Check out this silly article and video about a submarine rescue training tower in Groton CT.
This looks a bit like my first 20 dives in a drysuit.
I guess if you have to escape out of a sinking submarine... and there's no time to call a dsrv... all you need is a big orange drysuit... and a bunch of dudes to help you out. How exactly is this supposed to help when you're stupidly deep?
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Corking out of a submarine
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Re: Corking out of a submarine
I don't know about stupidly deep, but supposedly it's good to around 600 ft. That's a heck of a lot better than nothing. Definitely wouldn't want to be the guinea pig for that one though.
http://www.subescapetraining.org/History3.html
http://www.subescapetraining.org/History3.html
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Re: Corking out of a submarine
I never got to do that but I was there when they was building the contraption for training.....
Re: Corking out of a submarine
Funny that this topic came up. I just finished reading Sea dwellers : the humor, drama, and tragedy of the U.S. Navy SEALAB programs by Bob Barth. It describes the US Navy research that lead to saturation diving. Most of the early experimental divers were instructors from the sub. escape training tank. Good read but I had to get it by inter-library loan from Univ. of Connecticut since used copies seem to be starting at $75.
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Re: Corking out of a submarine
Booyah.
He does not SOUND okay.
I'm just sayin'
He does not SOUND okay.
I'm just sayin'
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Re: Corking out of a submarine
On a side note Ron Ault at Hoodsport n Dive was one of the early experimental divers for the Navy. He has some amazing stories.renoun wrote:Funny that this topic came up. I just finished reading Sea dwellers : the humor, drama, and tragedy of the U.S. Navy SEALAB programs by Bob Barth. It describes the US Navy research that lead to saturation diving. Most of the early experimental divers were instructors from the sub. escape training tank. Good read but I had to get it by inter-library loan from Univ. of Connecticut since used copies seem to be starting at $75.
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Re: Corking out of a submarine
Free escape to the surface from 600'?? That is a marvel. I wonder how many times that has been tested? Also, wonder if the suit includes a locator device? User activated of course. Sure wouldn't want any locator device to be activated automatically.
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Re: Corking out of a submarine
i and some others could tell u but if we did, we would have to send you to sleep with the fishiesArcticDiver wrote:Free escape to the surface from 600'?? That is a marvel. I wonder how many times that has been tested? Also, wonder if the suit includes a locator device? User activated of course. Sure wouldn't want any locator device to be activated automatically.
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Re: Corking out of a submarine
In other words No or Not Operationally.
By the way I did literally sleep with the fishes, maybe not in your assumed context, when I feel asleep on a deco stop with my DiveRite Hurricanes. Crude way to awaken with a mouthful of sea water :(
By the way I did literally sleep with the fishes, maybe not in your assumed context, when I feel asleep on a deco stop with my DiveRite Hurricanes. Crude way to awaken with a mouthful of sea water :(
The only box you have to think outside of is the one you build around yourself.
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Well, there was a case of people escaping from a sub 600 METERS deep, if you believe this story:ArcticDiver wrote:Free escape to the surface from 600'?? That is a marvel. I wonder how many times that has been tested? Also, wonder if the suit includes a locator device? User activated of course. Sure wouldn't want any locator device to be activated automatically.
http://www.inspired-training.com/IDA59_rebreather.htm
Re: Corking out of a submarine
Folks that fall asleep on deco might want to consider being tested for sleep apnea. Wouldn't be the first diver with this problem.ArcticDiver wrote:In other words No or Not Operationally.
By the way I did literally sleep with the fishes, maybe not in your assumed context, when I feel asleep on a deco stop with my DiveRite Hurricanes. Crude way to awaken with a mouthful of sea water :(
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Re: Corking out of a submarine
Whhoops - now we are off subject A friend of mine was commercial diver, harvester here in Puget Sound, and he tells stories of spending his deco asleep. Surface supplied, not sure if he was full face or not.
And yes, he has sleep apnea.
He said the surface tender would cut off his air supply momentarily to tell him to move to his next scheduled deco stop. It is a weird, but very reliable source story. Imagine what would happen when you are the tender with lots of free time. Stories include when the tender would fart into the compressor.
I won't complain about shop air any more.
And yes, he has sleep apnea.
He said the surface tender would cut off his air supply momentarily to tell him to move to his next scheduled deco stop. It is a weird, but very reliable source story. Imagine what would happen when you are the tender with lots of free time. Stories include when the tender would fart into the compressor.
I won't complain about shop air any more.
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