Glossary
1MC – Ship’s announcing system.
Aquarium – The double-lock hull penetration in the Bat Cave used to deploy the Basketball, the fish, and to retrieve items from deployed divers.
ASR - Submarine Rescue Ship (Auxiliary Submarine Rescue) – Ships specially designed to rescue crews from downed submarines. They originally carried McCann Rescue Bells, later, two catamaran ASRs (the USS Ortolan and USS Pigeon) carried the DSRVs.
ASW – Anti-submarine Warfare
Baffles – The baffles is the area in the water directly behind a submarine or ship through which a hull-mounted sonar cannot hear. This blind spot is caused by the noise of the vessel’s machinery, propulsion system, and propellers.
Basketball – A basketball-size, camera-carrying remotely operated vehicle (ROV) on a tether.
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