# You know, I never thought about that before...

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**Created:** [July 16, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-i-never-thought-about-that-before/364729 "2006-07-16T11:59:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-i-never-thought-about-that-before/364729/21 "2006-07-19T02:09:15Z")

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> [@Quercus](#):
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> Nice try, but no plot-hole closing here. As wiki says, “The first boat to be fitted with a snorkel was U-58 which experimented with the equipment in the Baltic during the summer of 1943.” No 1937 boat had a snorkel.  
> But they did usually stay on the surface unless they had a reason to dive. And probably fewer reasons to dive in 1937 than during real war time.

I stand corrected. Revised statement: “WW2 submarines generally stayed on the surface while cruising.”  
Maybe I should have read my own link. :smack:

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