Army Guys Need Answers!
Cross-posted from The Stupid Shall Be Punished:The guys from Castle Argghhh!!! posed a question to us bubbleheads that should pose a good challenge for us. They linked to a picture over at StrangeMilitary.com (re-printed below, so those who want to avoid the pop-up adds that got through my pop-up blocker can skip them) of a sub at PD, and want to know what kind of boat it is:
I said that I though it might be a Permit-class boat, due to the large fairwater planes that look to be fairly close to the top of the sail. Anyone else have any ideas? As always, the best comparison shots for U.S. boats can be found over at NavSource.
posted by Bubblehead @ 11:18 PM
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BH, is it a model in a basin, though? Water is not right for the open ocean (no disbursed foam, breakers, little wave action, etc. (Is the Army setting us up?)
What is all the turbulence around the supposed bow? (simulated damage to San Francisco?) Periscope (angled forward 15 degrees implies dive not evident from position of visible planes). Speed from mast wake also appears rather low.
See the circular object on boat (lower right corner of photo): do not remember such from Permits I knew; also, the fairwater is too long, I think, for that class. Not Tulibee, either. A Russke?
Awfully big conning tower - Kilo?
Updated my post HERE. The salient point is…how are we going to know the correct answer?
Vigilis said...Water is not right for the open ocean
It does look a bit...unreal. Photoshop?
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