Friday, November 1, 2024

Meeting on deck

 


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  1. Looks like an Ohio SSGN boat.

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  2. Little short for Ohio class, no missile hatches that i can see

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    1. The absence of the hatches is why I think it's a SSGN rather than a SSBN. I see your point about the length but that might be a result of the low camera angle. An Ohio is the only US submarine I could think of with this casing and port stern fixture.

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    2. The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) blue crew.

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    3. Maybe the fisheye lens is making the hull look weird, but this does not look like a 100 yard hull...

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  3. The diver doesn’t have a life vest on.

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  4. Some of them are blindfolded. Arrrgggg

    Is that a clothesline on the mast between the flippers?

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  5. Question: Why is there an extension to the upper hull extending to the rudder area on the left side of the hull, but not on the right?

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  6. The hull extension is probably the housing for a towed array of hydrophones. Looks like a crossing the line ceremony with the newbies up on deck. Nice day, but a bit of a swell.

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