Posted on 08/07/2005 6:01:41 PM PDT by blam
Hmmmm.....I heard the USA also lent a hand, as we sent something from McChord Air Base here......
Bump for outstanding news from a fellow sailor (though not a submariner --they are a special breed unto themselves).
Communism is definitely dead in Russia.
It will be a good day when it is dead in the USA.
We were en route with equipment but it was the Royal Navy's show. They deserve the Bravo Zulus.
Happy for the Russians too. We're going to need them in the coming war against Islamo-fascism.
It's a tank with a hole in the bottom, when the sub submerges the air in the tank is vented out. When it is time to surface, compressed air is forced into the top of the tank which blows the water out the hole in the bottom, producing positive bouyancy.
I understand now, makes sense. Thanks.
That means that they pressurized a ballast tank with compressed air..., expelling the seawater and thus, making the sub rapidly rise to the surface. Ballast tanks are gradually filled with seawater to establish "neutral weight condition" relative to the depth at which the sub is operating.
It's amazing. After more than forty years, I can still remember the sequence (front to back) of the tanks on an old WW-2 diesel sub. N,N,M,M,F,S,A,F,F,M,M,C,E,N,N.
Thanks for your reply.
It's getting stronger here.
Eminent domain and the no smoke in your own business.
The liberal elite commies know better than us common folk.
All they need is total control of the government and we're toast.
Then there will be no America to win our freedom back!
Thank goodness someone made it there in time!
Great job--to our U.K. cousins!
Thank you God for answered prayers.
Amen.
Roger that.
Drew68 is correct. We did our best, but it was the UK who got it done. We need to give all the congrats to the UK. There were three USN divers that helped in the sea while the UK piloted the ROV.
We don't have the full story why it took so long for us to get our equipment on the Russian ship and get to the site. Something got fouled up somewhere. Maybe we will hear why we could not get there in time in the coming days.
But for gosh sakes, goodness wins, give the UK the credit. That is an incredible rescue and the UK came through.
Unfortunately, this is easier said than done.
Subs can get into very dangerous situations suddenly and rescue can be completely unfeasable. Some have suggested matching sub and rescue hatches, but the subs who wreck are not typically on the bottom in such a way as to present their rescue hatches for all to latch onto.
The dynamics of underwater speeds during ship sinkings will astonish anyone. The SSN Thresher was estimated to be going at least (a) 100 MPH, (b)50 MPH (c) 299 MPH (d) over 500 MPH when it hit bottom.
Your guess?
The Brits needed this moment to feel proud to be British. This will encourage them to fight to hang on to their heritage in the face of Muslim extremists and others who want them to feel bad about who they are and what they stand for. This moment is also important, because the Russian people (and the rest of the world)are being shown that the the Brits and the US are good people. God works in strange ways, doesn't he. :>)
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