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American Nuclear Sub Returns After 700-Day Mission Watching US Adversaries
Newsweek ^ | 8/1/2024 | Ryan Chan

Posted on 08/01/2024 8:51:58 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111

A powerful United States Navy nuclear submarine, armed with conventional long-range missiles, returned home on Wednesday following a 727-day round-the-world deployment during which it conducted missions countering threats posed by Russia, China and Iran.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: defense; military; usnavy
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You have to appreciate the work out sailors do. God bless them! How can they keep the sub up for all that time? Clearly they pull into port, but...
1 posted on 08/01/2024 8:51:58 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
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To: whyilovetexas111

A two year deployment?? If thats not a typo then wow, thats some hard core time in a tube.


2 posted on 08/01/2024 8:58:11 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: whyilovetexas111

My grandson works at Electric Boat inspecting parts on these Subs. Went to school for engineering. At 26...he’s got a damn good start in life. He worked hard to get there.


3 posted on 08/01/2024 9:00:02 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Magnum44

Yeah, that’s rough.


4 posted on 08/01/2024 9:02:15 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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"How can they keep the sub up for all that time? "

They mention stopping in Guam and our east coast. Ports where we have maintenance facilities. During WestPac tours out of Hawaii we would layover at our Yokosuka base.


5 posted on 08/01/2024 9:03:01 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: whyilovetexas111

“...armed with conventional long-range missiles...”

Why don’t they all carry at least 1 ICBM Nuke on board, “just in case”?


6 posted on 08/01/2024 9:07:34 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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The Florida is not a boomer. It is not built to carry ICBMs. We have several other boats that do.


7 posted on 08/01/2024 9:11:51 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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You have to appreciate the work out sailors do. God bless them!

And their wives.
8 posted on 08/01/2024 9:14:56 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: whyilovetexas111

I can pretty much guarantee that an excessive number of sailors will not re-up in the Navy after such a long deployment. A lot of the married guys are in for some unpleasant family time. The sub will need excessively long maintenance. Whoever ordered this mission is an idiot.


9 posted on 08/01/2024 9:16:15 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Magnum44

Two crews, Blue and Gold, which alternate periods of service. Arduous but not herculean.

Great boats for sure. Over 40 years old and after refueling and modification from boomers in the early 2000s, still silently serving.


10 posted on 08/01/2024 9:17:31 AM PDT by SharpenedEdge (Stockpile. Prepare. Arm. Train. A Storm is coming.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

It WAS. It now carries cruise missiles. A LOT of them.


11 posted on 08/01/2024 9:17:54 AM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: Gen.Blather

Calm down.


12 posted on 08/01/2024 9:18:30 AM PDT by 3RIVRS
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A two year deployment?? If thats not a typo then wow, thats some hard core time in a tube.

There are two crews. They typically rotate approximately every 95 days, with about 3 weeks of overlap for inport maintenance. The rotation/maintenance periods can be adjusted depending on world events and equipment casualties.

13 posted on 08/01/2024 9:18:35 AM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: Gen.Blather

See posts 10 and 13.


14 posted on 08/01/2024 9:20:55 AM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: SharpenedEdge

Ah, I should read beyond the title, lol. Yes, rotating crews out to the deployed asset. That sounds like normal operations.

I only ever spent three days on an attack boat. That was more than enough tube time for me. I am not claustrophobic. I had no problems with the confined space. What would drive me nuts was listening to the hull popping, creaking, squealing, every time the sub dove or ascended. That creeped me out. Well, that and not being able to have any real daylight for days in my case, weeks or even months in their case.


15 posted on 08/01/2024 9:23:39 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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So basically the boat was 700 days away from home port and it wasn’t a 700 day deployment for the crew.


16 posted on 08/01/2024 9:24:00 AM PDT by reed13k
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To: Gen.Blather

“Whoever ordered this mission is an idiot.”

Agreed.

Great damage was done.


17 posted on 08/01/2024 9:28:36 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: whyilovetexas111
I had a chance to go around the world in a submarine once. We ‘volunteered’ the know it all instead.
18 posted on 08/01/2024 9:33:51 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: ETCM

“There are two crews. “

Well Master Chief, that is true for boomers.

But for a conventional missile boat? It’s questionable.

SSNs have only one crew. Why not SSGNs?


19 posted on 08/01/2024 9:35:36 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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ETCM had a good point. Subs have two crews. If they swapped them out on the regular schedule, then the only damage is delayed maintenance.


20 posted on 08/01/2024 9:36:42 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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