You won my greatest respect by that cut when panning over and seeing human remains, you are a true example of the best of the human race in my humble opinion. Hello from down under previous PADI here many moons ago.
A very interesting story! One thing about the diesel engines, They're bigger than the pictures show. The deck that the crewman in the pic is standing on is halfway above the bottom of the pressure hull and the bottom half of the engines. Those engines are big! The same is true for the American subs. A good example is the USS Silversides, there are a lot of videos showing the four main Fairbanks Morse diesels. There are two smaller diesels below that deck, one in each engine room. The U.S. Subs may have been bigger than the German subs, but they were just as cramped for space inside. Thank you, Richie Kohler for sharing the story!
A lot of people probably don't know that the engines in Gato and later submarines were the same engines that were in diesel electric locomotives, namely Fairbanks Morse FM10's and General Motors GMV 16's. They are huge engines!
Fascinating for sure!! Richie is a U-Boat 'Guru', and with the research he and his team have conducted, no stone was left unturned to discover the identity of that Boat. We have a team in NH on the quest for two possible U-Boats in our waters, and are close to locating them. A Notice to Mariners dated August 1944, has a hand-written note: "Object is a submarine". We're certain it's not US, but hopefully will locate and identify it this summer. Thanks for keeping undersea history alive!! ~ Buzz
@bobbys4327 Hi - NH is New Hampshire. We believe at least two U-Boats, unidentified, still lie in the waters off southern Maine and New Hampshire, at divable depths. Any assistance will be GREATLY appreciated!
This is a very dangerous dive. Two guys from Sharkhunters International dived that boat many years ago and went into the bowroom. One of them panicked and died just outside this boat. Kohler can be commended for this really dangerous dive.
Thank you for this series, I binge watched it all this morning. I had read the book but there is some new info here. The 2020 video by Richie is amazingly clear. I have a question, I'm trying to come up with my own theory on how the sub sank. The internal hatches on the sub are all open. Were they that way when you found the sub? Do the hatches deteriorate at the hinges and fall off? Would a German sub in WW2 going into action (firing torpedo's) have the internal hatches open? Thanks again!
@@HistoryX there was a fair amount of relatively freshly "healing" rustsicles all thru there in that 2020 footage. Someone been souvenir shopping down there since he'd been there last I bet.
