U - 178
Diesel compartment of U - 178 under the leadership of Wilhelm Dommes Korvettenkapitän shows clearly how little space available for the u - boat crew to do its job , namely making machine " vehicle " they are still functioning . Moving inside the submarine , especially when the sea was turbulent , requires skills that resembles an acrobat ! Therefore do not be surprised if many people abrasions and some have even seriously injured by colliding with a ship body made almost entirely of iron hard !
Guard duty control over long-distance submarine U - 178 ( Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Dommes ) shortly after leaving the Gironde Estuary in France to follow a small convoy was crossing a minefield beach . Head in the attack periscope lens we can see on the right side , while on the left is a surveillance antenna rod . In later years the two poles can be operated electrically from the inside of the U - boat , but at first they were still operated manually by means mengkerek hand from the top of the control tower and will not go down by itself without potentially damaging the teeth jenteranya . As a result , the submarines early type deemed 'unfit subs ' long antennae still ngaceng ! Grilles located at the base of the antenna is the top of the reconnaissance vent hole that leads to the engine room . Usually there are four supervisors plus one officer on duty at a time in the control tower
sources :
The book " Wolfpacks At War : The U - Boat Experience in WWII " by Jak Mallmann Showell
Diesel compartment of U - 178 under the leadership of Wilhelm Dommes Korvettenkapitän shows clearly how little space available for the u - boat crew to do its job , namely making machine " vehicle " they are still functioning . Moving inside the submarine , especially when the sea was turbulent , requires skills that resembles an acrobat ! Therefore do not be surprised if many people abrasions and some have even seriously injured by colliding with a ship body made almost entirely of iron hard !
Guard duty control over long-distance submarine U - 178 ( Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Dommes ) shortly after leaving the Gironde Estuary in France to follow a small convoy was crossing a minefield beach . Head in the attack periscope lens we can see on the right side , while on the left is a surveillance antenna rod . In later years the two poles can be operated electrically from the inside of the U - boat , but at first they were still operated manually by means mengkerek hand from the top of the control tower and will not go down by itself without potentially damaging the teeth jenteranya . As a result , the submarines early type deemed 'unfit subs ' long antennae still ngaceng ! Grilles located at the base of the antenna is the top of the reconnaissance vent hole that leads to the engine room . Usually there are four supervisors plus one officer on duty at a time in the control tower
sources :
The book " Wolfpacks At War : The U - Boat Experience in WWII " by Jak Mallmann Showell