I was struck by just how well the boats were designed and how small the reactor was. I asked how fast they could accelerate and was told, "As fast as I can open the throttle, sir."
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Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Most interesting and somewhat coincidental. I used to build that stuff as well as teach others how to do it. There’s a lot to be not quite told about how well they work. Whenever we put on new equipment sometimes I got taken hostage for sea trials. Seems the sailors liked a hand-hold when trying out the new stuff.
Getting boats ready to go under the ice is a world all by itself.
Cincinnati, you say? You know we parked it on 29 July 1996? While I’m not a trivia freek it just happens I know that because I have a piece of the hull sitting right in front of me. I machined off two sides so I could do a neat job of blueing and marking it and now it’s one of the neatest paperweights ever. It still has the inner and outer hull paint on the other two sides. Whined and blubbered (pathetic but sometimes you have to lower your standards) to the torch guys to save a few pieces when they started cutting it up.
And I’ll bet you noticed you were in a quiet place?