BENTHOS V 



LENGTH: 11.3ft 



BEAM: 8 ft 



HEIGHT: 6 ft 



DRAFT: 4.5 ft 



WEIGHT (DRY): 2.1 tons 



OPERATING DEPTH: 600ft 



COLLAPSE DEPTH: 1,200 ft 



LAUNCH DATE: 1963 



HATCH DIAMETER: 19 in. 



LIFE SUPPORT (MAX): 96 man-hr 



TOTAL POWER: NA 



SPEED (KNOTS): CRUISE 1/16 hr 



MAX 3/4 hr 



CREW: PILOTS 1 



OBSERVERS 1 



PAYLOAD: 400 lb 



PRESSURE HULL: Spherical shape of A-28S-C steel 60-in. ID and 0.625 in. thick. 



BALLAST/BUOYANCY: Two separate 2.250 psi air systems. Within the hull are two variable ballast tanks to attain fine buoyancy control. An 



auxiliary ballast tank is mounted aft and a bow buoyancy tank is forward. Droppable lead ballast. 



PROPULSION/CONTROL All maneuvering is provided by two 1-hp, 24-VDC, motors mounted port and starboard amidships that rotate 180° in 



the vertical. 



TRIM: The forward and aft buoyancy tanks may be differentially filled to attain up/down bow angles. 



POWER SOURCE: Three nickel-cadmium batteries supply 80 amp-hr each and are carried within the pressure hull. 



LIFE SUPPORT NA. 



VIEWING: Six viewports. Four look forward above centerline about the horizontal axis and two look down and forward. All are 6-in. diam. and 2 



in. thick. 



OPERATING/SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT: Compass, Fathometer, directional gyro. 



MANIPULATORS None. 



SAFETY FEATURES: Droppable lead ballast. All ballast tanks can be blown at operating depth with emergency system. 



SURFACE/SUPPORT; SOO. 



OWNER: Garrison 8 Divers Corp., Seattle, Washington. 



BUILDER Lear Siegler, Inc., Deep River, Conn. 



REMARKS: Not operating. 



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