[LonePalm]

Machinery noise make it a forever war.

If you want to find a Virginia-class boat look for the quietest part of the ocean. I'm not sure the Russians could find one tied up to the pier.

WWG1WGA

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)

[OldWarBaby]

Machinery noise is a world by itself. I wrote the first guideline to get the yards to standardize their test methods for repairing/re-building machinery. On some of the boats I worked on the biggest noise was the cook scraping a pan. And on quiet ops they had to save their terlet flushes. Does make it hard to find that “hole in the water.”