Navy photos of Submarine USS San Francisco in Dry Dock (you won't believe the extent of damage!)

U.S. Navy ^

[Boot Hill]

The amount of damage is simply staggering!

That this boat ever made it back to port is a tribute to its designers, builders, and especially to the crew and captain. How does America keep finding men like these?

High resolution version here

High resolution version here

[ccmay]

Click on the link under the photos for the high res version, it's like viewing the damage through a microscope

I don't think it's a good idea to give our rivals such a detailed view of the construction of one of our nuclear subs. Well, they must know what they're doing, I guess, or there wouldn't be a tarp covering the sonar.

-ccm

[SunkenCiv]

Wow! Thanks for the ping.

[Boot Hill]

"I sent this to my Dad as he used to be in the Navy and then worked for NAVSEA for over 30 years."

Your father must be very pleased to have a daughter as thoughtful as you.

--Boot Hill

[Boot Hill]

"I have a little bit more experiance than the average fellow about this crash. I was onboard the USS Atlanta when it hit the bottom of the strait of Gilbraltar April 26 1986."

Now that is interesting. Do you have a link to a good website discussion of that event? Were you based at Roto? Other than being relieved of command, what else happened to the Captain?

I've always wondered what the topography of the Strait of Gibraltar was like. I had imagined that with the high currents and massive tidal flows squeezing through that bottle neck, that it has to be darn deep and the bottom must be scoured clean; no mud.

--Boot Hill

[BykrBayb]

I hate to use an old cliché, but you owe me a new keyboard.

[cavtrooper21]

OK....
I'd look at the hi-res but I'm on dial up. Mebbe when I'm on vacation and have some time.

[passingthought]

I have a little bit more experiance than the average fellow about this crash. I was onboard the USS Atlanta when it hit the bottom of the strait of Gilbraltar April 26 1986."

Interestingly enough, there is discussion of using the ATLANTA for "parts"

[Boot Hill]

"I'd look at the hi-res but I'm on dial up."

I'm on dial up, too, but it came up reasonably quickly, just the same. Try this, find another FR article you want to read, bring it up, then try opening the hi-res version of the photo. By the time you're done reading the article, the photo will be up.

--Boot Hill

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Nateman]

The collosion is mentioned here:

http://navysite.de/ssn/ssn712.htm

There are also some good stories about that sub with a few that mention the crash right here:

http://www.geocities.com/atlantassn712/seastories.html

[Nateman]

I thought the Atlanta was already scrapped. Is it still stilling whole on a pier somewhere?

[crabpott]

Seamanship: The ability to get out of a situation that a wiser sailor wouldn't have gotten into in the first place. (Peter Neilsen)...yea if his charts woulda'showed him WHERE THE MOUNTAINS WERE! I can hardly get my 25' sailboat landed without plowing into the dock. It is completely beyond my comprehension how they got that boat back.
Hand out some medals.

[rwardSC83]

So how long have they been picking plankton out of their teeth? Does the Navy carry toothpicks on subs??? Kudos to the Captain... and a firm pat on the back to the crew.

[amigatec]

Take a course set up to the design limits of the tank at full speed (turns, hills, etc) and you are required to run it at full speed not being able to view the course layout prior to setting off.

Now I have driven a few times with just the periscopes, it can be a bit scary until you get used to it. A Tank doesn't offer a lot of visibly.

[Boot Hill]

Thanks for the URL's, they were a good read. Real shame how that grounding came about and how the QMOW's warnings were ignored.

--Boot Hill

[Jonx6]

bttt

[AndyJackson]

#407 is poor a fake that can be spotted a mile away. The chief doesn't have a beer gut and no coffee cup.

[AndyJackson]

vaseline?

Nope, a stick of boy butter.

[csvset]

Are they some sort of sonar-absorbant material? 2. Is the damaged area, is it accessable by the crew under normal conditions?

I don't have any idea about either question. There are several former and possibly some current submariners that might be able to answer those questions.

[dont panic]

Well - no one knows about your powers on this board.


But we all come to the point where it's not like it used to be ;-)