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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Airing out the silos - and 14 is out of order, what's up with that?
The Red Tag? I'm no Navy Boomer hand, but I wonder if it's locked-out so that it can't be closed. It might mean a confined space status, a man inside working on something. Safety protocols: "lock out, tag out"
This went out every 15 minutes on the 1MC on the sub: "There are men in the sail, do not raise or lower, rotate, or radiate from any mast or antenna, there are men in the sail.” Plus, any hydrolics that would open/close equipment there was tagged out.
At a guess, the two tubes whose hatch covers we see would be 12 and 16. Tubes 1 thru 4 would be in the bow. Odd numbered things, of course, are on the starboard side.
The torpedo tubes are 1 thru 4 and the VLS are 5 through 16. The open hatches closest to the photographer are 12 and 16, so the placement of 14 doesn't look so weird when you account for those two.
5 is behind 6, 7 behind 8, 9 behind 10 (inboard), 11 behind 9 (outboard like 12), 13 behind 14 and 15 behind 13. You can see a faint 12 & 16 on top of the two open hatches
Shouldn't 14 be 12?
ReplyDeleteYou forget this is our military. "This page is intentionally left blank" ;)
DeleteThe Red Tag? I'm no Navy Boomer hand, but I wonder if it's locked-out so that it can't be closed. It might mean a confined space status, a man inside working on something. Safety protocols: "lock out, tag out"
ReplyDeleteDoes look like a Lotto tag there.
DeleteThis went out every 15 minutes on the 1MC on the sub:
ReplyDelete"There are men in the sail, do not raise or lower, rotate, or radiate from any mast or antenna, there are men in the sail.”
Plus, any hydrolics that would open/close equipment there was tagged out.
At a guess, the two tubes whose hatch covers we see would be 12 and 16. Tubes 1 thru 4 would be in the bow. Odd numbered things, of course, are on the starboard side.
ReplyDeleteThe "14" makes no sense. 688 and 774 boats have 12 VLS tubes.
ReplyDeleteI'm no sailor, but are the two closest tube hatches #'s 11 and 12?
ReplyDeleteScrewy numbering. We use it to mess with the Russkies.
ReplyDeleteThe torpedo tubes are 1 thru 4 and the VLS are 5 through 16. The open hatches closest to the photographer are 12 and 16, so the placement of 14 doesn't look so weird when you account for those two.
ReplyDeleteThe cook fired a shot through it?
ReplyDelete5 is behind 6, 7 behind 8, 9 behind 10 (inboard), 11 behind 9 (outboard like 12), 13 behind 14 and 15 behind 13. You can see a faint 12 & 16 on top of the two open hatches
ReplyDeleteCorrect, And tubes 1 - 4 are the Torpedo Tubes.
DeleteThe tubes have there number welded on the fairings.
I Should Know. I test the damn things!
Are sailors still a superstitious bunch?
ReplyDeleteMaybe they don't use a "13".