beams of the risers ran from the lower deck all the way upto the upper overhead. The riser in the older boats was elimanated by rearrangement of tanks. __________________ Diesel Boats Forever!!! Take her deep! Take her down!

12-09-08, 07:04 PM	#2
snakeyez Last Man Down Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mississippi, USA Posts: 242 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Balaos are king in SH4, but Tambors have my heart. __________________ SUBMARINEMUSEUMS.ORG - These are the submarines in your neighborhood! Get involved, they need you. Doyle Blalock - the life of my WWII submarine veteran grandfather. Drum228.org - devoted to the Gato-class museum sub USS Drum (SS-228) complete with war patrol reports, historical info, and restoration progress.

12-09-08, 10:27 PM	#3
CinC Battleforce A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 78 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I thought I would drop some diagrams here to show the progression in design of the fleet boats from Tamber to Tench. Tamber introduced the 10 tube armament to the fleet. the earlier boats had from 6 to 8 tubes. As I stated earlier in the thread, the most important development in the Gato was the introduction of the bulkhead that divided the engine room. Due to the war, the Gato design was frozen for mass production. With the introduction of the high tensil steel and improved the basic design of the Gato. The Tench was the ultimate in fleet boats during the war. This diagram shows the changes to the trim tanks and helps show the impoved internal layout of the boat. the larger coning tower seen on the diagram was a one off experiement tried on the USS Sarda (SS-488) __________________ Diesel Boats Forever!!! Take her deep! Take her down!