Trivia #15 Ballast (9/15/2014)

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True or false: Ballast on the underside of the Hunley had to be unbolted from the floor of the craft in order to surface the ship in an emergency.
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[truthckr]

true

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunley_(submarine) says "Each end was equipped with ballast tanks that could be flooded by valves or pumped dry by hand pumps. Extra ballast was added through the use of iron weights bolted to the underside of the hull. In the event the submarine needed additional buoyancy to rise in an emergency, the iron weight could be removed by unscrewing the heads of the bolts from inside the vessel."

My Answer: TRUE!!
Thanks!!

 

[War Horse]

True

These ballast tanks were supported by iron weights that were bolted to the underside of the Hunley; if the vessel needed to rise to the surface quickly, these ballasts could be dropped from inside the vessel.

 

[Stony]

True

 

[chellers]

true

 

[E_just_E]

True. Unscrewed actually. The bolts were on the outside

 

[adisciu9]

True

 

[Eagle eye]

False

 

[DickWilliams]

True. The ballast could be unfastened from inside the sub.

 

[BrrrBRRRR]

True

 

[yankee hoorah]

true

 

[Bob Owen]

False

 

[LZRD WZRD]

True

 

[csb1971]

True

 

[C.S.M 1861]

True: "Extra ballast was added through the use of iron weights bolted to the underside of the hull. In the event the submarine needed additional buoyancy to rise in an emergency, the iron weight could be removed by unscrewing the heads of the bolts from inside the vessel."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunley_(submarine)

 

[Copperhead-mi]

True.
According to the U.S. Navy's Naval History and Heritage Command:
"Extra ballast was added through the use of iron weights bolted to the underside of the hull. In the event the submarine needed additional buoyancy to rise in an emergency, the iron weight could be removed by unscrewing the heads of the bolts from inside the vessel."

 

[GELongstreet]

True

 

[Karlos63]

True

 

[Seduzal]

True