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1. There is command dysfunction aboard the boat. Usually this is a power struggle between the skipper and his exec.
2. The sub has to go below crush depth. Usually this is to escape depth charges. It is accompanied by leaks, rivets blowing, and/or creaking noises.
3. Someone is left on deck when the sub is forced to crash dive. Most likely this is the captain.
4. The sub is sent on a special mission. This usually interrupts the crew’s leave.
5. The sub lands a shore party. Usually to blow stuff up.
6. To stop an intense depth charging, the sub releases oil, debris, and/or corpses to fool the tormentors into giving up.
7. The captain is an Ahab-type who is obsessed with a great white whale of an objective. Usually it is revenge for losing a previous boat.
8. if it’s an American sub, there is a black mess mate on board.
9. The sub is depth charged at least once. Usually the depth charges are very accurate.
10. The sub goes through a submarine net and/or a minefield. Usually it gets through the net by following an enemy ship. Usually it gets through the mine field by blind-ass luck. If it goes through a mine field, usually a mine cable scrapes against the side of the boat.
11. An emergency repair, medical operation, or unexploded bomb causes a crisis. Usually the emergency repair requires the sacrifice of someone.
12. If it’s an American sub in the Pacific in WWII, they listen to Tokyo Rose.
13. The sub sinks a destroyer with a bow shot.
14. There is a love triangle between two of the crew and a woman on shore.
Das Boot
Run Silent, Run Deep
The Hunt for Red October.
The Abyss
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