Daily submarine picture

[greenman407]

[Von Hilde]

"Poncho and Lefty", the two bottlenose escorts are part of the crew. NSWC trained in KW and Dago. Thats not their real names just call signs for the port and starboard operators.

[greenman407]

I didnt know that. I just thought that it was a photo opportunity that just happened.

[crazygary]

Do dey need "steenkin' badges"?? (LOL)
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[greenman407]

Weve seen this picture before but this is the biggest size Ive seen.

[crazygary]

Very cool!!!!

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[trout]

I have seen this photo and I noticed no red. All black. Is that specific to one sub or more common practice?

[redboat219]

Is the plume of water coming out the flood holes due to gravity or compressed air pushing it out?

[Von Hilde]

I have seen this photo and I noticed no red. All black. Is that specific to one sub or more common practice?

If you are refering to red hull paint you can see by Googling and looking at "Emergency Blow" pictures of US nuke subs they all look like the same boat from a different angle but none have red showing.

[Von Hilde]

Is the plume of water coming out the flood holes due to gravity or compressed air pushing it out?

compressed air and gravity and the natural outside the hull seawater displacement when breaking the surface. Think anyone got slammed when it flopped on top? Its not as smooth as steping off an escalator, I Garontee

[Von Hilde]

Do dey need "steenkin' badges"?? (LOL)
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Oh! You mean the DOZO Meters for the radiation or the security IDs? They dont have the molly harness on for all their spookey gear, so no badges. Must be a traning excercise

[Von Hilde]

I didnt know that. I just thought that it was a photo opportunity that just happened.

Thats most likely the case. But on the otherhand we do have dolphins and sealions being trained by Naval Special Warfare for covert ops. The Navy was forced to move the Key West Operational facility due to the "Tree Huggers" snivelin about dolphins in captivity in the Keys and sneaking around and releasing some in local tourest attractions and attempting to get on base. Navy just got a C-17 and packed em all up and went west one eveing, and that was that. Those anamals can do some amazing things. And those things are only the ones they want anybody to know about.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

In the early 70's on the WEBSTER, tied up to our Tender in Guam, we were told not to fall over the side (an important consideration to we TM's as most of us worked deck during pre-deployment) or one of the 'Flippers' (penned in a barge anchored in the harbor) would shove a bang-stick up our ass. I assume they have been used for asset protection for many, many decades now. Sea lion's were being evaluated for torpedo recovery at Keyport while I was there in the late 60's.

**** Greenpeace. Spoiled, trust-fund, know-nothing college kids with too much time on their hands, suffering from college-professor infused White-Guilt. Ass-holes!

M

[crazygary]

Lord knows that their intelligence is far superior to them thar fricken
tree-huggers anyway! And, they're not pushing to legalize MJ, either!!

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[Von Hilde]

In the early 70's on the WEBSTER, tied up to our Tender in Guam, we were told not to fall over the side (an important consideration to we TM's as most of us worked deck during pre-deployment) or one of the 'Flippers' (penned in a barge anchored in the harbor) would shove a bang-stick up our ass. I assume they have been used for asset protection for many, many decades now. Sea lion's were being evaluated for torpedo recovery at Keyport while I was there in the late 60's.

**** Greenpeace. Spoiled, trust-fund, know-nothing college kids with too much time on their hands, suffering from college-professor infused White-Guilt. Ass-holes!

M

Ahh, the spoiled rotton know nothing college kids. Sounds like a bunch of junior grade Zeros Ive run across during my illustrious Naval carrear. Got the Diploma hangin on the wall to prove that their smata dan youins. I could never grasp the "hangin the certificates of merrit" on the wall. Except for my Honorable Discharge, that hangs on the bathroom wall in front of the toilet, that I look at every morning.