Re: Realism from Rickover
And if the safety systems fail, a diesel can kill the crew in a matter of seconds - simply by out-competing the meatbags for air. What should happen is that a pressure switch should shut down the engines if the pressure inside the boat drops below a safe level. If it doesn't, and the boat is not able to snort fresh air through the snort mast, then the size/speed of the engines means that the pressure drops below that needed for the crew to remain conscious (or even alive) in a remarkably short time.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
