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Kingston valves of the Argonaute can be seen on her keel. A Kingston valve is a type of valve fitted in the bottom of a ship's plating [1] that connects the sea to the ship's piping and storage tanks. A Kingston valve is a type of seacock. [1] It is arranged so that, under normal operating conditions, sea pressure keeps the valve closed. [2]
Subsea valves are used to isolate or control the flow of material through an undersea pipeline (submarine pipeline) or other apparatus.Most commonly used to transport oil and gas, they are designed to function in a sub-marine environment, withstanding the effects of raised external pressure, salt-water corrosion, and bubbles or debris in the material carried.
The Submarine Safety Program ( SUBSAFE) is a quality assurance program of the United States Navy designed to maintain the safety of its submarine fleet, specifically, to provide maximum reasonable assurance that submarine hulls will stay watertight, and that they can recover from unanticipated flooding. SUBSAFE covers all systems exposed to sea ...
Virginia. -class submarine. Only limited by food and maintenance requirements. The Virginia class, or the SSN-774 class, is the newest class of nuclear-powered cruise missile fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy. The class is designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions, including anti-submarine ...
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other U.S. residents freed from Russian are starting on the road to recovery at a Texas military hospital.
USS. Thresher. (SSN-593) USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. She was the U.S. Navy's second submarine to be named after the thresher shark . On 10 April 1963, Thresher sank during deep-diving tests about 350 km (220 mi) east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, killing all ...
Armament. MK-48 torpedoes. 20 × Trident II D-5 ballistic missiles. USS West Virginia (SSBN-736) is a United States Navy Ohio -class ballistic missile submarine. She has been in commission since 1990. She is the third U.S. Navy ship to be named for West Virginia, the 35th state, and the 11th of 18 Ohio -class submarines.
Vent (submarine) The vents of the Redoutable are under the casing. The square openings in the casing are limber holes to facilitate draining the superstructure. In submarine technology a vent is a valve fitted to the top of a submarine 's ballast tanks to let air escape from the top of the ballast tank and be replaced by water entering through ...