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Odd question, how much air were these things leaking? I know there were containers with pressurized air (not only to refill chambers after torpedo was launched
by 404mm 6y ago
Odd question, how much air were these things leaking? I know there were containers with pressurized air (not only to refill chambers after torpedo was launched or cleared..). But I wonder how air tight submarines actually are.
- Balgair 6y agoTorpedo launch systems shouldn't leak any air, at least. Here's a good explanation of a system used on US subs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYEyhB0AGlw&t=7m9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYEyhB0AGlw&t=7m9s
- tpmx 6y agoI suspect they have a bilge pump somewhere for the water that's eventually seaping in (causing all of that interior corrosion).
- mkuklik 6y agoThey are not that air-tight... see this cat on one of the pictures (https://pics.livejournal.com/igor113/pic/001g7xxp https://pics.livejournal.com/igor113/pic/001g7xxp). He was a part of a cat unit used to test submarines for air-tightness. Soviets would lock such unit up on a submarine for a week... if cats are dead, submarine is air-tight. One of the picture survived! Though I heard that cat survivability was close to 100%. Only reported cat fatalities were due to bad food.
- ac42 6y agoThey used cats specifically for their inbuilt probability amplification properties.
- chiph 6y agoNo air was lost - any pinholes that let air out would also have let water in, because when submerged the water was at a much higher pressure than the interior of the sub. Plus, think of the effect on crew morale!