TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Dedication 



Foreword 



Acltnowledgements 



1. INTRODUCTION 1 



Manned Submersible Defined 5 



A Field in Flux 5 



Vehicle Status 6 



Terminology and Units 7 



General and Specific Publications of Interest 8 



Soviet Bloc Submersibles 10 



The "Manned" Aspect of Submersibles 10 



2. DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS 13 



Environmental Constraints 14 



Vehicle Performance Requirements 16 



Human Considerations 18 



Emergency Procedures 19 



Support Requirements 19 



The DEEP <?t/£Sr Submersible System 20 



3. CONTEMPORARY SUBMERSIBLE DEVELOPMENT 31 



Bathysphere to Bathyscaph 32 



Pre- and PostTHRESHER 42 



Oceanographic Climate of the Mid-Sixties 48 



Vehicles for Any Occasion 51 



A More Conservative Approach— The 1970's 64 



4. MANNER SUBMERSIBLES: 1948-1974 75 



Dimensional/Performance Terms : 76 



Component/Sub-System Terms 76 



Submersibles Described 86-240 



5. PRESSURE HULLS AND EXOSTRUCTURES 241 



Pressure Hulls 241 



Shapes 241 



Materials 247 



Fabrication 250 



Hull Penetrations 255 



External Structures 263 



Exostructures 263 



Fairings 265 



Pressure Testing 266 



Pressure Test Facilities 270 



Pressure Hull Measurements and Tests 271 



Corrosion and Its Control 275 



6. BALLASTING AND TRIM SYSTEMS 279 



Weight and Volume Estimates 279 



Compressed Air and Deballasting 282 



Ballasting Systems 285 



Trim Systems 301 



7. POWER AND ITS DISTRIBUTION 309 



Manual Power 309 



Pnematic Power 310 



Electric Power 310 



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