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S-Boats
Posted by:
Rick Mann
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Date: October 22, 2000 01:11AM
Hello Everyone,
The S-51 was one ( or was) the last S boat built by the U.S. All of the S boats were antiques by the time WWII started. It would have been a very scary proposition taking one of these to war (although some very brave souls did). The Fleet boats were totally different and at least a decade newer in design and vintage. I believe you are correct though that earlier submarines had both vents at the bottom and the top of the ballast tanks hence; Kingston valves. On the Subs produced right before and after (to my knowledge) only have the valves on top of the ballast tanks as the lower ones were redundant. Rick
The S-51 was one ( or was) the last S boat built by the U.S. All of the S boats were antiques by the time WWII started. It would have been a very scary proposition taking one of these to war (although some very brave souls did). The Fleet boats were totally different and at least a decade newer in design and vintage. I believe you are correct though that earlier submarines had both vents at the bottom and the top of the ballast tanks hence; Kingston valves. On the Subs produced right before and after (to my knowledge) only have the valves on top of the ballast tanks as the lower ones were redundant. Rick
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RE: U-995 Keel | Steve Cooper | 10/16/2000 04:27PM |
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RE: S-Boats | Steve Cooper | 10/23/2000 12:00PM |