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Re: pressure release valve?
Posted by:
ROBERT M.
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Date: November 01, 2003 05:57AM
J.T.
How come the Conning Tower hatch was shut? I would expect that the last man out, undoubtedly the CO, would leave it open to insure the boat would flood completely and faster. If he had any idea that a boarding party was on its way, he may have shut the hatch to prevent entry.
In any case, I agree with you; incoming seawater cannot create a vacuum........
Guess we'll never know.
Later,
ROBERT M,
How come the Conning Tower hatch was shut? I would expect that the last man out, undoubtedly the CO, would leave it open to insure the boat would flood completely and faster. If he had any idea that a boarding party was on its way, he may have shut the hatch to prevent entry.
In any case, I agree with you; incoming seawater cannot create a vacuum........
Guess we'll never know.
Later,
ROBERT M,