How safe is the submarine?
Last year, approximately 2 million passengers took dives aboard the world’s commercial tourist submarine fleet, generally to depths of 50-100 meters. In the 14 year operating history of the industry there has never been a single serious injury or fatality to any passenger. The industry has a perfect safety record and so, civil submarines are statistically the safest form of transportation in the world today. All of U.S. Submarines’ vessels are classed +A1 Manned Submersible by the American Bureau of Shipping. Like FAA certification of aircraft, the ABS classification procedure is arduous, but results in unsurpassed safety. And, U.S. Submarines management team has experience with over 65 submarines and submersibles, including all of the diesel electric civil submarines built world-wide in the last 15 years.
