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  1. n. One of several external or internal tanks fitted in submarines; when filled with seawater they allow the boat to submerge; when emptied using compressed air buoyancy is restored and the vessel rises towards the surface. Auxiliary ballast tanks within the pressure hull allow the submarine to be trimmed.

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  • “Tolland immediately dove down and swam beneath the sub, running his hand carefully across the Triton's more important ballast tank – the negative tank.”

    Deception Point

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  1. deep-tank
  1. trimming-tank
  1. seacock

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