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Originally Posted by Zero Niner
Slightly O/T, but what's a Gold Crew?
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SSBN's and now, SSGN's have 2 crews so they can maximize time on patrol. The boat can stay out and under much longer than the people can w food also being a consideration.
One crew is the Gold crew and the other is the Blue crew. (Navy colors you know
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The old patrol cycle was 70 to 80 days on patrol, bring the boat back and do a turnover for 2-4 days (4 days if you were coming in with a severe problem) and then the new crew had her. They'd do a refit for 21 to 30 (usually 30) days which also included a shakedown cruise and then the boat would go out on patrol with the new crew. The crew on shore was called the "off crew" and would spend the first 4 weeks on a really light schedule and then would spend 8 hours a day 5 days a week in training of various kinds.
There is a new cycle being adopted I haven't read the details on yet- but there you have it, the basic concept behind the terminology.
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