Is This Jumbo Diesel Electric Submarine A True Nuclear Alternative?

Foxtrot Alpha ^ | November3, 2014 | Tyler Rogoway

[2ndDivisionVet]

Why is no one doing a hydrogen fuel submarine. Isn’t the sea full of hydrogen?

[smokingfrog]

A sub that runs on saltwater would be better.

[blueunicorn6]

Oh, it’s the Chevy Volt of submarines. There’s a charging station in Indiana.

[Fungi]

No.

[NonValueAdded]

I favor a caterpillar drive, myself.

Love, Marko Alexandrovich

[Cen-Tejas]

Some people sell real estate, some stock, some airplanes, .................I guess Tyler sells submarines or is a lobbyist for some company that does.

[Mariner]

Thing is, they have to surface within 21 days.

And then they most certainly die.

Every time.

100% of the time.

Take that to the bank.

[uglybiker]

...full accommodations for a team of special forces frog men.

Anyone else see the irony of a French shipbuilder making accommodations for frog men?

Will they include a cheese vault and wine cellar?

And maybe a (very) large closet full of little white flags?

[George from New England]

Is this the anti-nuclear elements that want to green the world. In turn we die cause the Russian will keep their nuke subs.

[babygene]

” Isn’t the sea full of hydrogen?”

It is, but that’s hydrogen that has already been burned. To use it you basically have to provide the energy to un-burn it.

[blam]

USS Jallao (SS368)

This is the Diesel-electric that I served on.
(A long time ago)

[SpaceBar]

Stop playing cat and mouse and nuke mecca already.

[NorthMountain]

The sea is full of hydrogen ... that is most inconveniently bound up with oxygen ....

It’s what we call “water”.

[CrazyIvan]

“Will they include a cheese vault and wine cellar?”

There is a precedent. Cousteau’s boat, the Calypso, had a stainless steel wine tank on board.

[doorgunner69]

There is a precedent. Cousteau’s boat, the Calypso, had a stainless steel wine tank on board.

Say what you will about the French, there are things they do damn well!

[DoughtyOne]

They have to resupply too. Seems like all you have to do is wait them out and they are dead. Three months and the inventory is a faint memory. Ten knots? Don’t you get a ticket for obstructing traffic?

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Looked up it up - she had an impressive record of service. And I thank you for yours as well.

 

Non sibi sed patriae

 

[Nuc 1.1]

Thank you for your service, Blam. Guppy II?

[AlaskaErik]

A sub that runs on saltwater would be better.

You must be referring to the magnetohydrodynamic drive system. You can read all about it in Clive Cussler's "Oregon Files" series.