cylinders.

The LOX tank was an ellipsoidal container of 10 meters diameter and 6.7 meters high holding up to 83,000 USgal or 789,000 lb of oxidizer. It was formed by welding 12 gores (large triangular sections) and two circular pieces for the top and bottom. The gores were shaped by positioning in a 211,000-liter tank of water with three carefully orchestrated sets of underwater explosions