If it's down deep enough, below the anoxic layer, there shouldn't be gross damage to the structure. Though the wiring, seals, small stuff like dials, are probably trashed.
Several WW-II US subs were built in Great Lakes shipyards, most notably the USS Flasher. They found the handling in fresh water about the same as at sea. The only odd things they discovered were that the radios worked when submerged in fresh water, they did not at sea. And the quick taste-check for "Is that water a leak, or just condensation" didn't work because fresh water tasted the same inside or out.
Blew the right knee back in July. Three of the cats immediately incorporated a time share on my lap, with simultaneous occupancy allowed between the hours of one to six AM.
If it's down deep enough, below the anoxic layer, there shouldn't be gross damage to the structure. Though the wiring, seals, small stuff like dials, are probably trashed.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering how it would sit in the water while it was still unsunk.
DeleteSeveral WW-II US subs were built in Great Lakes shipyards, most notably the USS Flasher. They found the handling in fresh water about the same as at sea. The only odd things they discovered were that the radios worked when submerged in fresh water, they did not at sea. And the quick taste-check for "Is that water a leak, or just condensation" didn't work because fresh water tasted the same inside or out.
DeleteBlew the right knee back in July. Three of the cats immediately incorporated a time share on my lap, with simultaneous occupancy allowed between the hours of one to six AM.
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