After equalizing the pressure in the trunk, they can get going on their escape. They open the hatch, float the buoy, and tie it off. Now the raft can be floated up the buoy line. Since they are ...

Lockout trunks are used as an escape hatch for the crew and to get SEALs off the ship. During our recent tour of the USS John Warner nuclear-powered submarine, we got a chance to see a small ...

though their sixth compatriot was lost in the submarine’s smoky confines. However, after rising to the surface, flaw in the mechanism caused the escape hatch to explosively decompress ...