The submarine in war and peace; its developments and its possibilities (1918)
Lake, Simon, 1866-1945 · Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott company · leaf 236
ch the usual form of cigar-shapedvessel was not, as it did not have sufficient surface buoyancyto enable it to rise with the seas, and the seas would sweepover it as they would sweep over a partly submerged rock. The Argonaut was therefore taken to Brooklyn, twentyfeet added to her length, and a… … THE EVOLUTION OF THE SUBMARINE tween the light plating of the ship-shape form and the heavyplating of the pressure-resisting hull. This equalized thepressure on the light plates and prevented their becomingdeformed, due to pressure. The superstructure increased herreserve of buoyancy in the surface…
Submarines (Ships)
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