Claire. Posted February 23, 2017 #1 Share Posted February 23, 2017 A Submarine Dangerously Tests How Deep It Can Go The USS Tang was a state-of-the-art Balao class submarine, certified by the Navy to dive up to 400 feet. But in order to test her for battle, commander Dick O'Kane decides to take her even deeper. View video: Smthsonian.com 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted February 23, 2017 #2 Share Posted February 23, 2017 So if he'd sunk as a result of his foolhardiness, he'd have not only killed himself but 80 other, very expensively trained people. Way to go, foolhardy heroism. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted February 23, 2017 #3 Share Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said: So if he'd sunk as a result of his foolhardiness, he'd have not only killed himself but 80 other, very expensively trained people. Way to go, foolhardy heroism. I disagree. That test needed to be done to ensure that it could withstand pressure waves from depth charges when it was in evasion mode at shallower depths. Edited February 23, 2017 by OverSword 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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