Few Questions

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Originally Posted by depthtok33l

[Historical Question] Did U-Boats dive faster than US Fleet Boats?

I like to play UBM from time to time and noticed that Type IX-D2 U-boat dives at a very fast rate.

This is a Pandora's box. Nothing against your asking the question but it ultimately invokes the u-boats fan boys into making wild claims and illogical comparisons. See quote below for example.

Originally Posted by Akotalaya

yes, i think some u-boats were faster at diving, american boats took something like 2 and a half minutes to dive where a type 7 uboat could be under in less than 30 seconds..something along those lines!

Apples to oranges. A fleet boat does not compare to a type VII because they are for two different designs for two different applications. A IXC or later would be a more apt comparison.

In so far as dive times they were similar with a reported dive time for a fleet boat being around the 30-35 second mark. Can't recall the reference offhand, may have been Submarine! by Capt. Beach.

Now as far as the game itself is concerned not as much time and research was put into it. Mainly because of the appeal of u-boats vs fleet boats. I'll admit u-boats capture the imagination a lot more than the fleet boats. Also there was the secrecy that the US had about its submarine operations.