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Brent, In larger submarines, you have much more space to work with
(obviously) and usually more reserve buoyancy. Military subs were
previously designed with at least 30 % reserve buoyancy. The subs were
also compartmentalized so that if one compartment was flooded, the sub could
still make it back up to the surface on its ballast tanks (this changed with
advent of the Los Angeles-Class). A drop weight took up a lot of
room and resulted in additional hull penetrations. The questionable
operability in an emergency from a remote position in the sub and the potential
for an inadvertent drop during battle action resulted in drop weights not being
used. R/Jay Respectfully, Jay K. Jeffries Andros Is., Bahamas Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. - Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC) |