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Salvaged UB-110 submarine Photos

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Salvaged UB-110 submarine Photos
Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Thursday, April 23, 2015 1:10 PM
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Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, April 23, 2015 1:48 PM

Great site, thanks.

Wow, straight out of H.R. Giger.

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Friday, April 24, 2015 9:52 AM

For us vessel guys - Verry Interresting !

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Posted by CrashTestDummy on Friday, April 24, 2015 12:41 PM

I was amazed to find out that many of the first WWI German u-boats were actually cargo u-boats used to run the blockades the other European countries had set up against the Germans early in the war to conduct commerce with the US.  The first ship made, I think, 4 round trips carrying cargo, then was armed with torpedoes and a couple of deck guns, and put to use sinking allied shipping.  It was pretty successful at that until ultimately sunk herself.  

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Posted by ships4ever on Friday, April 24, 2015 12:48 PM

Makes me wonder about the guy who had stock in the valve business! Enough wheels in there to make your eyes spin!

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Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Sunday, April 26, 2015 11:35 AM

ships4ever

Makes me wonder about the guy who had stock in the valve business! Enough wheels in there to make your eyes spin!

I must wonder how long it took to train crew to successfully remember how to manipulate all those valves in the proper sequence.
I was just referring to photos of the Type IX C U 505 in my old mid 1960s souvenir booklet.
The only photo of a similar complex bank of valve handles is listed as air valves for the buoyancy tanks. 
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