Submarine hull
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A submarine hull has two major components, the superstructure and the pressure hull. The external portion of a submarine's hull—that part that does not resist sea pressure and is free-flooding—is know
U-995, a U-Boat of WWII, showing the typical combination of ship-like non-watertight outer hull with bulky strong hull below
Type XXI U-Boat, late WWII, with pressure hull almost fully enclosed inside the light hull
Typhoon-class submarine
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The Project 941 Akula is a retired class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines designed and built by the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. With a submerged displacement of 48,000 t, the Typh
Submarine hull
…to stiffen against buckling instability. No hull parts may contain defects, and all welded joints are checked several times using different methods. Typhoon-class submarines feature multiple pressure hulls that simplify internal design while making the vessel much wider than a normal submarine. In the main body of the sub…
A Typhoon-class submarine
Soviet Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarine, with inset of an American football field graphic to convey a sense of the enormous size of the vessel
Mikhail Gorbachev inspecting TK-13 in 1987, on the cover of Soviet Military Power
A Typhoon-class submarine on the surface in 1985