USS Dallas Departing with Dry Deck Shelter Attached

A Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) is a removable module that can be attached to a submarine to allow divers easy exit and entrance while the boat is submerged. The host submarine must be specially modified to accommodate the DDS, with the appropriate mating hatch configuration, electrical connections, and piping for ventilation, divers' air, and draining water. Download high resolution version (600x768, 103 KB)USS Dallas Departs carrying the Dry Deck Shelter used for the deployment of Special Operations Forces U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (600x768, 103 KB)USS Dallas Departs carrying the Dry Deck Shelter used for the deployment of Special Operations Forces U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

The United States Navy's DDSs are 11.6 meters (38 feet) long by 2.7 meters (9 feet) high and wide, add about 30 tons to its host submarine's submerged displacement, can be transported by trucks or C-5 Galaxy aircraft, and require one to three days to install and test. They have three HY-80 steel sections within the outer glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) fairing: a spherical hyperbaric chamber at the forward end to treat injured divers, a smaller spherical transfer trunk, and a cylindrical hangar with elliptical ends to house a Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (SDV) or 20 SEALs with four Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC). The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is one of the largest aircraft in the world. ... Glass-reinforced plastic (GRP), is a composite material or fibre reinforced plastic made of a plastic reinforced by fine fibers made of glass. ... Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the medical use of oxygen at a higher than atmospheric pressure. ... Mark 8 mod 1 SDV The Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (SDV) is a manned submersible used to deliver United States Navy SEALs and their equipment for special operations missions. ... SEALs in from the water. ... The Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC) is a specially fabricated inflatable rubber raft often used by the Navy SEALs and US Marines, among other special operations teams. ...

In early 2004, six portable Dry Deck Shelters were in use by the USN, all built by the Electric Boat Company. The first, designated DDS-01S ("S" for starboard-side use on twin DDS installations), was completed in 1982. The remaining five, DDS-02P ("P" for port), -03P, -04S, -05S, and -06P, were built between 1987 and 1991. They have expected useful lives of about 40 years each. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Electric Boat is sometimes used as a colloquial abbreviation for the US Electric Boat Corporation. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

DDS-Capable Submarines

• Sam Houston (SSN-609) †‡
• John Marshall (SSN-611) †‡
• Kamehameha (SSN-642) †‡
• James K. Polk (SSN-645) †‡
• Archerfish (SSN-678) ‡
• Silversides (SSN-679) ‡
• William H. Bates (SSN-680) ‡
• Tunny (SSN-682) ‡
• Cavalla (SSN-684) ‡
• L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686) ‡
• Los Angeles (SSN-688)
• Philadelphia (SSN-690)
• Dallas (SSN-700)
• La Jolla (SSN-701)
• Buffalo (SSN-715)
• Jimmy Carter (SSN-23)

† can carry two DDSs
‡ no longer in service USS Kamehameha (SSBN/SSN-642), a Benjamin Franklin-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Kamehameha I of Hawaii. ... USS Archerfish (SSN-678), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish, a family (Toxotidae) of fish notable for their habit of preying on insects and other animals by shooting them down with squirts of water from the mouth. ... USS Silversides (SSN-679), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides, a small fish marked with a silvery stripe along each side of its body. ... USS (SSN-680), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was to be named Redfish when the contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 25 June 1968. ... USS Tunny (SSN-682), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the tunny, any of several oceanic fishes resembling the mackerel. ... USS Cavalla (SSN-684), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cavalla, a salt water fish of the pompano family inhabiting waters off the eastern coast of the Americas from Cape Cod to Rio de la Plata. ... USS (SSN-686), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for L. Mendel Rivers. ... USS Los Angeles (SSN-688), lead ship of her class, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Los Angeles, California. ... USS Philadelphia (SSN-690), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... USS Dallas (SSN-700), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Dallas, Texas. ... USS La Jolla (SSN-701), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for La Jolla, California. ... USS Buffalo (SSN-715), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Buffalo, New York. ... USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), the third and last Seawolf-class submarine, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for former President Jimmy Carter, who served in the US Navy as an officer in the Submarine Service as a nuclear engineer. ...

All Virginia-class submarines will have an integral Lock-Out Trunk capable of deploying divers and their equipment. It is possible that some of the Ohio-class submarines will be made DDS-capable during their conversions to SSGNs. USS Virginia (SSN-774) The Virginia-class attack submarines (SSN) are the first U.S. submarines to be designed for battlespace dominance across a broad spectrum of regional and littoral missions. ... The United States has 18 Ohio class submarines: 14 nuclear-powered SSBNs, each armed with 24 Trident II SLBMs; they are also known as Trident submarines, and provide the sea-based leg of the triad of the United States strategic deterrent forces 4 nuclear-powered SSGNs, each armed with 154...