Can females be deployed on a submarine?
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Can females be deployed on a submarine?
Currently, the Navy has 84 female officers and 219 enlisted female sailors serving on submarine crews. Female officers serve on 19 submarine crews, and female enlisted sailors are part of eight submarine crews.
Why can’t females serve on submarines?
Previously there had been concern about bringing women onto submarines because living quarters offered little privacy and weren’t considered suitable for mixed-gender habitation. In October 2009, the Secretary of the Navy announced that he and the Chief of Naval Operations were moving aggressively to change the policy.
How deep do most submarines go?
A nuclear submarine can dive to a depth of about 300m. This one is larger than the research vessel Atlantis and has a crew of 134. The average depth of the Caribbean Sea is 2,200 meters, or about 1.3 miles.
At what depth will water crush you?
Human beings can withstand 3 to 4 atmospheres of pressure, or 43.5 to 58 psi. Water weighs 64 pounds per cubic foot, or one atmosphere per 33 feet of depth, and presses in from all sides. The ocean’s pressure can indeed crush you.
Why do submarines not have windows?
There is no reason to have a window because submarines are submerged almost all the time. Besides, there is nothing to see. Submarines operate in open ocean and stay away from any kind of ocean floor. Using external lights to allow people to look through a window would defeat the purpose of being stealthy.
Can humans survive 47 meters underwater?
You can you survive 47 metres underwater but to do so you need to have the necessary training and experience as a scuba diver. To survive a deep dive to 47 metres down you must follow decompression stop limits or carry out decompression stops on your ascent to avoid getting decompression sickness.
What happens if you go too deep in the ocean?
Decompression sickness: Often called “the bends,” decompression sickness happens when a scuba diver ascends too quickly. But if a diver rises too quickly, the nitrogen forms bubbles in the body. This can cause tissue and nerve damage. In extreme cases, it can cause paralysis or death if the bubbles are in the brain.
