Patent ID: 6871610

Claim:
An assembly for launching bodies from an underwater platform having a pressure hull and an outer hull having a free flood region defined therebetween, the assembly comprising: a module having a proximal end for disposition outboard of the pressure hull portion of the platform, a distal end for disposition proximate and in alignment with a launch opening in the outer hull portion, and a chamber defined in said module extending from the distal end of said module to proximate the proximal end of said module, said module chamber being adapted to receive and retain one of the bodies, said module being fully located outside the pressure hull of the platform; support structure on the platform capable of receiving and retaining said module; a pump on the platform capable of pumping water; an impulse tank on the platform and in communication with said pump; and a manifold in communication with said impulse tank for directing outflow of water from said impulse tank to the chamber of said module to eject the body from the chamber.