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RE: How much Shoreing Timber was on each U-Boat?
Posted by: Rainer Bruns ()
Date: January 12, 2001 04:41PM

Hi Frank,
There might have been a few pieces of gen. purpose shoring dunnage stored in a deck locker or two, but nothing to speak of under deck because of lack of space.
Also, when one is 300ft below and water coming in through a crack in the pressure vessel, there is no time for damage control party deployment like on a large surface vessel because of lack of sub\'s reserve buoyancy. In such case, your only chance is to seal off the compartment if possible and blow all tanks promptly or bend over and kiss your rear goodbye. Cracks in the pressure hulls were mostly lethal. Cracks in pipes etc were dealt with as described below (Sleeves + valves) and usually cracked before the pressure hull. Rgds, RB

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How much Shoreing Timber was on each U-Boat? Frank Blazich 01/11/2001 07:22PM
RE: How much Shoreing Timber was on each U-Boat? Rainer Bruns 01/12/2001 04:41PM
RE: How much Shoreing Timber was on each U-Boat? Frank Blazich 01/12/2001 09:14PM
RE: How much Shoreing Timber was on each U-Boat? kurt 01/12/2001 10:57PM


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