1973 Pisces III rescue
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23862359

Some submariner jobs are better than others, theirs doesn't sound too appealing. :o

Glad they made it.

I would think it should be SOP to have full tanks before every mission. :yep:

If I were on that crew, I would insist on it.

Luckily they did on this one, but you don't normally expect to be down for so long.

Didn't know this story, there are a lot of these small stories from cold war subs that get glossed over by the big events.

Thanks for sharing.

Well these guys were working for a commercial interest and not the Navy so I'm not surprised there would be someone trying to pinch a penny on O2 tanks.

Was reading the BBC website on this just ten minutes ago....must have been nerve wracking.

We used to have similar discussions when I was a scuba diver. I always dived with a full tank, despite the additional costs. Many other divers didn't.

My rational was that I wanted as much of the gas that would prevent me from dying on me for every dive. :up: And that was for a paltry depth of recreational diving of 130 feet.

But it was a good point about expense. Filling the tanks for the type of air replenishment system used in the submersible does have a significant cost. O2 ain't air. :nope: