[IonImplantGuru]

Here's another photo I hadn't seen posted yet. It appears to be a continuing scan aft from the pic that is the subject of this thread. In the background of Apra Harbor, you can see (I believe) USS CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, USS HOUSTON and the sub tender USS FRANK CABLE.

The prone guy in the harness is apparently removing anechoic panels, maybe to provide weld points for ??? The cofferdam being worked on topside is to facilitate weapons offload as I understand it. Note the airhoses connected to the MBT vents; the overall bubble looks to be closer to standard surface condition - maybe there have been some patches to damaged MBTs, at least 2B? There is no air connected to MBT 1A/B, so I guess they are kaput. Finally, if you scan down the side of the hull on a line even with the visible (#2A & B?) MBT vents it seems to me you can see some wrinkling of the outer hull of the MBT. (For those non-submariners reading this, we're NOT talking about wrinkling of the pressure hull, or 'people tank'.)

[SmithL]

My memories of Apra Harbor include the USS Proteus and a bunch of Boomers.

And once again, Deck Gang gets the "fun" jobs. At least he can trust his shipmates.

[El Gran Salseron]

Thanks for the ping.

Seeing the boat and that green water makes me homesick. :-)

There are definitely wrinkles up forward on the MBTs as you have stated.

rddesigns has a couple of other good pics. Thanks for the link.

[Doohickey]

They're probably installing a belly-band over the MBT grates and whatever damage on the port side.

[Doohickey]

Gawd, check out the wrinking on the starboard side, under the MBT-1 vents. Yeow!

[OldCorps]

I know I'll get flamed for this but i'll post anyway out of curiosity.

I'm a retired army guy. I know each of our services have their own traditions, etc., but it rankles me that in the picture we have the enlisted guys working hard and the officer just standing around "supervising."

In the army, officers lead by doing, not by standing around with their thumb up their a.. I've always wondered why things are so different in the navy. Once, when I was TDY at Ft. Monroe, I went to the Norfolk Navy yard and took a tour of the Teddy Rosevelt. Really interesting seeing a carrier up close. What i found most remarkable was that when i started chating with some enlisted guys below deck, they were amazed that an army officer would even talk to them! I thought wow, the navy really is different.

Later in my career, i lived in quarters on a base used by all the services. My next door neighbor was a navy fighter pilot on a tour away from the fleet (never knew what he did). The guy didn't have a clue about how to relate to other people (though i'm sure he was a good pilot) and seemed to have a rather high opinion of himself. Course I was pretty happy to have him shovel my walk after he lost our bet on the outcome of the army-navy game.

Flame away folks,

/rant

[DBeers]

It appears as if they are piping air in through two of the Marotta Valves to keep the bow up...

(Been awhile since I could use that term) LOL ;)

[BykrBayb]

Great photo, and an excellent explanation for us land lovers. Thanks.

[submarinerswife]

Here's another photo I hadn't seen posted yet. It appears to be a continuing scan aft from the pic that is the subject of this thread. In the background of Apra Harbor, you can see (I believe) USS CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, USS HOUSTON and the sub tender USS FRANK CABLE.

I don't know where you got that pic but I have the same one and a few others that Husband asked me not to post. I have one that is (or was) the sonar dome. I won't post them due to Husband asking me not too, but if you have the sonar dome maybe it's best not to put it here until the investigation is complete.

[painter]

Finally, if you scan down the side of the hull on a line even with the visible (#2A & B?) MBT vents it seems to me you can see some wrinkling of the outer hull of the MBT. (For those non-submariners reading this, we're NOT talking about wrinkling of the pressure hull, or 'people tank'.)

I bet the pressure hull is kinked.I own an autobody shop and from my experience when a car hits something that hard on the front left corner the whole front end is going to bent to the right.Or starboard in this case.:(