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Abstract

A submersible vehicle may include a propulsion assembly, a pressure vessel, and a floodable actuator vessel. A bulkhead may seal a pressure shell of the pressure vessel to prevent fluid intrusion into an interior cargo compartment of the pressure shell when the submersible vehicle is submersed into a fluid. The floodable actuator vessel may be coupled to the pressure vessel and may include a floodable shell and a plurality of actuators. The floodable shell may include a plurality of flood openings configured to permit fluid intrusion into an interior flood space of the floodable shell when the submersible vehicle is submersed into a fluid. Each actuator may be disposed within the interior flood space and affixed to an interior surface of the floodable shell at an actuator opening through which an external fin is actuated to maneuver the submersible vehicle in coordination with the propulsion assembly.

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