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Originally Posted by cowman1009
It's actually better to have the bow planes below the waterline on the 688I class for such events as periscope depth; on an older 688 if you broached (came out of the water) the sail then once you started going back down the fairwater plains would slap the water and rattle the whole boat unless you were quick about it and put them to full rise.
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But in the event of a collision head on its better to have them on the sail like on the USS San Francisco.