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2. Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility - Wikipedia

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   It consists of 20 steel-lined underground storage tanks encased in concrete, and built into cavities that were mined inside of Red Hill. Each tank has a storage capacity of approximately 12.5 million gallons. The Red Hill tanks are connected to three gravity-fed pipelines that run 2.5 miles inside a tunnel to fueling piers at Pearl Harbor.

3. Underground storage tank - Wikipedia

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   A horizontal cylindrical steel tank with a factory-applied coating and galvanic anodes prior to installation underground. An underground storage tank ( UST) is, according to United States federal regulations, a storage tank, including any underground piping connected to the tank, that has at least 10 percent of its volume underground.

4. Drop tank - Wikipedia

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   Drop tank storage aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) The primary disadvantage with drop tanks is that they impose a drag penalty on the aircraft. External fuel tanks will also increase the moment of inertia, thereby reducing roll rates for air maneuvers. Some of the drop tank's fuel is used to overcome the added drag and weight of the tank.

5. Military fuel supplies could be targets in a Pacific conflict

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   The September 2023 issue of Chinese publication Xiandai Jianchuan—or Modern Ships—included an 18-page article titled "If the Japanese Destroyed the Oil Storage Tanks at Pearl Harbor ...

6. Two of Manchester Fuel Depot's new fuel tanks moving ahead ...

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   More in 2018: Proposal to replace WWII-era fuel storage tanks at Naval Base Kitsap-Manchester approved "The old tanks are safe and functional, but as they near the end of their service life ...

7. Storage tank - Wikipedia

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   Storage tanks are containers that hold liquids or compressed gases. The term can be used for reservoirs (artificial lakes and ponds), and for manufactured containers. The usage of the word "tank" for reservoirs is uncommon in American English but is moderately common in British English. In other countries, the term tends to refer only to ...

8. External floating roof tank - Wikipedia

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   External floating roof tank. An external floating roof tank is a storage tank commonly used to store large quantities of petroleum products such as crude oil or condensate. It consists of an open- topped cylindrical steel shell equipped with a roof that floats on the surface of the stored liquid. The roof rises and falls with the liquid level ...

9. Natural gas storage - Wikipedia

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   LNG storage tanks possess a number of advantages over underground storage. As a liquid at approximately −163 °C (−260 °F), it occupies about 600 times less space than gas stored underground, and it provides high deliverability at very short notice because LNG storage facilities are generally located close to market and can be trucked to ...