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RE: Did submarines suffer from bends?
Posted by: Steve Cooper ()
Date: February 02, 2001 03:07AM

Wierd trivia from the pre-WWI American subs. They used phneumatic controls that vented into the boat. During the dive, the pressure would build until a poppit valve located at the top of the boat would open, so on a long dive, the boat would end up pressurised to the depth of the conning tower. From where the Commander was stationed, he could look out the open valve, directly into the sea! Don\'t know of any problem with bends. Test depth was 150 ft. but I doubt they spent much time that deep.

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Did submarines suffer from bends? BernardZ 01/27/2001 12:25PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? bernardz 01/27/2001 12:27PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? kurt 01/27/2001 02:35PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? Fin Bonset 01/29/2001 07:39PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? Peter Nall 02/01/2001 12:54PM
RE: Higher air pressure when submerged kurt 01/29/2001 10:11PM
RE: Higher air pressure when submerged Rick Mann 02/01/2001 04:39PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? Steve Cooper 02/02/2001 03:07AM


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