Why did US Submarines have retractable dive planes?

geetrue · 03-18-07, 03:31 PM

Diesel boats aren't allowed to be underwater in bad weather ... they can't handle the underwater surges that occur on batteries alone.

There was a Typhoon in WWII that rolled up the deck of a US Navy carrier, you can imagine what it would have done to a round bottom boat.

My sea story is too long to tell right now, but I have been in force nine weather on a diesel boat in the Gulf of Alaksa and it is no fun.

Gotta protect those bow planes ...

03-18-07, 03:31 PM	#4
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Diesel boats aren't allowed to be underwater in bad weather ... they can't handle the underwater surges that occur on batteries alone. There was a Typhoon in WWII that rolled up the deck of a US Navy carrier, you can imagine what it would have done to a round bottom boat. My sea story is too long to tell right now, but I have been in force nine weather on a diesel boat in the Gulf of Alaksa and it is no fun. Gotta protect those bow planes ... __________________