V-2/Bass plans 1943

Notes

This set of plans shows the Bass in her 1943 configuration after her conversion to a cargo carrier. Her torpedo rooms and the aft engine room have been completely reconfigured as cargo spaces. Her aft pair of direct drive Busch-Sulzer 6M375 diesels were removed because they were maintenance nightmares. They were not considered a loss. Propulsion fell solely to the two Busch-Sulzer generator engines in the forward engine room.

This concept was nearly a complete failure and Bass never made an operational patrol in the Pacific war zone in this role.

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