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A Steinke hood, named for its inventor,

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Harris Steinke, is a device designed to aid escape from a sunken submarine. In essence, it is an inflatable life jacket with a hood that completely encloses the wearer's head, trapping a bubble of breathable air. It is designed to assist buoyant ascent. An advancement over its predecessor, the Momsen lung, Steinke first invented and tested it in 1961 by escaping from the USS Balao at a depth of ; it became standard equipment in all submarines of the

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throughout the Cold War period. The U.S. Navy replaced Steinke hoods on U.S. submarines with escape suits called

Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment (SEIE), also known as Submarine Escape ''and'' Immersion Equipment, is a whole-body suit and one-man life raft that was first produced in 1952. It was designed by British company RFD Beaufort Limited and allow ...

in the late 2000s.

References

* Steinke Hood Fundamentals
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(''note that the string "flash" in those URIs does not refer to Adobe's Flash, but rather is an acronym for "Factual Lines About Submarine Hazards."'') *Steinke Hoo

Submarine rescue equipment Military equipment introduced in the 1960s {{navy-stub

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