Diving times...........

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by papillonuk

I noticed summit... is it me or do american subs take longer to dive than there german counterparts......

or maybe it just seem long......

First off welcome to the forums papillonuk.

As donut stated this has been discussed at length several times. A search should reveal several threads on it.

American subs do indeed dive slower than the german U-boats. Then again they are typically larger.

One trick some folks use is to run with decks awash, this seems to fill the ballast tanks part way allowing a faster dive. Also the less amount of time from your previous dive the faster your current dive will go (water still in ballast tanks).