u/iboneyandivory

Over in r/EngineeringPorn there is a post about subs and I had a question about a typical WW2 US or German sub: Where was the 'thrust plate'? By that I mean where, along the prop-shaft(s) was the motive force of the propellers pushing water, channeled into the submarine's structure? Was it fairly close to the tail of the sub, or was the whole tail-shaft under compression up to the reduction gearboxes?

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