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Originally Posted by Mad Mardigan
Uhm... 
Just what is the pre-set crash dive depth, set to, for the Balao class, by chance..???
I did a crash dive & got to 265, with it still diving... NOT knowing just where (As well as when... started getting nervous..  ) it was going to stop diving, I gave orders to go to peri depth.
Know that test depth, for the Balao's is rated for 400, but the Tang, was known to have passed that, even with flooding from a damaged 'bow' (I think it was... do recall it was a torp tube, at any rate..) tube, all while doing so, to evade a destroyer. By exactly how much past 400, not sure... will have to see of doing some digging to find out if there is still available info on that.  Ain't history grand...  
M. M.
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Assuming it it is same FOTRS as in TMO, the "D" key is set for the deep diving subs like Balao and Tench so if player needs to go beyond 600 feet (since those bots were capable) can do so since that depth if off the gauges. TMO has a 600 ft depth gauge. . Test depth i.e. the guaranteed safe depth was 412 ft for Balao. Been a while since read book but O Kane went to 600 feet in Tang and even deeper when took on some water in forward torpedo room, Tang was under depth charger attack also. Their depth was beyond their gauges by if recall he believed they were at 680 ft judging by the pressure readings.
I am not sure what the crush depth is have not found out and do not want to (takes an element of surprise out of the sim) but have been to 750 feet safely trying to get away from escorts( I did) . Of course have to have some speed on to maintain any type of depth control.