Posted on 01/14/2023 11:56:03 AM PST by MAGA2017
Kudos to the British crew!
Vewy vewy quiet.
I’ve read many times that, in those days, British submariners were the best in the biz.
“Kudos to the British crew!”
Back in the day this was common for our sub ops.
“Iâve read many times that, in those days, British submariners were the best in the biz.”
Read? Been there, done that. Pur submariners were the best.
Run silent, run deep
“Back in the day this was common for our sub ops.”
Yes, we did.
Good movie!
Good one
Whoever smelt it, dealt it.
Wait, never mind.
Apparently the British are allowed to talk about what they did. As far as I know, what we did is still locked in compartments no one ever mentions. Everything was X25: excluded from automatic 25 year downgrade and declassification.
A friend told me the sun he was on landed on the ocean floor near a Soviet sub that was also grounded. Divers exited to swim around the Soviet sub to take photos. As they were leaving, one of the divers picked up a rock and slammed âShave and a haircut, two bitsâ on the hull.
“Apparently the British are allowed to talk about what they did. As far as I know, what we did is still locked in compartments no one ever mentions. Everything was X25: excluded from automatic 25 year downgrade and declassification.”
This was published in a BBC documentary in 2013!
It was called a "hull survey." They were routine and much more impressive when one was conducted on one of our carriers as our ASW was way ahead of USSR.
“As they were leaving, one of the divers picked up a rock and slammed âShave and a haircut, two bitsâ on the hull.”
During our ops it was mandated that we stay undetected ...
“It was called a “hull survey.” They were routine and much more impressive when one was conducted on one of our carriers as our ASW was way ahead of USSR.”
Been there, done that. Helicopters dropping sonar bouts all around us, Limited to 400’ depth and still got under our carrier undetected. But that was 50 years ago.
There are two kinds of naval vessels, submarines and targets.
Reminds me of a NATO exercise back in 72.
All I can say is I was never there doing what we never did.
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