Master Submarine Thread

[IPA4Me]

Exercise torpedo

It's more fun to promote the Christmas present lie. 

[cDubya]

Exercise torpedo

It's more fun to promote the Christmas present lie. 

Yeah, jax. Geez!

[Pete]

I love our goEMAW sub buds.

[kslim]

I love our goEMAW sub buds.

goEMAW.com where nuclear submarine talk isn't just accepted, it's encouraged.

[GoodForAnother]

fun thread

[Emo EMAW]

Why does it take so many people to run a submarine?  Should be possible with a crew of 12, IMO.

[slobber]

Why does it take so many people to run a submarine?  Should be possible with a crew of 12, IMO.

Yes to this question. I mean, a crew of 4 manage a 747. Even if you put some torpedos on a 747, what would that take, like 2 more?
How many people are actually on a sub?

[Dugout DickStone]

Why does it take so many people to run a submarine?  Should be possible with a crew of 12, IMO.

If the sub gets swept up in a mutiny and the crew splits in 2 camps, 12 guys won't really cut it for a rolling gun battle

[puniraptor]

Did you ever have to swab the deck? was deck swabbing someones whole job? like he had to swab deck every day for a year? or was it just used as punishment for making the XO's coffee wrong or getting caught burnin the wrong flick?

[the_ugly_clown]

What happened to you the first time you crossed the equator?????

[cDubya]

Why does it take so many people to run a submarine?  Should be possible with a crew of 12, IMO.

A topic that I guarantee every single submariner has discussed ad naseum on many a mid-watch.

[slobber]

Did you ever go through the Bermuda triangle?

[Dugout DickStone]

Did you ever go through the Bermuda triangle?

good question

[IPA4Me]

Did you ever go through the Bermuda triangle?

Yes. I think I survived.

[IPA4Me]

Why 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.

[IPA4Me]

Why does it take so many people to run a submarine?  Should be possible with a crew of 12, IMO.

Yes to this question. I mean, a crew of 4 manage a 747. Even if you put some torpedos on a 747, what would that take, like 2 more?
How many people are actually on a sub?

Boomers. 120 ish

[Emo EMAW]

Why 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?

[IPA4Me]

Did you ever have to swab the deck? was deck swabbing someones whole job? like he had to swab deck every day for a year? or was it just used as punishment for making the XO's coffee wrong or getting caught burnin the wrong flick?

NUB duty. They aren't qualified for anything else. Rarely used as punishment.

[Johnny Wichita]

What happened to you the first time you crossed the equator?????

Great question.  Since we all know that the water in a toilet flushes the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere (fact, science), what happens if a toilet was flushing as you cross the equator?  Does it immediate stop and start swirling in the opposite direction (my guess), or is the rule that it gets to continue the rotation based on what hemisphere it started in (stupid and boring). 

[IPA4Me]

Why 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?

Knob turning, switch flipping, log taking mofos.

[Emo EMAW]

Does anyone ever get on the PA and say something like "hey guys we have some leftover pizza in the armory if anybody wants some" and then there's a mad shuffle to the armory enough so that the boat starts to lean a little bit and when everyone gets there there's some mother rough rider smiling with pizza crumbs all over his face and a big JK LOL sign?

[mocat]

how often do you surface and get some fresh air?

[slobber]

how often do you surface and get some fresh air?

How long can you stay under without surfacing? Do you have some special machine that removes the oxygen from the water and pumps in the oxygen into the sub so you can stay under forever in case of nuclear fallout at sea level? Wouldn't that be way to much oxygen to breath? (not enough hydrogen and nitrogen?)

[mocat]

there is hydrogen in water too dobby

[slobber]

there is hydrogen in water too dobby

Yes, I realize that now, but my question is still accurate, because in my scenario, with the super machine that I referenced, it only extracted the oxygen. Someone just needs to invent a better machine, one that extracts oxygen and hydrogen from the water.