Would a wooden submarine be possible?

[Tømpson]

I was wondering if a small, one person, wooden submarine could be built and would work? I'm not aiming for super depths, maybe 5 feet at it's deepest?

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[Tango²]

wood floats, silly

[Steve5452]

wood floats, silly

not if it has weight in it.

[Kearn]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_(submersible)

[Bisjac]

yes anything can be a submarine if its made airtight.

but weaker material cant go as deep without implodin.

[Tømpson]

yes anything can be a submarine if its made airtight.

but weaker material cant go as deep without implodin.

Marine grade plywood would work I assume? But I don't know how much weight I would need to keep it submersed, but still able to surface if I pump water out of the ballast.

[Bisjac]

well by deep i mean like a mile under lol.

[VincentTheGuy]

Put 5 average Americans any floating wooden object it becomes a submarine.

[Yosher]

Put 5 average Americans any floating wooden object it becomes a submarine.

actually it becomes a sunken ship

[Pengie]

Why do you need a wooden submarine?

[VincentTheGuy]

actually it becomes a sunken ship

Aka, A Submarine.

[Yosher]

Aka, A Submarine.

a submarine can return to land

[Tømpson]

Why do you need a wooden submarine?

Drug smuggling obviously. But in all seriousness I like boat building and so do many other people, so building something for going underwater would be a really cool, yet cheap next step.

well by deep i mean like a mile under lol.

Going that far down would be absurd in something really small, I'm talking about something maybe 7' long and 4' wide with a 30 minute oxygen supply.

[VincentTheGuy]

a submarine can return to land

Remove 3 people and bam it returns.

[Tømpson]

Remove 3 people and bam it returns.

"Alright, clark, jimmy, and james. Looks like you guys get to swim to the surface this time, me and bob will stay here."