TECH QUESTION , About decks awash !

[Michael13]

Originally Posted by Stormfly

there is a translated "SUBMARINE COMMANDER'S HANDBOOK" ("U.Kdt.Hdb.")from 1943 aviable here: http://hnsa.org/doc/uboat/index.htm
...not shure but i couldnt find any taktic regarding "decks awash" there, maybe it is because the text is from 43.... but ithink if it was a common taktic in earlyer years, they would have mention that this is not in use any more.

Well, I read about deck awash in Robertson's "The golden horseshoe" and Werner's "Iron coffins" books. Both books have a lot of mistakes and exaggerations, but I think it's true if this tactic was mentioned in both.

And as I said they used it to attack ships while staying surfaced (often inside of convoy). Not for faster diving.
Can't give you exact quotations, because I'm reading it in russian...