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Originally Posted by fanaudical View Post
...similar in principle to a blimp but for use in seawater - Used ~25,000 gallons of gasoline for buoyancy.
Diesel fuel is used to fill giant buoyancy bags for raising heavy items from the sea floor during salvage operations.
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