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uh, dig or not, missions sound way rough ridin' cooler than "patrols". "patrols" sound like some some lame walk around city park.
you ever blast through 10 ft thick sea ice to the surface and scare the living eff out of a polar bear?
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?
Quote from: steve dave on February 06, 2014, 02:04:05 PMyou ever blast through 10 ft thick sea ice to the surface and scare the living eff out of a polar bear?Like this?
well where did those PBs in the photo come from? it looks like one could fall through the ice
Quote from: steve dave on February 06, 2014, 02:56:09 PMcan you launch other stuff out of the torpedo tubes like they launched Spock's corpse out of the enterprise in Wrath of Khan?In one movie didn't they launch a bunch of junk out the tubes to trick the folks depth charging them on the surface into thinking they sunk her?
can you launch other stuff out of the torpedo tubes like they launched Spock's corpse out of the enterprise in Wrath of Khan?
Groups of guys moving around the boat can definitely affect the trim. It's one of the things folks like to do for newly qualified Dive Officers. One of the things that we always will do every watch is to get a perfect trim (the boat is neutrally buoyant with zero angle on the ship) at 3 knots (which is very slow). We do this to make sure if we have to go to periscope depth in a hurry, we have a reasonably good idea of the trim so the Dive knows how much water to bring on. This ensures the boat doesn't accidentally broach in places that aren't welcoming to a nuclear sub in their midst...So, while newly qualified Dives are trying to do this, some of their "buddies" will go to the front end of the boat and wait. The Dive sees the front end is heavy, so pumps water aft. While that's going on, the guys all move aft. Now, the boat is heavy aft and the Dive has to pump fwd. Rinse and repeat.
I mean...this whole thing...
Seriously though how do you not really hurt yourself when you guys do those jump out of the water drills?
ehh, navy speak is only awesome when it's actual navy speak. that animated thing was like trying to squeeze navy talk into a really darkly animated animated show about transformers
Quote from: IPA4Me on February 10, 2014, 10:04:00 AMQuote from: Emo EMAW on February 10, 2014, 08:26:54 AMWhy does it take so many people to run a submarine? Should be possible with a crew of 12, IMO.Great question. I'm sure it could be done with maybe half the crew if there were more automatic controls. Navy uses a lot of manual control systems. Wouldn't be possible for twelve people to run the submarine. It takes that many just for a boomer engine room.So it's like a billion dollar cast iron hull full of knob turners?
Quote from: Emo EMAW on February 10, 2014, 08:26:54 AMWhy does it take so many people to run a submarine? Should be possible with a crew of 12, IMO.Great question. I'm sure it could be done with maybe half the crew if there were more automatic controls. Navy uses a lot of manual control systems. Wouldn't be possible for twelve people to run the submarine. It takes that many just for a boomer engine room.
Why does it take so many people to run a submarine? Should be possible with a crew of 12, IMO.
Everyone needs to take a second and watch this, "Hey, Shipwreck" is an animated series that an actual submariner produced, and it's hilarious. Don't know if the other two have seen it, but check it out. Navy speak the whole time, mocat!!
Watching down periscope
Quote from: Boom Roasted on February 14, 2014, 07:38:24 PMWatching down periscopeYou watch what ever the hell she wants to watch. Just be thankful it isn't Steal Magnolias or some crap like that!
