A two year deployment?? If thats not a typo then wow, thats some hard core time in a tube.
Yeah, that’s rough.
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.
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.
Blue and Gold. They swap crews at regular intervals. My guess, and it’s just a guess since i didn’t bother to read the whole thing, is that the 700+ day deployment refers to the boat only.