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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
If it was a warship or sub they do not raise them. It is a war memorial. As far as the gaskets. No way would the last. Heck, the USS Torsk is sitting in the water in Baltimore and if she were to dive, she would be making here last dive. The rubber does not last that long. I suspect the Russian (Kursk?)sub had compartments that were still intact once it was raised but it did not stay under long.
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Kursk was filled with water in the first days despite that some rear compartments were intact.
when divers opened the scape hatch the scaping air show that there isnīt a lot of air inside
perhaps only a small pocket.
After some body recover operations they closed again the hatch until the raising of the boat.
A sunk submarine after 40 years must be completly filled with water and very rusty with the corrosion effects.