Crush Depth?

[dmdar]

Does anyone know the crush depths for the various submarines (Los Angeles class, Sturgeon class, and Narwhal class? I got a Los Angeles class down to 750 feet without any problems, I haven't tried any deeper than that.

[Cam the Era Man]

The test depth will show up in red at 1000 feet. Crush can happen within a couple hundred feet of that. For the LA anyway. I think some of the earlier classes can go a bit deeper.

[Shadow]

If I remember correctly, the Skipjack starts showing "red depth" at 700 feet.

[Meriwether]

Skipjack reaches collapse depth at 1081ft.

[DarkFire]

The USS Narwahl has a test depth of (I think) around 1350 feet. Whether that's the actual crush depth or the largest guaranteed safe depth not including a safety margin that the design engineers built in, I don't know.

[steven777]

Originally posted by Meriwether:

Skipjack reaches collapse depth at 1081ft.

Yes it does, I found that out after sinking the Aircraft carrier in 1968. Those dumbfire torps are a real challenge.

[Killerfish Games]

It is variable. Crush depth is calculated as 1.5 - 1.75x test depth.
Taking hull damage can reduce crush depth by up to 50%.

Test Depths:
Los Angeles - 950 ft
Narwhal - 1320 ft
Sturgeon - 1320 ft
Permit - 1320 ft
Skipjack - 700 ft

[The Inept European]

Event message goes red at the first 100' marker that is below test depth for that boat.

[CasualDestro]

Currently playing hide and seek with a Victor 1 and a November and am sitting at 1442 ft in my Narwhal. No issues

[dmdar]

I was diving in the Seawolf class and didn't pay attention to my depth gauge and I decended thourgh 1600 ft and crushed shortly afterwards

[sherman503]

I was diving and not paying attention because i was escaping a torpedo and i went +1400 ft with the los angeles and survived but i think that was very lucky

[The Inept European]

I've been down around 1400 ft thinking I am peachy, hanging around taking in the sights, then I just trim some ballast and drop down a few more feet and instantly I pop like a burst balloon.

[thunda]

Originally posted by dmdar:

I was diving in the Seawolf class and didn't pay attention to my depth gauge and I decended thourgh 1600 ft and crushed shortly afterwards

Thats weird. I've been at 1900ft with the Seawolf. You sure you didnt have hull damage?

The Seawolf has a 1400ft test depth, it should have no problems at 1600ft even with hull damage.

[DarkFire]

Just took my Narwahl down to 1890 feet, 100% hull, survived just fine. Narwahl 1, Barents Sea 0

[getysbug]

Test depth on a Permit/Thresher class boat was 1300 ft. The last transmission from Thresher was "900", meaning they were 900 ft below test depth, or 2200 feet. They didn't make it, although how much further they sank before imploding is open for debate. USS Greenling went to 2300 ft due to instrumentation error and survived, so I guess it's just how well the boat was holding together that day.

[getysbug]

Oh, yeah, one other thing for the "realism" crowd. The internal bulkheads of a US Submarine are only rated for about 350 ft, meaning if you've got a hole in your hull and you're below that, you get to experience what Ned Beach referred to as a "Superabundance" of water.