# Lost Argentine submarine

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-argentine-submarine/802299>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 21, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-argentine-submarine/802299 "2017-11-21T17:52:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-argentine-submarine/802299/1 "2017-11-21T17:52:46Z")

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I was trying to find the water depth at the approximate location of the lost submarine. I couldn’t find it exactly but it did appear over 5,000 ft from what I could see. Can A submarine even survive a depth of 5,000 ft without imploding?

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**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-argentine-submarine/802299/2 "2017-11-21T18:04:18Z")

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No. [Los Angeles-class submarine - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles-class_submarine)

Official numbers for mainstream, once top of the line US subs is 650 feet. No doubt it can go deeper than that without actually imploding but the safety margin isn’t going to be enough to go to 5k.

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-argentine-submarine/802299/3 "2017-11-21T18:17:34Z")

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Existing MPSIMS thread:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=842184](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=842184)

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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-argentine-submarine/802299/4 "2017-11-21T18:20:38Z")

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> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#):
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> Can A submarine even survive a depth of 5,000 ft without imploding?

No, USN subs typically crush around 2,200 - 2,500 feet by comparison, IIRC.