The red Light in the cabin we see in films !

[canimodo]

What is that red light in submarine control room for ??

Does it mean silent running, attack mode or what ??

Are they really used or its just a hollywood adrenaline rush ?:? :arrgh!:

[flyingdane]

Its real, they used a red light at night to allow there eyes to get adjusted to the darkness in case they had to go topside or when running on the surface at night.

[geetrue]

The captain would wear googles with red lens too, before they surfaced at night to charge batteries ... vision was very important to sub skippers.

[Crosseye76]

We did the same thing on an SSBN. Whenever it was dark topside, the Control room was rigged for red. We never surfaced, but it was a "Just in case" kind of thing. And, I suspect, for tradition. :)

[edjcox]

Damn what kinds of sailors are yus? Evryone know sailors does there best work in the red light areas......


He He


Drunk with anticipation.... UBI collects my money on the 8 of March but doesn't plan to ship until after the 20th.....

:damn:

:smug:

[cherbert]

This was automatic in SH3, will we be able to rig for red manually in SH4?

[unruhly]

Not only was it for better night vision for those on board, but technically, the wavelength of red travels much shorter distances. The enemy would be less likely to see any stray light leaking out of a hatch or even through the scope optics.

[Gino]

At one point in time, the US Navy believed that blue was the color to adjust the eyes to he dark.

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/8075/blue1nq8.th.jpg (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=blue1nq8.jpg)

This is an example of one of the red lights onboard of USS Cod. Cod was built in 1943, so probably just before 1943 or just after Cod's commisioning the lights were changed to red.

groetjes,

[Sailor Steve]

We did the same thing on an SSBN. Whenever it was dark topside, the Control room was rigged for red. We never surfaced, but it was a "Just in case" kind of thing. And, I suspect, for tradition. :)
Same on our destroyer in 1970. "Rig for red" is always common at night (though I suppose on our surface ship it meant more).

[Buggins]

This was automatic in SH3, will we be able to rig for red manually in SH4?
No, it just happens automatically when it's night time.

[Snowman999]

Same on our destroyer in 1970. "Rig for red" is always common at night (though I suppose on our surface ship it meant more).


SSBN we rigged for red on every mid-watch in the entire Ops compartment, less the wardroom and crew's mess. Crew's mess had a jog from the passageway that acted as a bit of a light trap. Mostly done to encourage quiet for berthing in Ops lower-level. On-going OOD wore red-lens goggles at midrats in wardroom. Going to PD we rigged for black in Control and left rest of Ops compartment at red--there was an interior door between Control and Ops UL passage.

Remember one time my CO, who liked red roller-ball pens, wrote a note to the OOD and sent it in by the messenger-of-the-watch. OOD looked at the "blank" piece of paper, tossed it in the garbage. Later, voices were raised . . .

Sometime in the late-80s or early-90s SSBNs went to "rig-for-grey" filters over white lights for Control. Don't know if they were more effective, but I think you'd lose some atmosphere.

Sonar shack was always blue lights to help with reading the stacks. We called it "the disco".

[Rip]

Same on our destroyer in 1970. "Rig for red" is always common at night (though I suppose on our surface ship it meant more).

SSBN we rigged for red on every mid-watch in the entire Ops compartment, less the wardroom and crew's mess. Crew's mess had a jog from the passageway that acted as a bit of a light trap. Mostly done to encourage quiet for berthing in Ops lower-level. On-going OOD wore red-lens goggles at midrats in wardroom. Going to PD we rigged for black in Control and left rest of Ops compartment at red--there was an interior door between Control and Ops UL passage.

Remember one time my CO, who liked red roller-ball pens, wrote a note to the OOD and sent it in by the messenger-of-the-watch. OOD looked at the "blank" piece of paper, tossed it in the garbage. Later, voices were raised . . .

Sometime in the late-80s or early-90s SSBNs went to "rig-for-grey" filters over white lights for Control. Don't know if they were more effective, but I think you'd lose some atmosphere.

Sonar shack was always blue lights to help with reading the stacks. We called it "the disco".

We had a CO with the same affection for red ink. The OODs were on to it though. They would send everything to radio and we would read it to them over the phone. Sort of sucked for them when he was telling them to pull their head out of their ass for something.

:/\\chop

[OneTinSoldier]

Remember one time my CO, who liked red roller-ball pens, wrote a note to the OOD and sent it in by the messenger-of-the-watch. OOD looked at the "blank" piece of paper, tossed it in the garbage. Later, voices were raised . . .


Hehe, kinda funny. I wouldn't blame the OOD for being upset and arguing his case about the 'blank' piece of paper. Now I have to wonder, if the CO wrote the message in red pen while in a rigged for red area, could he even see his own writing? :lol:

Cheers

[Driftwood]

I would love to believe that the CO's were simply %^&*ing with them. I'd hate to think that the CO's who like to use red ink didn't know it couldn't be read under red.:rotfl:

[Snowman999]

Hehe, kinda funny. I wouldn't blame the OOD for being upset and arguing his case about the 'blank' piece of paper. Now I have to wonder, if the CO wrote the message in red pen while in a rigged for red area, could he even see his own writing? :lol:


Nah, he wrote it in his stateroom, rigged for white with door closed.

[Snowman999]

I would love to believe that the CO's were simply %^&*ing with them. I'd hate to think that the CO's who like to use red ink didn't know it couldn't be read under red.:rotfl:

Two months on 3-hours sleep a day will do that . . .

[chiahippo]

Now on SSBN's (at least the one I was on) we only rig for red (or rig for dark depending on who the OOD was lol) right before a PD trip or when were gonna surface at night.

The Captains red pen of death has gotten me once or twice, while rigged for red. Nothing all the funny just changes to messages before release. I've learned my lesson I just recommend stepping into Nav Ctr if he's in control during "rig for red".