Submergence transport vessels. aka Submarine freighters.

I have an AH fetich for German supplying a conquered iceland with submarines so I like the discussion. You could potentially see a transport submarine initiative in the late 20's were Germany was Building the Deutschlands as a provocation against ToV.
An unarmed submarine is not a war Vessel, so would be legal and keep the industry alive.

Somehow i doubt that England, France and America would view any submarine as NOT being a war vessel.
 
Probably true. The question is more how do other powers react? or not react?
in WW-I the couple of U-Transports were used as commerce raiders after America joined the war. They were really effective sinking 30 plus MV each.

The WALLIES might take exception to the idea.....but that could be just one more negotiating point.
 
in WW-I the couple of U-Transports were used as commerce raiders after America joined the war. They were really effective sinking 30 plus MV each.

The WALLIES might take exception to the idea.....but that could be just one more negotiating point.
Exactly, the point about the Deutschland was to be accepted as a party in the naval treaties.
Germany would happily quit the Deutschlands and TTL’s transport subs if they were allowed to build an outdated battlewagon.
But IOTL it didn’t work and then you might see such submarines.
 
Norman Polmar has discussed a number of submarine transport projects from the Cold War era. Both the Soviet and American navies apparently investigated, and discarded, the possibility of building submarine LSTs. One of the more promising projects was an American design for a submarine tanker. This was designed following the discovery of oil in northern Alaska, in order to remove the need for an overland pipeline. The design was apparently quite workable and economic, but political preference for a pipeline killed the project.
 
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