Blow Ballast Tanks!!!

Tango589 · 07-24-14, 06:45 AM

A video of a Nuclear Sub blowing its MBTs whilst in dry dick, plus a bunch of other videos showing boats bobbing to the surface like multi-million dollar corks out of a bottle.

BLOW BALLAST TANKS!!!

Jimbuna · 07-24-14, 07:04 AM

Very interesting, never seen that before.

I've moved this into the Naval Films etc. thread.

Tango589 · 07-24-14, 08:49 AM

Thanks for moving.

Aktungbby · 07-24-14, 10:52 AM

http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/fulltext/mab0501.htm Just make sure your ASVDU is operational!!;

having an arctic ice reinforced sub makes ramming a viable technique!

Sayonara Ehime Maru

ETR3(SS) · 07-24-14, 11:17 AM

Not in dry dock (or dry dick).

Just next to the pier during a refit period between deployments.

Jimbuna · 07-24-14, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

Not in dry dock (or dry dick).

Just next to the pier during a refit period between deployments.

Thanks for that....this had me wondering what exactly the object of the exercise was in the film. I was hoping to see how quickly the sail would rise to the surface even if under controlled conditions.

ETR3(SS) · 07-26-14, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Thanks for that....this had me wondering what exactly the object of the exercise was in the film. I was hoping to see how quickly the sail would rise to the surface even if under controlled conditions.

Better to test the system next to the pier if something doesn't work than to test it out at sea when you need it.

I believe it is all a part of the SUBSAFE program. I know my boat had to be recertified on its EMBT blow system twice a year if I remember correctly. They will also do a low pressure blow with the low pressure blower as well, less of a show but still something to see.

Jimbuna · 07-26-14, 11:33 AM

Rgr that and thanks

07-24-14, 06:45 AM	#1
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,358 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	Blow Ballast Tanks!!! A video of a Nuclear Sub blowing its MBTs whilst in dry dick, plus a bunch of other videos showing boats bobbing to the surface like multi-million dollar corks out of a bottle. BLOW BALLAST TANKS!!! __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,146 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Very interesting, never seen that before. I've moved this into the Naval Films etc. thread. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

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Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,358 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	Thanks for moving. __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,852 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	some times: a bad idea! http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/fulltext/mab0501.htm Just make sure your ASVDU is operational!!; having an arctic ice reinforced sub makes ramming a viable technique! Sayonara Ehime Maru __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

07-24-14, 11:17 AM	#5
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	Not in dry dock (or dry dick). Just next to the pier during a refit period between deployments. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

07-26-14, 11:33 AM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,146 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Rgr that and thanks __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)