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Originally Posted by Apache312
What a commander. Pleasure cruising on a nuke. Where was the Chief of the Watch? Im not knowledgeable about SOP's of an underway boat, but isnt constant reporting from sonar a part of that? And is there only 1 sonarman on duty? For that matter, shouldnt a proximity alarm have sounded?
Any insight would be educational.
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Apache312
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There's no proximity alarm. It's SOP to (a) listen real HARD and then (b) pop up an amount sufficient to get the 'scope up and have a good look-see all around before surfacing. I simply CAN'T believe a claim that ANY on-duty person of ANY stripe aboard a boomer or fast attack could be using an iPod while monitoring ANYTHING ! ESPECIALLY when emerging from the briny deep! Could ANYONE incompetent enough to have allowed, or ignored, behavior this egregious have reached Command Rank? Yeah - maybe in the Vietnam era when BAD help was hard to find, but NOW?
You know, recently the US Navy extinguished the smoking lamp permanently in the boats. EVERYBODY used to smoke - it was just something ELSE to do during one's 12 hours off every 18 hour day! Maybe the crew were going though nicotine withdrawal...
Let me just add that before Russia bought Toshiba-Kongsberg quiet prop technology in 1987, it was routine to track their fast Alfas from 150 miles out. Even back then, the "ears" were terrific! This tended to negate the Alfa's speed advantage. If they had the pedal to the metal, 41 kts., it was simply easier to hear them farther out.
Won't look OUT the window, but you can't HEAR anything? Unbelievable!