Rear Hatch

McHub532 · 04-20-10, 04:59 AM

So.. as my deck gunners are unloading all the shells we have on the boat into the side of an aircraft carrier on the horizon that is dead in the water, I decided it is a good time to check out the condition of the boat with the Chief Engineer as we are dead in the water.

I come around the back of the conning tower and I notice the rear hatch.

Check it out... you can click on the rear hatch. Wouldn't that be wicked cool if you could open it and climb down a ladder into the engine room or where ever it is supposed to go? Rock'n.

panosrxo · 04-20-10, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by McHub532

So.. as my deck gunners are unloading all the shells we have on the boat into the side of an aircraft carrier on the horizon that is dead in the water, I decided it is a good time to check out the condition of the boat with the Chief Engineer as we are dead in the water.

I come around the back of the conning tower and I notice the rear hatch.

Check it out... you can click on the rear hatch. Wouldn't that be wicked cool if you could open it and climb down a ladder into the engine room or where ever it is supposed to go? Rock'n.

It goes to the kitchen by the way

McHub532 · 04-20-10, 05:37 AM

Kitchen you say? Spectacular... on deck watch and want a quick snack? Knock twice on the hatch and you get a +5 to morale.

panosrxo · 04-20-10, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by McHub532

Kitchen you say? Spectacular... on deck watch and want a quick snack? Knock twice on the hatch and you get a +5 to morale.

yes, when you are in the kithcen look up and you will see the hatch, I believe this is some kind of emergency hatch, and it would be used for refitting the boat with food etc..

McHub532 · 04-20-10, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by panosrxo

yes, when you are in the kithcen look up and you will see the hatch, I believe this is some kind of emergency hatch, and it would be used for refitting the boat with food etc..

I remember the hatch in the kitchen on the USS Silversides also.. it's mostly for supply I think. But you are right.. might be an escape hatch too? Not sure how that works.

Taurolas · 04-20-10, 06:14 AM

good idea yes... advisable no.... would you want to open a hatch a metre or so above water on the open sea

i dont think so.

panosrxo · 04-20-10, 06:23 AM

Actually they used the torpedo tubes as an emergency hatch. I remember seeing that in a documentary about u-boats where the only man who managed to survive got out from a torpedo tube

04-20-10, 07:39 AM

I think with the boat sinking... anything that leads to open water is an escape hatch.

As for the other hatches on the boat, they werent used for entrances/exits. Just the conning tower.

SabreHawk · 04-20-10, 08:32 AM

These hatches are for ammunition storage, not escape or entry. Though the rear one could be used to escape, and the boat would have to be flooded if submerged to get the hatch open otherwise outside water pressure would prevent that.

You'll note that from inside, the rear hatch covers a well that should have a plate sealed to it's bottom but is on our model open with no cover plate in place. This being located in the galley.
The forward storage well isn't visible from inside. (At least I haven't found any.)

04-20-10, 04:59 AM	#1
McHub532 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 665 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	Rear Hatch So.. as my deck gunners are unloading all the shells we have on the boat into the side of an aircraft carrier on the horizon that is dead in the water, I decided it is a good time to check out the condition of the boat with the Chief Engineer as we are dead in the water. I come around the back of the conning tower and I notice the rear hatch. Check it out... you can click on the rear hatch. Wouldn't that be wicked cool if you could open it and climb down a ladder into the engine room or where ever it is supposed to go? Rock'n. __________________ Thomas Jefferson - "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

04-20-10, 05:37 AM	#3
McHub532 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 665 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	Kitchen you say? Spectacular... on deck watch and want a quick snack? Knock twice on the hatch and you get a +5 to morale. __________________ Thomas Jefferson - "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

04-20-10, 06:14 AM	#6
Taurolas Medic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Notts UK Posts: 163 Downloads: 167 Uploads: 0	good idea yes... advisable no.... would you want to open a hatch a metre or so above water on the open sea i dont think so. __________________ Yarrr!

04-20-10, 08:32 AM	#9
SabreHawk Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle, Wa. USA Posts: 530 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	These hatches are for ammunition storage, not escape or entry. Though the rear one could be used to escape, and the boat would have to be flooded if submerged to get the hatch open otherwise outside water pressure would prevent that. You'll note that from inside, the rear hatch covers a well that should have a plate sealed to it's bottom but is on our model open with no cover plate in place. This being located in the galley. The forward storage well isn't visible from inside. (At least I haven't found any.) __________________ "Chance favors the prepared mind"

04-20-10, 06:23 AM	#7
panosrxo Planesman Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 188 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Actually they used the torpedo tubes as an emergency hatch. I remember seeing that in a documentary about u-boats where the only man who managed to survive got out from a torpedo tube

04-20-10, 07:39 AM	#8
Kptlt_Lynch Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I think with the boat sinking... anything that leads to open water is an escape hatch. As for the other hatches on the boat, they werent used for entrances/exits. Just the conning tower.