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To: mad_as_he$$
"Is the transistion to an all wet hull that tricky?"

Nah, divings and surfacings become routine and humdrum. They probably knew the cameras were rolling and got concerned looks on their faces for dramatic effect. :-)

1,067 posted on 01/11/2005 9:48:57 PM PST by El Gran Salseron ( The replies by this poster are meant for self-amusement only. Read at your own risk. :-))
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To: El Gran Salseron; mad_as_he$$
"Is the transistion to an all wet hull that tricky?"

Sure, Fast Attacks like the San Francisco get to dive and surface on a regular basis, but the Boomers that I rode (pre-Ohio) only averaged one dive and one surface per patrol.

OK, sea trials were different, and we got to do real submarine things then, but that first dive was always significant. It had been three and a half months since we'd been underwater, and there would have been a lot of turnover during the off-crew period.

1,078 posted on 01/12/2005 12:31:53 PM PST by SmithL (ex-Boomer Rider)
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