"Be more aggressive"

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Centred75

Not to mention, being depth charged and sinking to the bottom of the ocean is a VERY scary way to die.

I recall reading somewhere that there was a study done and it determined that if you were on a sub that was depth charged and sinking, it would be pitch dark due to the power loss, and you would be crushed and sliced to pieces by metal beams and parts of the ship from your boat collapsing in on itself as it sunk long before you drowned.

Either way, not a pleasant way to go.

[kikn79]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

I recall reading somewhere that there was a study done and it determined that if you were on a sub that was depth charged and sinking, it would be pitch dark due to the power loss, and you would be crushed and sliced to pieces by metal beams and parts of the ship from your boat collapsing in on itself as it sunk long before you drowned.

Either way, not a pleasant way to go.

Worse yet would be the survivors of the Kursk or the F-4 where they basically suffocated. I'd rather be crushed instantly than sit on the bottom for days waiting for rescue that never comes.

Chuck

[TheSatyr]

Which is what happened on at least one of the "sugar" boats we lost between the wars. They sent divers down to the sub after it sank,and found that there were a few survivors left in the forward torpedo room. An attempt was made to salvage the sub as quickly as possible to hopefully get the sub to the surface before those men died,but they never really had a chance. The weather got bad,and the divers ran into problems. It was a gallant try,but it was doomed to failure from the very beginning.(I'd give the sub#,but to be honest I forgot which one it was. I think we lost at least 3 S Boats due to accidents between the wars.).

It was incidents like that that led to the development of the momsen lung and the special rescue diving bell.(Who's name escapes me). Which culminated in the rescue of half of the Squalus' crew after she sank due to the failure of her main induction to close during a dive.

[John Channing]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

I recall reading somewhere that there was a study done and it determined that if you were on a sub that was depth charged and sinking, it would be pitch dark due to the power loss, and you would be crushed and sliced to pieces by metal beams and parts of the ship from your boat collapsing in on itself as it sunk long before you drowned.

Either way, not a pleasant way to go.

Another theory is that the incredible pressure would cause the oxygen in the sub to ignite at the exact moment of implosion, with the resultant flash incinerating the crew.

Me? I want to go like my Grandfather...peacefully in my sleep, and not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus.

JCC

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by John Channing

Another theory is that the incredible pressure would cause the oxygen in the sub to ignite at the exact moment of implosion, with the resultant flash incinerating the crew.

Me? I want to go like my Grandfather...peacefully in my sleep, and not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus.

JCC

Oh this sounds like one for mythbusters to me !

[John Channing]

I don't make the news... I just report it!

JCC

[Bando]

Originally Posted by John Channing

Me? I want to go like my Grandfather...peacefully in my sleep, and not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus.

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