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>Hello, >Great web site. Learning lots, here. > >I've got a question about Balao (and Gato?) class >subs. In movies ("Run Silent Run Deep," for example), >when the captain gives the order to fire a torpedo, >there's always someone in the control room who throws >switches on a panel and pushes "the button". > >But then moments later we see, in the torpeo room, men >pulling what looks to be the launch lever, some valve >that I suspect actually launches the torpedo from the >tube. > >What's the purpose of the switches and "the button" in >the control room, if in fact the torpedo room crew is >actually launching the torpedo? > >I realize that my exposure to the diesel subs is >largely from Hollywood's depiction of them, but I've >seen this in virtually every sub movie, so I'm >guessing there's *some* fact behing it. Not that one >should believe everything you see in such a film, >but... > >What's the purpose of the controls in the control room >if some guy in the torpedo room is doing the firing? > >Thanks, >Dave C

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