Talk:United States Porpoise class submarine

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[edit] External Torpedo Tubes

The P-classes were built with six torpedo tubes; early in the war, two forward external torpedo tubes were added to five of the boats. Based on information from NavSource Photo Archives it appears that the submarines receiving the tubes were: Porpoise, Pike, Tarpon, Pickerel, Permit. If anyone could confirm this it would be an interesting addition to the article. Also, perhaps someone in the know might explain why other vessels (some of which survived the war, like Pollack) did not (apparently) receive external tubes.

[edit] No General Characteristics

The Porpoise class was made up of three fairly distinct subclasses. I'm unwilling to write a single "General Characteristics" section and imply that they're more similar than they really are, and if I were to write a three-parter it would be enormous. I'm leaving it off, but the individual articles have detailed characteristics. TomTheHand (talk) 15:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)