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Subject: Finless diving
From: Hadland Keith <hadlandk@lg*.lo*.co*>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 95 10:26:00 bst

I remeber seeing the Al Giddings film about the I-169 'Shinohara' sub in 
Truk, where they had to winch open the hatch on the conning tower to gain 
access, then removed their fins and went inside.  From what I recall, that 
was to prevent stirring up the silt inside and to INCREASE their mobility 
inside the tight confines of the sub (probably using the 'pull & glide' 
technique described earlier).  Though I think they only had 1 person inside 
at a time and the standby outside made sure the fins didn't stray.

Shame it's been blown open now.

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