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Submarines are designed with enough ballast and control systems to allow them to submerge and surface as needed.

Surface ships are designed only with enough ballast and control systems to keep them on the surface. While they can sink just as well as submarines can, their ability to re-surface without a salvage operation is non-existent.

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