From:	Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject:	Re: About Seattle Antics
Date:	Sat, 25 Apr 1998 01:22:54 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>


>On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, shimeall mark wrote:
>
>> Sorry to interupt. Some diesel subs have snorkles so they can use their
>> engines underwater. Mark
>
>"Underwater" is relative. That basically limits you to periscope depth,
>which is not that far, especially if you want to avoid detection and you
>really don't want to imagine the forces on a thin periscope/ snorkel at
>the speeds that were being discussed.
>

Not to mention that at the speeds that are being talked about here, the
snorkel would be swamped by the waves it creates.

Wraith