OT Picture of the sub

super99 · Oct 28, 2008

Here is a picture of the USS New Hampshire

BobinKS · Oct 28, 2008

I served on the USS Omaha SSN 692 for four years. Those things can be a blast to ride. We were homeported out of Pearl Harbor and I have many a good memory of those times. It is also where I learned to work on machinery and got to ability to take most anything apart and put it back together better than when I started. Would love to go on one of those new ones to see the changes.

Best of Luck your son.
EM2/SS Beebe

Tractor,Tractor · Oct 28, 2008

Doesn"t look to abundant to me!

rbel · Oct 28, 2008

Hopefully you have yearly test for Mesotheliomia.
Cousin did 25 years in them things and is in bad shape with it

plow hand · Oct 28, 2008

Thanks for serving in the military sir!

Anonymous-0 · Oct 28, 2008

Why does it look beat to pi$$, like dented bad. Or am I seeing things? Looks like some repair patches on the sides.

mtgummibear · Oct 28, 2008

I don't pretend to be an expert but I believe what you're seeing is done on purpose. It's a material that absorbs the sound waves/radio waves that help to make the sub less visible to sonar and radar.

I'm sure some astute military type can either confirm or deny that.

Larry

Ken Macfarlane · Oct 28, 2008

The hulls of modern subs are covered with a material that serves as sounds deadening and anti-reflective material for sonar.

The old stuff is like a rubber coating, the newer stuff is a rubber on top of a soft foam, is cushy when you walk on it.

JackE · Oct 28, 2008

What you see, are acess panels on the sail. For acess to the various masts (antenna) inside the sail. The sub, just being commissioned, does not yet have it's rubber coating yet. It will go back in the yard to get it. The rubber coat helps silence internal noise from the sub. She will look a bit more 'lumpier' after the rubber tiles are applied.
I served on two subs, a few yrs. back. U.S.S. James Monroe SSBN 622 (Missile sub) U.S.S. Helena SSN 725 (Attack sub). Jack

Jerry/MT · Oct 28, 2008

Is that a boomer or an attack boat?

ScottyHOMeY · Oct 28, 2008

377-foot, Virginia class attack boat.

Walt Davies · Oct 28, 2008

I here those things are prone to sinking
Walt

My ship Uss Fort Marion LSD-22
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ScottyHOMeY · Oct 28, 2008

to a description of the Virginia Class
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buickanddeere · Oct 28, 2008

Are those hard patches that have to be torched out and welded in?
After being around land based reactors for 18 years. I'd enjoy seeing a sub's powerplant.

GeneMO · Oct 28, 2008

Walt, what is an LSD? I know what an LST, etc. is but not familiar with this.

Thanks, Gene

Oh by the way, what years were you in?

Walt Davies · Oct 28, 2008

LST Landing Ship Tank for landing troops on the beach
LSD Landing Ship Dock for landing large boats or repairing then during a landing Has a large well deck that can be flooded with tail gate.

I was in from July 58 to Jul 62
Walt

Rick(IA) · Oct 28, 2008

Beautiful! I'd love to go for a ride, but I was a CT and we were never there. :wink:

r_d97 · Oct 28, 2008

Ooohhh man, that brings back memories.....long and black and don't come back. Spent 4 years on USS Archerfish SSN678 (637 stretch hull Fast Attack)home ported out of New London. The last 365 days in the Navy I spent 270 days at sea (not continous). Was I ever glad to get out! Went to the North Pole on IcEx-86. I had a York peppermint patty there. Never had one since. Hey Rick(Ia) I remember not seeing several CT's on a cruise in 85!
Edward MM2/(SS)/ELT

sammydwm · Oct 28, 2008

Never rode one but have been on em in em under em......
Couldn't pay me enough to ride them. Bad enough on the floating drydock and we only went down 40 feet or so.
Nice looking boats though.

super99 · Oct 28, 2008

Thanks for all the positive comments. I wondered about the patches myself. They are bolted on and can be removed to access equipment inside. The lower ones are used to hook up umbilical cords when docked. He said it can dive to almost 1000feet. Makes it's own air and water, only reason to come up is for more food. Has a Cat v-12 for backup generator. Reactor was off limits. The first sub that has NO paper on it, everything is electronic. Finished way ahead of schedule, wasn't supposed to be done until late 09 or 2010. Our son is in the weapons department. He is the expert with small arms on the boat, when they surface and anyone is in the water, he stands watch in the sail for sharks and is to shoot them. One impressive piece of machinery. Also, has emergency air tanks front and rear pressured to 4500# in the event of an emergency, they can blow both tanks and surface almost instantly. Yes, wife and I are very proud of our son. He also has his dolphins. Chris

IndianaRed · Oct 29, 2008

I was a Sonar Tech on a CGN during the late 80's. Whenever we did exercises with the subs it was pathetic, we could never find them. They had to tell us where they were, bearing, range, depth, just so we could practice and make sure our equipment was working. That was after they'd sunk us a few times. Even when going active with the Sonar we couldn't find them, much less in passive mode. Amazinging how being above or below a thermal layer really insulates the sound propagation. Didn't give me much hope if we ever had to fight the Russians back then.

I understand they are much more quiet now than they were then, truly a "hole in the water".

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