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Re: U480 A stealth Uboat
Posted by:
ROBERT M.
()
Date: October 14, 2009 06:34AM
ThomasHorton:
Underwater stern configuration same as Type XXI as shown at:
(http://www.subguru.com/nautilus/nautilus102.jpg
Fairwater ((sail)- all masts enclosed in sail.
All topside items like capstans, cleats are reversible.
Outer hull design very similar, fewer limber holes.
Nautilus - first U.S.sub built post WWII.
"Nautilus' hull design was based on the general lines of the
streamlined German Type XXI submarine." Excerpt from "NAUTILUS"
by Roy Davies cc1995 - ISBN-1-55750-615-9
Regards,
ROBERT M.
Underwater stern configuration same as Type XXI as shown at:
(http://www.subguru.com/nautilus/nautilus102.jpg
Fairwater ((sail)- all masts enclosed in sail.
All topside items like capstans, cleats are reversible.
Outer hull design very similar, fewer limber holes.
Nautilus - first U.S.sub built post WWII.
"Nautilus' hull design was based on the general lines of the
streamlined German Type XXI submarine." Excerpt from "NAUTILUS"
by Roy Davies cc1995 - ISBN-1-55750-615-9
Regards,
ROBERT M.