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Bavarian C I (149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

valve gear, single-sided, suspended Taschenkulissen and a rectangular ballast tank on the boiler barrel to increase the adhesion effect. A total of five

USS Atlanta (SSN-712) (263 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

in the Strait of Gibraltar, damaging her sonar gear and puncturing a ballast tank in the bow section. The boat proceeded to Gibraltar under her own power

MV Mekhanik Tarasov (371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of 15 February, containers shifted in the heavy seas and punctured a ballast tank, causing the ship to list. During the afternoon, with the list reaching

Hunter 19-2 (727 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flooding water ballast tank, which is drained for road transport. It displaces 2,000 lb (907 kg) when the 500 lb (227 kg)-capacity water ballast tank is full

MV Putney Hill (725 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

breaching her no. 3 hold and port ballast tank. The loss of hundreds of tons of water from the port ballast tank caused Putney Hill at first to roll

Kirki (tanker) (578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Australian government investigation identified many issues, including the ballast tank lids had rusted through and the holes had been covered in canvas and

HMS K26 (463 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

larger. Underwater endurance was similar to her predecessors. Improved ballast tank arrangements cut the diving time to 3 minutes 12 seconds to get to 80

USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632) (1,132 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

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

Santana 23 (1,182 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

using the original production's daggerboard design, but with a water ballast tank, to reduce weight further than the original 23 models while trailering

Coulombi egg tanker (346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the incoming sea water pushes the oil in the damaged tank up into the ballast tank. Because of the hydrostatic pressure, there is an automatic transfer

Sea Dragon (rocket) (1,345 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

from the ocean, requiring little in the way of support systems. A large ballast tank system attached to the bottom of the first-stage engine bell was used

Dehler 22 (659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

transom to reduce drag under sail; a combination of lifting keel and water ballast tank (440 pounds of water, 440 pounds of lead shot in the lifting keel) to

Architecture of the oil tanker (2,615 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

- as category 1, but complying with protectively located segregated ballast tank requirements (MARPOL tankers), and Category 3 - oil tankers of 5,000

Deep-submergence vehicle (2,832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

drum.[citation needed] In a DSV/DSRV, the passenger compartment and the ballast tank functionality is incorporated into a single structure to afford more

Stability conditions (489 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

are identified by the compartment(s) damaged ex: "Hold #3 and Water Ballast Tank 4 Port" Naval architecture Hull (watercraft) Society of Naval Architects

MV 'Otuanga'ofa (452 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

it was sent to Fiji for maintenance after cracks were found inside a ballast tank. In June 2015 the captain was fired after the ship was found to be leaking

British K-class submarine (2,088 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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

BMW 320 TC (471 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

(109 in) Weight 1,170 kg (2,579.4 lb) base weight (as per regulations), +/- ballast Tank capacity approx. 45 L (11.9 US gal) Price 220 000 EUR + VAT Engine type

MV Höegh Osaka (1,609 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

system was not fully serviceable, all but one of the gauges for each ballast tank were unserviceable, a situation that had existed since at least July

Towed array sonar (1,195 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

opening on the starboard tail. There is also equipment located in a ballast tank (free flood area) while the cabinet used to operate the system is inside

Futami-class oceanographic research ship (856 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

as the cable laying progresses, it becomes top heavy, so a seawater ballast tank is installed at the double bottom to ensure stability under any loading

USS S-35 (2,470 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

equipment was disabled. A hole was burned in the top of the Number Two main ballast tank and lines from two air banks were severed. At about 18:55, unsuccessful

USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720) (431 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

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

Pan Ocean (369 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

suffered structural damage during her first cargo loading, a leak in her ballast tank, which put the ship in danger of sinking at the port of Ponta da Madeira

Landing Craft Gun (1,023 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

carried from the turrets for the infantry to use inland. It also had a ballast tank that allowed it to make itself more stable in the water or stabilize

USS Sealion (SS-195) (593 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

outside the hull, over the control room. The second smashed through a main ballast tank and caused the pressure hull to explode in the aft engine room, killing

USS Menhaden (SS-377) (1,043 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

off the coast of Washington. In 1988 she sank, due to a leaking main-ballast-tank vent-valve when she was being cut up for scrap. As the tide came in,

California Board of Pilot Commissioners (966 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fender system. The ship's hull was breached, with damage to a water ballast tank and two fuel tanks, with approximately 53,653 gallons of fuel oil leaked

Theseus (AUV) (1,033 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

free-flooding and contained the obstacle avoidance sonar, forward variable ballast tank/pump, acoustic telemetry transducer, and strobe lights. The pressure

USS Gurnard (SSN-662) (763 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

40-foot (12 m) waves that often exposed the submarine's screw and the ballast tank flood grates at the bottom of the boat. At about 10:00 hours, orbiting

USS Sirago (757 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

others. The blast, which occurred during plastic spraying of a main ballast tank, killed two civilian painters and injured a sailor and three other civilian

HMS Dreadnought (S101) (1,421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Rosyth, in the course of which her nuclear core was refuelled and her ballast tank valves were changed to reduce noise. In early 1971, Dreadnought took

Sagafjord (921 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

during a visit to Southampton, the second bosun died after entering a ballast tank which had a reduced oxygen atmosphere due to corrosion. The Saga Rose

Nautilus (1800 submarine) (1,098 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

hand-cranked screw propeller. The hollow iron keel was the vessel's ballast tank, flooded and emptied to change buoyancy. Two horizontal fins, diving

Rolladen-Schneider LS7 (620 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dumping orifice on the lower wing shell by the wing root. Glass reinforced ballast tank installed in the tail fin for correction of centre of gravity shifts

Schneider Moazagotl (960 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on days with separated, strong thermals. It had to be equipped with a ballast tank to fly fast between thermals and be stable and efficient in the continuous

USS Kentucky (SSBN-737) (695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

of Kentucky's stern planes was slightly damaged; San Juan's forward ballast tank was breached, but San Juan was able to surface and return to port. Kentucky

USS LST-266 (1,391 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

LST-266 herself took a hit at the normal load waterline, in a main ballast tank. About ten minutes later, the tank landing ships received orders to evacuate

ICAP Leopard 3 (yacht) (265 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

canting bulb with Central Coast Hydraulics ram and 6,000 L aft water ballast tank Sailmaker: Doyle Sails inventory Upwind sail area: 843 m2 Downwind sail

Sokuten-class minelayer (1938) (415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

were equipped with a 76.2 mm anti-aircraft gun. The Nuwajima had its ballast tank replaced with a fuel tank for convoy escort operations. These nine vessels

French submarine Morse (Q3) (392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

knots. Key a. screw propeller b. vertical rudder c. accumulators d. ballast tank e. trim weights f. compressed air g. torpedo h. torpedo tube Morse was

Schempp-Hirth Discus (765 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

made of carbon fiber. There is a 6.5 L (1.7 US gal; 1.4 imp gal) water ballast tank in the fin for trimming purposes when the main wing mounted ballast tanks

Limnological tower (943 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

towers in greater depths of water were floating units, with a submerged ballast tank, that were anchored to the lake bed by means of cables and weights. A

MV Yusuf Cepnioglu (228 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

formation area and is believed to have sustained damage to a forward ballast tank and was taking on water. The Hellenic Coast Guard crews and another vessel

French submarine Farfadet (Q7) (1,044 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

a Bird (1906) that Farfadet had moved in such a way as to upset her ballast tank, which in turn submerged an open hatch. A similar fate was suffered by

USS Greeneville (1,068 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

large metropolitan area. On 9 February 2001, while conducting a main ballast tank blow off the coast of Oahu while hosting several civilian "distinguished

McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (6,934 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pitch/longitudinal stability augmentation system (LSAS) that featured a fuel ballast tank in the tailplane, and a partly computer-driven horizontal stabilizer

Sant'Anna funicular (221 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

opened in 1891, and was initially water-driven, with water filling a ballast tank under the carriage at the top station, and emptying at the bottom. The

Fenian Ram (784 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

again shut and the water in the tube was blown into the surrounding ballast tank by more compressed air. It was powered by a 15 hp (11 kW) Brayton piston

USS Skate (SS-305) (1,515 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

of Skate, mangling the submarine's conning tower and raising the main ballast tank vents but leaving the pressure hull intact. The crew returned to the

Soviet submarine S-80 (772 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

propulsion to the electric motors, and they never performed an emergency ballast tank blow. Friedman, pp. 396-397 Friedman, Norman (1995). "Soviet Union 1947–1991:

SUBSAFE (648 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

short circuits, reactor shutdown, and loss of propulsion power. The main ballast tank blow system failed to operate properly at test depth. Various restrictions

MV Golden Ray (3,239 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of water from the no. 5 port water ballast tank in the ship's double bottom to the no. 5 starboard water ballast tank, correcting the list from 0.42° to

Core Sound 20 Mark 3 (436 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

glass cloth and epoxy. It also has a 190 L (50 US gal) flooding water ballast tank, which is drained for road transport. In 2018, the original design was

Submarine incident off Kildin Island (1,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

claimed that besides some scratches, dents, and two minor cuts on her port ballast tank, Baton Rouge did not suffer major damage. But in any case, it was serious

MS Mega Victoria (796 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on board. The only hull damage that occurred was a breach into a bow ballast tank. Therefore, no environmental damage occurred and there was no leak into

SM UB-65 (1,371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

again. During the first test dive of UB-65, a fracture occurred in a ballast tank, causing the submarine to sink to the bottom of the sea. The crew lacked

Atlantic 75-class lifeboat (295 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the main improvements made to the Atlantic 75 is the addition of a ballast tank at the front of the boat which enables the boat to launch into larger

RNLB Manchester Unity of Oddfellows (B-702) (673 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

significant improvement to this class over the 21 is the addition of a ballast tank installed at the front of the lifeboat which enables the craft to launch

I-201-class submarine (1,186 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the designers had to: Adopt a single-hull structure Locate the main ballast tank higher than previous submarines to give a higher center of gravity and

Polybahn (652 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in 1889. The funicular was initially water-driven (filling water in a ballast tank under the carriage at the top station, emptying at the bottom); the railway

Glaser-Dirks DG-600 (512 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

DG-400 but with a more slender tailboom which also incorporates a tailfin ballast tank with a capacity of 7 liters. The design of the canopy and the instrument

RNLB Manchester Unity of Oddfellows (B-702) (673 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

significant improvement to this class over the 21 is the addition of a ballast tank installed at the front of the lifeboat which enables the craft to launch

Atmospheric diving suit (5,079 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

diver's hands and feet were covered with leather. Taylor also devised a ballast tank attached to the suit that could be filled with water to attain negative

German submarine U-402 (1,335 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

boat causing severe damage, which included a tear 3 metres long in a ballast tank, which forced it to return to La Pallice on 26 May. Her eighth and final

USS Lake Erie (CG-70) (2,087 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

accident, the Los Angeles-class submarine was conducting an "emergency ballast tank blow," a procedure used to bring subs to the surface in the event of

JAGO (German research submersible) (191 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

thruster Basic systems 720 L diving tanks for buoyancy at surface, 40 L ballast tank for vertical movements, 2 oxygen high pressure cylinders, 3 high pressure

Multi-role support ship (Malaysia) (829 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

gate provide access to the Vehicle Deck, and the ship has sufficient ballast tank capacity to sink/trim the vessel to flood the well deck to accommodate

HMCS Corner Brook (2,057 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Berthiaume, Lee (5 April 2021). "Navy submarine suffered long-term damage to ballast tank from errant test: report". CTV News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 5

Russian submarine Smolensk (K-410) (996 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

dock of the Zvezdochka shipyard, when, during the tests of the main ballast tank of the nuclear submarine, the pressure tore off the Kingston pressure

ARA Santa Fe (S-21) (2,059 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

attack caused extensive internal damage, including the splitting of a ballast tank, the dismounting of electrical components and shocks to the machinery

Invasive species (13,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and can be transported in the small puddle left in a supposedly empty ballast tank. Regulations attempt to mitigate such risks, not always successfully

German submarine U-515 (2,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

depth-charged U-515 for several hours and caused major damage. The main ballast tank and reserve oil tank were ruptured; several batteries, the electronics

USS Greenling (SSN-614) (760 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

which is necessary to "drive" the boat back to the surface. A normal ballast tank blow had no effect, while a subsequent emergency blow of the ballast

MV Paul R. Tregurtha (1,043 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in ice and cracked steel plating on the port side of her bow, causing ballast tank water to leak out. Framing beneath the plating was also bent and cracked

USS O-5 (1,676 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

opening a hole some ten feet long and penetrating the number one main ballast tank. The submarine rolled sharply to port – then back to starboard – and

SS El Capitan (1,292 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

watertight bulkhead extending only to the lower deck was fitted aft the ballast tank. Propulsion was by a triple-expansion steam engine of 24.25 inches (61

Sauniere (ship) (1,091 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

shell plating on the starboard side was damaged and the #1 starboard ballast tank being was holed in three places. After being freed, Sauniere sailed to

Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company (1,478 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

armed with two 40mm and four 20mm guns. Had two 7+1⁄2-ton cranes with 16 ballast tank compartments. AFDM were built in three pieces, a long center section

Border Force (3,545 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

drug seizure of 3.2 tonnes of cocaine was found onboard, in her forward ballast tank. There was so much on board it took three days to remove and had to be

Bruce Schwab (1,193 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the race, on leg 3 (Cape Town to New Zealand), Schwab suffered a water ballast tank leak which flooded the boat. On leg 4, to Brazil, the boat was hit by

McCann Rescue Chamber (1,906 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

water tight hatch in its middle. Surrounding the lower compartment is a ballast tank of a capacity just equal to that of the lower compartment. Inside the

USNS Henry J. Kaiser (2,199 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

deployment, during a NATO exercise in September 1989, she damaged a ballast tank off the west coast of England, perhaps by scraping a rock in a channel

USS Albacore (AGSS-569) (3,492 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

BQS-4 and BQR-2 sonars, an emergency recovery system, and a new main ballast tank blow system were also added. After work was completed in March 1965,

Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (1,670 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

armed with two 40mm and four 20mm guns. Had two 7+1⁄2-ton cranes with 16 ballast tank compartments. AFDM were built in three pieces, a long center section

Pamir (ship) (3,219 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

done by his own untrained crew. It was later found that he also had the ballast tank filled with barley. Even though testing of the roll period (the time

USS Snapper (SS-185) (1,728 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

been damaged, but a heavy oil slick indicated a puncture of a fuel oil ballast tank. Minor repairs were made. Two wounded enlisted men were transferred to

Oberon-class submarine (4,796 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

compressed air.[citation needed] The aft torpedo tubes passed through the ballast tank at the rear of the submarine. A 31-inch (79 cm) section projected into

USS Barb (SSN-596) (2,675 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

40-foot (12 m) waves that often exposed the submarine's screw and the ballast tank flood grates at the bottom of the boat. At about 10:00 hours, orbiting

History of underwater diving (13,199 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

diver's hands and feet were covered with leather. Taylor also devised a ballast tank attached to the suit that could be filled with water to attain negative

USS Tautog (SSN-639) (3,071 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

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

Sheppard J. Shreaves (1,411 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

opening a hole some ten feet long and penetrating the number one main ballast tank. The submarine rolled sharply to port – then back to starboard – and

HMS Graph (6,409 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

U-boat was blown to the surface. They were trained to operate a U-boat's ballast-tank valves, to reverse any scuttling attempts by the crew, and to search

Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (2,799 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

sufficient capacity on board for the retention of all sludge, dirty ballast, tank washing water and other oily residues and mixtures. Finally, Annex IV

List of shipwrecks in 1996 (460 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

shell plating on the starboard side was damaged and the #1 starboard ballast tank being was holed in three places. After being freed, Sauniere sailed to

Inland Steel Company (5,073 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

its logo. Shortly after starting with Inland, repairs were needed on a ballast tank that was punctured in a grounding. In 1997, ice damage caused severe

The Hindenburg (film) (4,909 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Werner Franz, a 14-year-old cabin boy, escaped the flames after a water ballast tank overhead burst open and soaked him with water. He then made his way to

Henry Breault (2,369 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

opening a hole some ten feet long and penetrating the number one main ballast tank. The submarine rolled sharply to port – then back to starboard – and

SS Edmund Fitzgerald (13,793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the loss of the vents resulted in flooding of two ballast tanks or a ballast tank and a walking tunnel that caused the ship to list. Thompson further conjectured

USS Scorpion (SSN-589) (7,763 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Thresher. While Charleston Naval Shipyard claimed the emergency main ballast tank blow (EMBT) system worked as-is, SUBLANT claimed it did not, and their

Australian Holographics (1,846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

air bags connected to a standard pneumatic set-up with needle-valves, ballast tank and compressor. Overhead towers were designed to carry large transfer

MSV Fennica (4,511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(1 m) long and about two inches (5 cm) wide fracture in the Port No. 4 ballast tank. When the crew noticed that water level in the tank was rising, the icebreaker

List of shipwrecks in 1990 (795 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

22 survivors. Azalea South Korea The cargo ship sprung a leak when a ballast tank cracked. She capsized and sank in the North Sea while under tow 12 nautical

List of Polish people (1,675 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

audio recorders Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar Kazimierz Leski, ballast tank funnels Janusz Liberkowski, Anecia Safety Capsule Ignacy Łukasiewicz

Aquatic invasive species regulations in Michigan (1,560 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

were first introduced to the Great Lakes in the early 1800s through ballast tank water. Freight ships carrying goods from foreign countries would travel

United States Navy ships (6,171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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

Convoy PQ 8 (6,143 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hole about 60 by 30 ft (18.3 by 9.1 m) on the starboard side, the No. 1 ballast tank had been destroyed and the bulkheads were damaged. On the port side there

List of shipwrecks in April 1917 (4,016 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Yard, on 15 April 1917, her sinking attributed to a slow leak in a main ballast tank. She was raised on 19 April and, following reconditioning, returned to

List of BMP-1 variants (15,726 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the reconnaissance of water barriers. It is equipped with a snorkel, a ballast tank in the nose section, two large and two small ballast tanks, and an air-locked

History of submarines (12,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Symons patented and built the first known working example of the use of a ballast tank for submersion. His design used leather bags that could fill with water

Sea Victory (3,915 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1974, a worker was overcome and killed by paint fumes while coating a ballast tank. Her hull was built of welded steel plates. It was ice-strengthened for

List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II (55,434 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tower and exploded outside the hull, while the second bomb struck a ballast tank and caused an explosion in the aft engine room which killed four men