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Official names of the four status of submarine

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    Posted: 20 Sep 2016 at 10:52pm

I know there are four basic status of submarines.  I want to know the official terms of them.

 

 

1)  Completely submerged. Everything is under the sea. Deep diving.

2) Periscope depth. Everything is under the sea except for periscopes, antennas for Radar ECM or Communications and snorkel.

3) Fairwater depth??? I want to know the official term of this status. I see a submarine’s hull is totally under the sea, but major part of the sail is above the water including sail planes.  I often observe this state of a submarine while degaussing in the calm water.  I think MBTs may be fully flooded.

4) Surfacing. Totally rises to the surface.  All the MBTs are filled with air.

 

 

I want to know the official English terms to explain these four basic status of submarines.  I apologize if these terms are classified, but I believe they are not.

 

I don’t expect someone can understand Japanese here, but status number 3 is called “浸洗状態” in Japanese.

 

I would appreciate it very much if someone would tell me those terms, especially the status number 3.

 

Thank you in advance.

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    I would suggest you find a Japanese submarine officer to discuss this with.



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I tried first, however, the Japanese submariner  admiral, a friend of mine, said that he did not have an authorization to inform English translations to me.  So I asked in this BBS.

 

Help me, please, or those are classified information?

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It is not known as the Silent Service for nothing. If an Admiral from your country won't share the information, what makes you even believe we would?
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Hiroshi, please understand that we must - by necessity - be evasive with the answers to your questions. It's not that we don't want to share this information, we can't.
 
Like the Japanese Admiral said, we are not authorized to share this information, therefore, we must remain silent.
 
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Hiroshi, the terms you're looking for no longer apply to modern boats. They leave port, submerge, patrol the depths, surface and return to port. http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/submarine.htm
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote oldsubs Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Sep 2016 at 1:41pm
The terms for these are not classified but are old and some are not in standard usage.

1.  Fully submerged

2. Periscope depth

3. Flooded down.  Modern submarines do not operate this way anymore.  It was once a preparatory stage for diving and was used up until the mid 1950s  Started out mainly as a means of diving quickly to avoid aircraft threats. 

4. Surfaced


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I for one have got to wonder why his friend, a Japanese Admiral, didn't provide this information to him? That is the question.
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Originally posted by Sewer Pipe Snipe Sewer Pipe Snipe wrote:

I for one have got to wonder why his friend, a Japanese Admiral, didn't provide this information to him? That is the question.


That's because you're not Japanese.

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