TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF TRIESTE 



DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS 



Length 



Diameter 



Draft (Loaded) 



Freeboard 



Weight, without buoyant 

 substance aboard 



Weight with buoyant 

 substance aboard 



Maximum towing speed 

 Buoyant substance 



Ballast material 



60 feet 



11 feet 6 inches 



18 feet 



2 feet 



50 tons 



150 tons 



4 knots maximum 



34, 000 gallons of 115/145 

 aviation gasoline (less 

 water ballast) 



16 tons of steel shot 



BALLAST 

 RELEASE 

 MAGNET 



Cutaway of TRIESTE 



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