USS Thresher
 

USS Thresher, lost at sea this day, April 10th, 1963. All 129 onboard died. RIP, shipmates.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=7473

Vis Tacita (Silent Strength)

~SALUTE~

Yes that was a tragedy. They lost the energy system while diving with heavy flooding. Very bad situation. But as a result the following subs got better systems and were safer.

U33/S183 near port of Eckernförde during first sea trials:
https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/59...uw7iwi9o4g.jpg
I´m the guy on his knees, pulling out the bollard.

INS Mumbai (D62)
http://s9.postimg.org/hury4vp5r/image.jpg

USS O'Bannon (DD-450)

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=7474

Durand de la Penne D560
http://s24.postimg.org/b6uikx0c5/image.jpg

I've just stumbled across some of my old navy pictures that I never put onto my computer.

USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) and USCGC Ponchartrain (WHEC-70) being moved together to make way for a guided missile cruiser to tie up next to the tender. May 1970.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ps87106b34.jpg

HMS Warspite

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4fa967ec.jpg
Warspite under way in the Indian Ocean, 16 July 1942

Warspite: 1947- slightly off her tow
 

I think a better question was what wasn't my job? :haha: I came aboard an ordinary seaman and stood lookout, helmsman, and a few times as broadband sonar operator. After a while I decided I wanted to be a radioman and started working with our ESM equipment primarily and processing message traffic on occasion as well.

Navy Day New York 1945

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=7478

"Fluten, auf Sehrohrtiefe gehen" (or how destroyers should go to sea):

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/fef...rszjlwem4g.jpg

The beautiful destroyers of the german navy:

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/db9...isqqn4w84g.jpg
Rommel (D 187) and Luetjens (D 185) at HDW shipyard in Kiel.

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9af...au2kc13u4g.jpg

Moelders (D 186) at sea.



OK. Different system as the german navy does. I had to choose my job at the beginning of my military career. Than military basic school (3 month), basic sonar school (3 month), petty officer school (3 month) and at the end the submarine school (4 month - up to 8 month for mechanics and electrians petty officers). After that all, i was allowed to go onboard and see a submarine from inside.

Yang Manchun (DDH-973)
http://s18.postimg.org/w549oe1pl/image.jpg

Typically that is a similar path to what most take over here as well. There are a few exceptions like myself who get the opportunity to experience the different jobs first and then decide.

Two pictures of my subs:
First U15 and U17 in Wilhemshafen after leaving the navy
https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e5...oii3mvtb4g.jpg

Here U33 at HDW shipyard together with another type 212 sub
https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/81...39rqedlr4g.jpg


OK. Than the differences between the US and German navy are not as big as i thought.:D