Submarine Escape Training Facility
A Submarine Escape Training Tower is part of a facility used for training submariners in methods of emergency escape from a disabled submarine. It is a tall cylinder filled with water with several entrances at varying depths each simulating an airlock in a submarine. Since the 1930s Towers have been built for use by the Royal Navy, US Navy, Royal Australian Navy and in several other countries.
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