Fig. 13.10 All power cables and support cables leading trom the brow on DEEPSTAR 2000 can be severed by the guillotine cutter on the nght by electronically actuating an explosive 



squib (left) from within the pressure hull 



the submersible the easier it is to certify in 

 terms of snagging or fouling potential. 



A flow diagram showing the milestone 

 events of material certification is presented 

 in Figure 13.11. 



Operator Competency 



According to OPNAVINST 9290.3, opera- 

 tors of a submersible include ". . . those 

 personnel who physically control the oper- 

 ating parameters of the submersible such as 



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