# Submarine question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submarine-question/201500>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 14, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submarine-question/201500 "2003-09-14T03:22:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jeffro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jeffro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffro)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submarine-question/201500/1 "2003-09-14T03:22:39Z")

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I recently read TheTerrible Hours by Peter Maas. I was wondering if submarines are still equipped with momsen lungs as a means of emergency escape?

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submarine-question/201500/2 "2003-09-14T04:14:13Z")

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[According to the US Navy, no.](http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/blowballast/momsen/momsen4.htm)

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submarine-question/201500/3 "2003-09-14T09:55:41Z")

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I read _The Terrible Hours_ and your link **Duckster** , too. Did I miss something? No provocation here. I just didn’t see what you’re referring to.

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submarine-question/201500/4 "2003-09-14T11:34:55Z")

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From **Duckster** ’s link (right at the end of the article):

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> Today, other methods, such as the Stanke Hood or free ascent, are used to get Sailors to the surface from a sunken submarine.

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submarine-question/201500/5 "2003-09-14T16:05:03Z")

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Thanks, Mr B.

That’s the last I trust Evelyn Wood…