How many of you got a sub background?

[Subwolf]

I served in the Navy on a sub for two years. How about the rest of the community?

[Safe-Keeper]

Nope, sorry. The closest thing I've been "serving on" is my family's sail-boat.

[mountainmanUK]

Nope...strictly "topside" here mate! Served in the British Merchant Navy for 5 years in the 70s. Luckily, I never had to face meeting up with a Uboat with tube doors open!!
Total respect for any guy who does his sailing with water above him, rather than under!!!

[Jimbuna]

Merchant Navy too in the 70s + just over a year in SH3 if that counts ?

[mr chris]

Not a sub background here. But im in the UK Army at the moment.

[melnibonian]

Sorry mate. I haven't even held a gun in my life

[LZ_Baker]

I got an engineering internship with the US Navy working on subs. I'm still in college, but I can see it becoming my chosen job.

[panthercules]

Not personally/directly, but my dad did command a YP (Yard Patrol) craft for the USN for a bit during World War II, patrolling for subs off the US coast, before heading for Okinawa in '45. If I see any patrol craft off the coast during my drumbeat patrols I always turn tail and slink away, just in case (wouldn't want to inadvertently mess up the timeline )

[GT182]

Does a tour thru SSN USS Nautilus in Groton, CT count? At least the tours gives a real sense of how cramped it was. My ex son-in-law was stationed there for just over 2 years.

[Venatore]

I'm a Infantry soldier ....go figure, don't ask me how a grunt and U-Boats link?:hmm:

[GraylingSTS(SS)]

I was a sonar tech on the USS Grayling SSN 646, from 1989 through 1995. Made several deployments including a Med run, a couple of North Atlantic runs, and an Artic Run.

[danlisa]

Personally no, but I do come from a naval family. My father was a commander in the navy. His specialty was WEO (Weapons Engineering Officer) when aboard ship, however, later in his career he was in charge of all refits conducted at Devonport dockyards in Plymouth.

As an added bonus I was always allowed to 'tour' the ships when they were in dock. Because I was a 'regular' his senior staff and I got very friendly and I recall them and I skateboarding along the flight deck of HMS Invincible. Of course my father wasn't onboard at the time.

This was about 15 years ago. Doesn't time fly.

[sonicninja]

Im a submariner in the Royal Navy, been in for 15 years now, serving on Trafalgar Class SSN submarines.

Id rather be at home though on my rusty old U-Boat than away on patrol on a Nuclear Boat anyday, reasons stated below:-

1.My wife brings me a cup of tea when im on the helm of my u-boat.
2.I can leave the command room and go for a bath in the evening.
3.I get a better choice of food on U-48 (My SH3 Boat).
4.I dont need to fill in security forms to show my mates around U-48.
5.I can increase the time compression on U48 to make the patrol go quicker.
6.Dont have to que up for a shower on my U-Boat.
7.The German sailors have better quality of music, no rapping crap.
8.No frisky wives on nuclear submarines.
9.I can use as much fresh and hot water as i want on my U Boat.
10.I dont get up to go on watch and put someone else's socks and shoes on.

Believe me shipmates when I say life on a Nuclear Submarine is ARSE, in comparrison to being at home and actually enjoying your life.

[Subwolf]

Nice to see that there are other true submariners here

SH3 got little to do with todays subs, but of course there are many diesel/electric subs still in service. The technology however is a little better from the german WW2 boats

I didn't like any of the nuclear subsims released. Besides I didn't enjoy firing nuclear missiles, it has never happened in wartimes, and I sure hope it never will happen.

[Cerberus]

Originally Posted by danlisa

I recall them and I skateboarding along the flight deck of HMS Invincible.

Perfect!
The 'ski-jump' at the front would make a really good starting point.

I went on Invincible once, got lost.

But then I sometimes got lost on frigates & I worked on them quite often.

Back to the Thread:

Does 4 hours spent on an SSN count*?

* Tied up alongside.
You wouldn't catch me going to sea in one of those things.
Unnatural I calls it.