And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Fully surfaced is the only way that submarine will go that fast for a transit. Running at periscope depth on snorkel or deep on battery won't be as fast.
JMSDF Haruship-class diesel boat. Looks like she is doing 20 knots or so. Very nice
ReplyDeleteHighly inefficient bow wave. Modern subs don't belong on the surface. Dive, dive, dive!
ReplyDeleteFully surfaced is the only way that submarine will go that fast for a transit. Running at periscope depth on snorkel or deep on battery won't be as fast.
DeleteNow hear this: Day watch personnel. Lay to the sail with Smartphones and selfie sticks.
ReplyDeleteThe bow wave is even more impressive when you're standing in the sail, like those sailors, which I've done many times in the past.
ReplyDeleteI never got tired of watching the porpoises and flying fish jumping out of the bow wave.
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