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Originally Posted by gingwhaa
Probably a Halibut shape....
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Both 'cod's head' and 'mackerel tail' have been used over time.
At one of Mike Cook's 'Shootouts' at Bonneville, a member of George Poteet's ' Speed Demon' crew mentioned that this particular streamliner shape was inspired by the Coho Salmon.
Considering that salmon can swim against the current, and leap waterfalls, it does imply a certain hydrodynamic advantage.
After sea trails with the USS Albacore ( tuna), the U.S.NAVY determined, in 1953, that all future submarines would have ichtyoid ( fish-like ) external hulls.
Anyone who's watched ' The Hunt For Red October', has seen the circa- 1972, Soviet, Alpha / Akula-Class,nuclear submarine hull hydrodynamic technology. World's- fastest, high-pressure reactor submersibles. Biomimicry.
