Posted on Dec 7, 2016
China builds worlds largest diesel submarine but almost three times smaller than nuclear US Ohio...
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Doesn’t say if it’s an air independent propulsion (AIP). Our 1600 hp diesels used up to the 60s used 5500 cubic feet of air per minute. Without a snorkel, vacuum breakers shut down the engine due to vacuum.
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My question about this, how are they going to provide enough oxygen for both the engine, and the crew at the same time.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
PO1 John Crafton - just wondering. It would be kind of weird to use diesel under water.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth - Not too weird, US subs did so in the 50s and 60s and German subs did it I WWII, google: SNORKLE
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
1stSgt Nelson Kerr - I think I remember seeing some old pictures depicting the setup.
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As it's a test prototype with very limited functional capacity (diesel sub), not a significant deal at all. Considering the last diesel sub we commissioned was in 1959.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
Diesels Sub can be as quiet as the Ohio class "hole in the water" boomers. If you are not operating under ice or a long way from home they have district advantages, The fact that they can simply shut down and sit one of those advantages, A nuke boat can never shit down, at least without melting down,
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MAJ (Join to see)
Still an R&D sub, short silent range, and short submerged timeframe. Have you seen their aircraft carrier, I'd amount this sub somewhere just below the capabilities of the USS Thresher.
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