Daily submarine picture

[Sublime]

When the septic tank backs up, sometimes it takes a bit of hunting around to find the "clean-out" hatch!

[Sublime]

What is this?

[greenman407]

If I had to guess I would say that its the Argonaut dressed up for the making of a movie.

[Sublime]

Bingo! Sorry, I should know better. I'll bet that was too easy for this crowd. I'm fascinated with that boat and it's twin 6 inch guns, four torpedo tubes and dual 40 inch mine launchers. It looks like a great boat to model if I can find hull line drawings.

[Roddersuk]

That's the RN lost in the Somerset Levels, which have had an inordinate amount of rain for the last six weeks.

[Von Hilde]

It appears there has been some discrepancy in communication between the Navigation officer and the Skipper, and he better get ahold of manuvering and go All back full!! shortly before they head north on Southberry street. It looks as tho they realise the crash always starts in the front, because everybody is gathering aft on the bridge

[Von Hilde]

The real U 172 was a IXC turm II, Had one single 105mm forward two 2cm flak zwiling on the upper wintergarden and a 2cm quad flakvierling on the lower. No 3.7cm gun on the aft deck. It was a real successful boat {sank 25 ships} Had a colorful carrear, It was sank in 44 with about 30some survivors. Quite possible some movie made of one of the stories using the Argonaut for a prop

[redboat219]

Must have been the boat Prince Charles used to visit Somerset.

[greenman407]

The AmbushT

[greenman407]

The Toledo

[greenman407]

Not a bad picture of the Key West.

[Roddersuk]

Can anyone explain why the periscopes in modern nuclear boats are situated athwartships and not fore and aft as in conventional boats? This has often puzzled me. I am sure there is a reason but, it escapes me.

[Von Hilde]

Main reason is the old boats were small and narrow so inline configuration was nessissary for clearance for passage thru the compartments. The tower on the Key West is as wide as the nautilus was long. The controll room deck width on a new sub is approximately 50 ft. The Key Werst has a jogging path aboard for the crew's PT. They have run 26 mile marathons while underway, in the after compartments. I got to go aboard her when she was commissioned and came to Key West. That boat is a MONSTAH, shipmates, and its an attack sub. The Ohio class makse it look like a toy

[greenman407]

USS Georgia rear deck.

[greenman407]

Uss Requin, a little under the weather.