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Re: Smoking and Submarines
Posted by: J.T. McDaniel ()
Date: November 22, 2002 10:07PM

<HTML>One of the "psychological" experiments on Triton's submerged circumnavigation in 1960 was a "sealed ship" period when there would be no air replenishment through the snorkel and smoking would be prohibited. It was said to be a "tense" period for all concerned, and there was a 10-day maximum allowed. The supply officer, who was in on it, laid in a lot of extra candy and gum. (He was, at the time, the only supply corps officer serving in submarines--something else that's changed since 1960.) In this case, mind you, the primary purpose of the experiment was to see how long Triton could function on recycled air--banning smoking was just to make it easier on the system by eliminating the smoke and combustion byproducts.

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Smoking and Submarines Chris M. 11/10/2002 12:34AM
Re: Smoking and Submarines ROBERT M. 11/10/2002 04:23AM
Re: Smoking and Submarines Chris M. 11/10/2002 07:34PM
Re: Smoking and Submarines Patrick Meagher 11/10/2002 09:30PM
Re: Smoking and Submarines ROBERT M. 11/10/2002 09:57PM
Re: Smoking and Submarines Gregg G 11/22/2002 09:37PM
Re: Smoking and Submarines J.T. McDaniel 11/22/2002 10:07PM


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