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face="Courier New">H</FONT>i Joe, the amount of sailors manage to escape
is
unkown. Many of them died later on the surface without notice. <BR>Also
on a
direct hit of a waterbomb, torpedo or mine the internal explosion
pressure
increase kill them all. <BR>I dive on many submarine wrecks of WWI in
the North
sea. A mine hit seperate a suvb of this period normal nearly in two
parts. <BR>A
other think is that opne bulkhead doors during the hit doos not help.
And closed
bulkheads are never complete tight on a long term. <BR><BR>vbr Carsten
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<BR>"Joe Perkel" <josephperkel@yahoo.com> schrieb:
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valign="top">On a historical but sub related note, I've been doing
research of late regarding war patrols of US Fleet Boats in the Pacific
theater. Aside from interesting history I've been looking at the fates
of USS Wahoo and USS Lagarto with particular interest. Both were lost
with all hands in shallow water and both received direct
hits.<br><br>What surprises me about both situations is the apparent
question in the minds of sub veterans of the period as to why no one
escaped from non-damaged compartments?<br><br>Having been a shore based
peace time Airedale sailor I am by no means an expert but, wouldn't
shock waves in both scenarios have been incapacitating if not directly
fatal throughout the ship? I am surprised that there should be any
question here.<br><br>The question comes up in that I am looking at
escape scenarios and potential barriers to same. So I wonder, can a man
remain
conscious and capable with the sudden loss of pressure vessel integrity
at X depth, etc, and where the reasonable limits are? What best case
failure mode allows one to use that flood valve in the first place?
<br><br>Joe<br><a
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