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RE: Bathythermograph
Posted by: kurt ()
Date: March 07, 2001 11:43PM

I also have never heard, and do not know, if a bathythermograph was on a U-boat.

Thermals in the North Atlantic tend to be deeper than the Pacific. They also vary by weather, currents and a lot of other factors. In the Pacific, sometimes it would be too deep to be used, sometimes at only 200 feet or even less. Often a US boat would go \'deep\' just before an attack to find the thermocline layer depth and plan evasion tactics accordingly. It was quite usefull.

In the Atlantic I read (where was that?..) that they typically were at or below 600 feet, below rated U-boat depth. Too deep to be tactifully useful.

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Bathythermograph Visje 03/07/2001 01:17PM
RE: Bathythermograph Derek 03/07/2001 05:49PM
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RE: Bathythermograph Antonio Veiga 03/07/2001 11:24PM
RE: Bathythermograph kurt 03/07/2001 11:43PM
RE: Bathythermograph Visje 03/08/2001 07:36AM
RE: Bathythermograph John Doe 03/08/2001 08:18AM
RE: Bathythermograph Visje 03/08/2001 05:42PM
RE: Bathythermograph David W 03/09/2001 03:48AM
Re: RE: Bathythermograph Sbb 07/22/2008 08:43AM


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