[wbill]

I'm sure that there are plenty of FReepers who can set me straight, but I've got a buddy who used to be a civvie contractor on the Permit-class subs.

He said that they were officially rated to "in excess of 30 knots and in excess of 300 feet". His commentary on that? "Yeah.....right."

Those were fast boats. I think that I'd rather be invisible than fast, though.

[rlmorel]

Exactly. We have (or had) pretty good boats...I’d still take ours if I had to fight in a sub, as long as the crew came with it...:)