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Monday, January 9, 2023
Didn't know it was ok to walk that far out on the sail
The average displacement of a Los Angeles class SSN is 5700 tons. The fairwater planes on the sail not only drive that submarine deeper on the level, they also punch through polar ice when set to 90° upward.
If they weren't strong enough to walk out on, they wouldn't be much good for anything else either.
You only go out there like that when it's a swim call. Got to do it once on my SSBN while in the Atlantic. Diving off the fairwater planes was a blast. It's a long ways down on an SSBN.
Swim call! Did that a couple of times off of Lahaina, Maui. Once those fairwater planes are locked, they're solid.
ReplyDeleteDid the same only from a Stugeon class boat many moons ago.
DeleteKaus
Swim call while at the AUTEC range after torpedo ops.
DeleteYa mean they're not diving boards?
ReplyDelete"DIVE,DIVE,DIVE!!!
ReplyDeleteClark Gable
Those planes are steel, and strong enough to punch holes in the superstructure of a ship next to it if the sub starts rolling.
ReplyDeleteThe average displacement of a Los Angeles class SSN is 5700 tons. The fairwater planes on the sail not only drive that submarine deeper on the level, they also punch through polar ice when set to 90° upward.
ReplyDeleteIf they weren't strong enough to walk out on, they wouldn't be much good for anything else either.
You only go out there like that when it's a swim call.
ReplyDeleteGot to do it once on my SSBN while in the Atlantic.
Diving off the fairwater planes was a blast.
It's a long ways down on an SSBN.
Been there done that and have tee shirts.
ReplyDeleteHad a swim call in the Med off of SS410. Set the shark watch.
ReplyDeleteEvil Franklin
Had swim call off the Bahamas in water so clear the boat looked as if it was floating in air.
ReplyDeleteWas this before or after they showed 'Jaws' for entertainment?
ReplyDeleteI did swim call over the Marianas Trench back in '73 on ss581....I want to know who took the picture....
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