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Steven Shelikoff
 
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Default Submarines, Car Engines, and Displacement

On 07 Jan 2004 02:52:36 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

8 years on submarines and it is bottom of keel. Most
subs read about 65 feet at periscope depth which has
the sail about 5 to 10 feet below the surface.


Fascinating. What does the depth indicator say when the sub is surfaced?
Obviously it would not be zero.


That would depend on how far it surfaced. Did it blow all ballast or is
it just barely surfaced?

Steve