Posted on 01/08/2005 3:19:47 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
You betcha.
Unreal and incomprehensible. I take it those speeds are achieved while submerged?
Nuclear attack subs often times are assigned to a nuclear carrier task force as part of the perimeter defense. Nuclear carriers, when not conducting air ops, and in a hurry to get somewhere can crank it up to 35 knots plus. The only naval vessels capable of staying up with a nuclear carrier in a hurry is a nuclear attack sub running submerged.
Sailor, rest your oar.
Would you agree to that, Admiral?
And the yardbirds at EB hated it when we reminded them that they had the world's third largest nuclear submarine fleet in the early 80's. Tied up in the piers, and can't go anywhere.
All kept waiting until they decided to weld 'em right.
Good. I was going on some old experimental design info and was not sure how up to date it was.
Psssst. You might want to check his profile. Just a thought.
In the mid-seventies, we were in one of Mare Island's drydocks with a bunch of holes, when we we told that we had to vacate the drydock immediately. The quickly put cofferdams around each hole in the pressure hull and stuck us back in the water. Shortly thereafter, one of the sneak-attack boats mentioned in "Blind Man's Bluff" took our place in drydock. They didn't even have all the lines across before they put a tarp over the entire sail. The whole area was crawling with heavily armed marines with no sense of humor. We were never told exactly why they were there, but the scuttlebutt was that they'd brought back some exotic new soviet paint for analysis.
Im am still up in the air about the whereabouts and wellness of my son Zack aboard the San Francisco. My wife and I have tried and failed to garner any info whatoever other than, I was told only that there is not a Personal Injury Report issued for him and,that if he were injured we would have heard. What worries us is that in an incident like this there is almost always a delay receiving clear concise and accurate info. Please,your prayers and comments have been comforting and thankyou.
"Psssst. You might want to check his profile. Just a thought."
I sure hope old Milspec Vic paid a little more attention to detail whilst serving on a nuke.
Don't you just love it when someone gets caught really letting their alligator mouth overload their jaybird A$$? I wonder when the apology (public, and suitably abject, of course) will be posted.
Prayers continuing. Please keep us posted.
The hard way, no doubt...
Having the tender come out to meet you--that has got to be something really, really bad. :-(
Long time lurker; first time poster. My son is also on the San Francisco. I called sub squadron 15 on Guam and they told me that he is not one of the injured.
Hope all is well with our boys and their crewmates.
"NO! My memories are the Straits of Bonifacio in June being warmly welcomed by the local females topside on the yachts that decided to greet us"
Ah, yes--La Mad!
Still, I remember Halifax in Mid winter. Which leads me to this....and this is a No S**Ter
I was pulling duty at the Pass and ID office at NLON (BLDG 500?) after breaking my leg. It's mid January (about 0 outside) and Upper base was open to the local Grotopotami to go to the EM club. Anyway, here come a local coming to get her pass. The kid (awaiting class-up for SUBSCOL) filling out the pass does his thing and was chatting her up as he went. He remarks how cold it was and she agrees. As she heads out, he sees to his horror that she's wearing a pair of short shorts---and she's about 250 lbs. He asks her how the hell she can dress like that given how cold it is and she says (drum roll)
"Oh, I HAVE to look good for the BOYS!"
ah,
The Mare Island Mud Puppy, I presume?
Grotopotamus. Bremalo. LOL!
When we refered to the Grotopotamus in a plural sense we were told that "Grotopotamii" was the correct usage.
The source of this correction was the Catholic Chaplain (0-6) at SUBASE NLON. He knew Latin, and was born and raised in Groton, so we deferred to him.
;-)
Depending on design and a few other factors, most modern submarines can travel faster submerged than on the surface. In fact... you'll have a tough time finding a "bubblehead" who likes to spend any more time on the surface than necessary (not a lot of "lateral stability" in the hull design if you know what I mean)
The smilie face you saw on a couple answers re: speed and depth are because the information is classified. Those who really know aren't going to tell you... and those who tell you likely don't know. :)
So you get canned answers like "deeper than 800 feet" or "faster than 20 knots".
Suffice to say that the performance of modern submarine designs is phenomenal.
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