In an emergency, there are two ways the escape trunk can be used to get men off the submarine. First, a deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) is able to dock onto the escape trunk. The DSRV can ...

When a military submarine is disabled (often referred to as DISSUB) while submerged, the crew of the vessel have two options. They can either wait for rescue crews to arrive or they can escape on ...

They too will release a marker buoy, but the first order of business is to move to the escape trunk. Communicating through gestures, the lead man assigns three men to break out the life raft.

They too will release a marker buoy, but the first order of business is to move to the escape trunk. Communicating through gestures, the lead man assigns three men to break out the life raft.

We saw a compartment on the USS John Warner called a "lockout trunk." Lockout trunks ... trunks can be used for the entire crew to escape in case the submarine is downed.