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