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Fluids such as air, liquid or gaseous fuels are stored within a passage of a helically wound flexible hose sandwiched within a peripheral portion of a tubular enclosure of a transport vehicle between an outer shell and an inner support layer of such tubular enclosure, within which equipment and pers

Fluids such as air, liquid or gaseous fuels are stored within a passage of a helically wound flexible hose sandwiched within a peripheral portion of a tubular enclosure of a transport vehicle between an outer shell and an inner support layer of such tubular enclosure, within which equipment and personnel are transported through an environment such as seawater, atmospheric aerospace or outer space. The foregoing structural arrangement provides for highly efficient performance of fluid storing tankage and vehicle envelope support functions.

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1. In combination with a structure having an outer shell enclosing a tubular chamber in protective relation to an external environment; means for storing fluid within said chamber during travel of the structure through said external environment, comprising: inner support means peripherally positione

1. In combination with a structure having an outer shell enclosing a tubular chamber in protective relation to an external environment; means for storing fluid within said chamber during travel of the structure through said external environment, comprising: inner support means peripherally positioned within the tubular chamber in spaced relation to the outer shell for establishing a peripheral storage space; flexible means peripherally sandwiched in helical wound condition within said storage space between the inner support means and the outer shell for retention of the fluid therein; including: radially inner and outer hoses in contact with the inner support means and the outer shell at spaced contact points; insulation means filling all interstices about and between the hoses within the peripheral storage space for thermal protection of the fluid therein; and access means connected to the structure for injection of the fluid into the hoses to be stored therein within the peripheral storage space.