PEARL HARBOR, HI--A crewmember from USS Key West (SSN 722) receives training with the Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment (SEIE MK10). Several submarines have already installed the new system including USS Key West, one of 17 attack submarines homeported in Pearl Harbor slated to implement the new survival suit and accompanying equipment. This suit allows survivors to escape a disabled submarine (DISSUB) at depths down to 600 feet, at a rate of eight or more men per hour. The SEIE is designed to enable a free ascent from a stricken submarine and to provide protection for the submariner on reaching the surface until rescued. The assembly is comprised of a submarine escape and immersion suit, an inner thermal liner, and a gas inflated single seat life raft, all contained in an outer protective stowage compartment.
PEARL HARBOR, HI--A crewmember from USS Key West (SSN 722) receives training with the Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment (SEIE MK10). Several submarines have already installed the new system including USS Key West, one of 17 attack submarines homeported in Pearl Harbor slated to implement the new survival suit and accompanying equipment. This suit allows survivors to escape a disabled submarine (DISSUB) at depths down to 600 feet, at a rate of eight or more men per hour. The SEIE is designed to enable a free ascent from a stricken submarine and to provide protection for the submariner on reaching the surface until rescued. The assembly is comprised of a submarine escape and immersion suit, an inner thermal liner, and a gas inflated single seat life raft, all contained in an outer protective stowage compartment.
October 15, 2004