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HATCH DIAMETER: (Escape) 1/600 mm 



LENGTH: 15.3 m (Access) 4/500 mm 



BEAM: 5.5 m LIFE SUPPORT (MAX): 192 man-hr 



HEIGHT: 5.0 m TOTAL POWER: 200 kWh 



DRAFT: 4.0 m SPEED (KNOTS): CRUISE 1.5/10 hr 



WEIGHT (DRY): 100 tons MAX 3.5/3 hr 



OPERATING DEPTH: 600 m CREW: PILOTS 2 



COLLAPSE DEPTH: 1,500 m OBSERVERS 2 



LAUNCH DATE: 1968 PAYLOAD: 3,300 kg 



PRESSURE HULL: Two spheres connected by a 1 45-m-diam. cylinder. Spheres are 4-m diam.. 36-mm-thick steel of SO-kg/mm^ tensile strength. A 



spheroid espace hull of 1 .7-m diam, is attached to an access trunk in the forward sphere. 



BALLAST/BUOYANCY: Two tanks (300 kg each capacity) are flooded by ambient seawater and blown by compressed air. One tank is used to gain 



fine buoyancy control, the other provides surface freeboard. 



PROPULSION/CONTROL: A stern-mounted, reversible propeller driven by a 11-kW motor with range of 680 to 3,200 rpm provides main 



horizontal propulsion. Two port/starboard, reversible, side motors are each driven by a 2.2 kW motor and can be rotated 360 in the vertical. A large 



rudder and stabilizer fins assist underway stability. 



TRIM: Provided by two tanks, one forward and one aft in the pressure hull, each having a capacity of 1,200 I. By pumping water fore or aft an 



up/down angle of 5° on the bow may be obtained. 



POWER SOURCE: Fifty lead-acid, externally-mounted, pressure-compensated, storage batteries of 100-V and 2,000-amp-hr capacity provide all 



power. 



LIFE SUPPORT: Interior is air conditioned to maintain 22°C temperature. 



VIEWING: Five viewports: three in forward sphere of 120-mm ID and one on each side of sphere of 50-mm ID, all have a viewing angle of 90 . 



OPERATING/SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT: UQC, radio, gyrocompass, speedometer, depth gage, echo sounder, obstacle avoidance sonar, 



transponder, TV, stereo-camera, water sampler, bottom sampler, salinometer, water temperature sensor, seismic profiling system, light measurer, 



current meter, magnetometer, gravimeter, heat flow measurer, depth/sound speed meter, radiometer, 



MANIPULATORS: One, 



SAFETY FEATURES: Releasable escape sphere, manipulator jettisonable, releasable lead ballast (2,100 lb), automatic blow of ballast tanks below 



operating depth, life vests, fire extinguishers, surface lights, emergency air. 



SURFACE SUPPORT: Towed to dive site by surface ship. 



OWNER: Maritime Safety Agency, Japan. 



BUILDER: Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kobe, Japan, 



REMARKS: Operational. 



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