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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
May. 02, 1996
Clinton W Stallard, III, Hampton, VA (US);
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, VA (US);
Abstract
An external storage system for a submersible vessel, e.g. a submarine, includes an outer skin formed as a fairing member of the vessel. The internal volume of the external storage system, bounded by the outer skin and the hull of the vessel is occupied by support members appropriate for the selected load and syntactic foam. The syntactic foam provides structural support for the outer skin and load support members, an additional attachment bond between the hull, skin, and load support members, and the buoyancy required to compensate for the additional weight of the external load. The syntactic foam also provides certain acoustic advantages.