An emergency main ballast tank blow is a procedure used aboard a submarine that forces high-pressure air into its main ballast tanks. The high-pressure...

steering, but not knowing why, the submarine conducted an emergency main ballast tank blow, which resulted in the collision of the submarine and the towed...

A ballast tank is a compartment within a boat, ship or other floating structure that holds water, which is used as ballast to provide hydrostatic stability...

a depth of 60 m (200 ft). She was able to surface using an emergency main ballast tank blow. The impact completely destroyed the bow sonar systems and...

USS Growler (SS-215). Look up crash dive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Emergency main ballast tank blow An accident during the first patrol of U-505 caused just that...

emergency system was not corrected for the same problems that destroyed Thresher. While Charleston Naval Shipyard claimed the emergency main ballast tank...

nine crew members. The Greeneville was conducting a practice emergency main ballast tank blow as a demonstration to civilian visitors. List of United States...

although she did not perform the famous stunt of an emergency main ballast tank blow during an emergency surfacing procedure seen in the film. A film crew...

Columbus performing an Emergency main ballast tank blow in 1998 History United States Name USS Columbus Namesake The City of Columbus, Ohio Awarded 21...

USS Pittsburgh demonstrates an emergency main ballast tank blow in 1991....

port in San Francisco. After the exercise, she performed an emergency main ballast tank blow from her test depth. In summer 1991, Tautog hosted the Japanese...

the boat successfully recovered after the ship executed an emergency main ballast tank blow. After the finding of debris from Nanggala, Yudo Margono said...

their own bailout set carried to provide an emergency breathing gas supply for this kind of emergency. Blow and go is a free ascent where the diver exhales...

reactor, which in turn caused loss of propulsion. The inability to blow the ballast tanks was later attributed to excessive moisture in the submarine's high-pressure...

were mentioned include ease of ballasting in emergency situations, reduced practice of saltwater ballasting in cargo tanks decreases corrosion, increased...

back to the surface. A normal ballast tank blow had no effect, while a subsequent emergency blow of the ballast tanks slowly stopped the descent and...

Suvorov ordered an emergency ballast blow, but the operator became confused and shut the flood valves on the bottoms of the tanks, while opening the vents...

may also be referred to as a scuba cylinder, scuba tank or diving tank. When used for an emergency gas supply for surface supplied diving or scuba, it...

demonstration for some VIP civilian visitors, Greeneville performed an emergency ballast blow surfacing maneuver. As the submarine shot to the surface, she struck...

as a volume tank, receiver, or air reserve tank), and a relief valve. The accumulator functions as an additional water trap, but the main purpose is to...

propulsion to the electric motors, and they never performed an emergency ballast tank blow. Friedman, pp. 396-397 Friedman, Norman (1995). "Soviet Union...

patrol plane, her stern planes locked in a 20° down-angle. Forced to blow her main ballast to stop the steep dive, Narwhal reversed direction and popped out...

included a "tank farm" consisting of two tanks for ballast, two for bunker fuel oil, one for diesel oil, and twelve crude oil storage tanks, each capable...

striking one blow from the Torgovitsa area towards Brody with the forces of the 27th Rifle, 1st and 6th Guards Cavalry and 25th Tank Corps, and striking...

a bulbous swan bow was added, which also incorporated a 'quick blowing' ballast tank to improve handling. Nevertheless, there were still problems with...

equipment for the main gas supply when this is practicable. Surface supplied divers may be required to carry scuba as an emergency breathing gas supply...

the iceberg. Unable to turn quickly enough, the ship suffered a glancing blow that buckled her starboard side and opened six of her sixteen compartments...

battery and a larger main motor. New radio equipment, BQS-4 and BQR-2 sonars, an emergency recovery system, and a new main ballast tank blow system were also...

ditchable weight Ballast weight that is carried in a way that it can be released to fall free of the diver to increase buoyancy in an emergency. The classic...

four main landing gears each with four wheels; these provide a good spread of support on the ground and safety in case of tire blow-outs. The main gear...