How a Submarine Dives
    Ships, Boats & the Deep

    How a Submarine Dives

    A sub doesn't have an elevator. It changes its OWN weight — letting water in to sink, blowing it out to rise.

    A submarine slips under the waves and just... hangs there in the deep blue. No cable. No elevator. So how does it pick a depth and stay?

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