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Master Submarine Thread
« on: February 06, 2014, 12:37:46 PM »
is there a better submarine related film than the hunt for red october?


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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2014, 12:38:43 PM »
is there a better submarine related film than the hunt for red october?

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2014, 12:41:14 PM »
is there a better submarine related film than the hunt for red october?

U-571

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2014, 12:48:18 PM »
is there a better submarine related film than the hunt for red october?

Better how? More. Exciting? More realistic?
If you want excitement, BT got it, U-571 all the way.
If you want realistic, and you won't believe this, it's Down Periscope. No joke.

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2014, 12:52:31 PM »
is there a better submarine related film than the hunt for red october?
If you want realistic, and you won't believe this, it's Down Periscope. No joke.

so you would rate life on a submarine as a 5.9 out of 10?

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2014, 12:55:18 PM »
is there a better submarine related film than the hunt for red october?
If you want realistic, and you won't believe this, it's Down Periscope. No joke.

so you would rate life on a submarine as a 5.9 out of 10?

Gonna have to see what 1, 5, and 10 are on your scale before committing to a concrete number here.

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2014, 01:13:48 PM »
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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2014, 01:21:21 PM »
Working on a submarine and now having a young child have groomed me into someone who only gets/needs 4-6 hours. If I sleep 7-8 hours I am dragging ass all day.

I don't like it, but it is what it is.
How long ya been out? After eight years of standing watch, it took me a few years to get back to regular sleep of 7-8 hours. Thirteen years later... I need my sleep.

I got out in 2009, so maybe a few more years and I'll get back to 'normal'?

@Dlew- don't let me paint a picture of years and years at sea, I got out in '09 because of a jacked up shoulder (that still isn't fixed). But yes, submarine life is something that can't be understood unless you do it yourself. It's a whole different world.


IPA4Me - what was your rate? (If you don't mind me asking)
I got into better sleep habits probably 6-7 years after Navy when the youngest started sleeping through the night.

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2014, 01:24:17 PM »
is there a better submarine related film than the hunt for red october?

Better how? More. Exciting? More realistic?
If you want excitement, BT got it, U-571 all the way.
If you want realistic, and you won't believe this, it's Down Periscope. No joke.
Plus this description.

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2014, 01:39:10 PM »
I got into better sleep habits probably 6-7 years after Navy when the youngest started sleeping through the night.

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Ahhhh, a nuke. Got it. I was a TM3, or a MM(W) as they designate it now. Damn TM's never retire, PNA'd the 2nd class exam 3 times before my injury.

And that description you linked?! Priceless.

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2014, 01:42:12 PM »
you guys ever blast any ruskies out of the water with a torpedo?

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2014, 01:47:12 PM »
ever get attacked by a giant squid 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea style?

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2014, 01:48:20 PM »
If I get 4-5 combined between the 12 times I wake up every night, its a good night.

 :Wha: have you looked into a CPAP?

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2014, 02:03:07 PM »
can we have a submarine stories thread? do people have claustrophobic breakdowns despite knowing what they were getting into? does the whole thing creak and groan when you do a super deep dive? what constitutes a super deep dive? i want to know all this stuff

I'm sure we 'could'.

Yes.

Not really.

That's one I really can't tell you, it really is Top Secret.

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Do you get to drink Coke and eat popcorn on a submarine?  Is that also Pop Secret?

Yes, and sometimes. No, that stuff isn't PS.

This thread really is about to get derailed, isn't it? What have I done?!

Here's a submarine story from my early days of BBS'n. I originally read it on Sherdog back in the mid 2000's. I couldn't find that version, but here is another one. (it came out later that Keith is a documented crazy)

http://www.teenspot.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-305243.php?s=e5cc6389d51cba1da38308b97bd23c6b

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2014, 02:04:05 PM »
you ever blast through 10 ft thick sea ice to the surface and scare the living eff out of a polar bear?

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2014, 02:08:59 PM »
say you're getting your crap depth charged like never before. those things are raining down all around you. what's your strategy? go silent and just sit there hoping they move on or try to sink to the bottom or just floor it?

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2014, 02:10:00 PM »
what's the second best submarine job after periscope guy?

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2014, 02:12:56 PM »
another 20,000 Leagues question. you know that little rowboat that kind of attaches to the back of the Nautilus? do USA subs have those?

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Re: Re: How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2014, 02:21:52 PM »
Aaaaaand we're off. Haha.

I'm going to defer all sea story questions to IPA4Me, since he's the senior guy here.

Maybe this does deserve it's own thread.

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Re: Master Submarine Thread
« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2014, 02:38:13 PM »
if you tape a cold burrito to the nuke reactor will it heat itself up like it was in a microwave?

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Re: Master Submarine Thread
« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2014, 02:39:43 PM »
Nice work, mocat. Initiative!

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Re: Master Submarine Thread
« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2014, 02:40:09 PM »
I like Crimson Tide. #Denzel

if tape a cold burrito to the nuke reactor will it heat itself up like it was in a microwave?

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Can't wait to know the truth about that one.

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Re: Master Submarine Thread
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2014, 02:40:27 PM »
Did you ever pull a "Crazy Ivan"

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Re: Master Submarine Thread
« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2014, 02:43:10 PM »
Do you have windows so you can watch the sea creatures on the outside of the submarine?

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Re: Master Submarine Thread
« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2014, 02:48:05 PM »
were you ever like "omg omg omg what if we can't get back up to the surface where there is air and stuff?"