To: Boot Hill
agreed it's amazing it made it home but I was under the impression subs are designed to "compartmentalize" in sections to ward of damage and water taking the whole thing down.
125 posted on
01/27/2005 1:40:04 PM PST by
SunnySide
(Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
To: SunnySide
agreed it's amazing it made it home but I was under the impression subs are designed to "compartmentalize" in sections to ward of damage and water taking the whole thing down. You are correct and in this case the "pressure compartments" were not breached. However, the compartmentalization was never perfect and has gotten worse with newer designs. Even in the old 637 class, a certain amount of flooding aft would result in such a trim level (nose up) that the ballast tank effectiveness was severely diminished.
154 posted on
01/27/2005 1:59:02 PM PST by
WildTurkey
(When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
To: SunnySide
Unfortunately the LA class boats have only 2 compartments, Forward and aft!
We had 5 on the nuc and 8 on the diesel boat.
SS Guy
373 posted on
01/27/2005 5:43:51 PM PST by
SS Guy
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