The Nautilus-- December 19, 2005

[Docjonel]

Thought I'd post this pic I took of the Nautilus recently. It was COLD when I snapped this photo at 4:44PM Monday December 19, 2005.
If anyone would like a larger version for download, just let me know.

[Sea Demon]

Ain't she beautiful?

[Oberon]

She's still a stunner, that's for sure, great pic there

[Bill Nichols]

Originally Posted by Docjonel

If anyone would like a larger version for download, just let me know.

Absolutely! Could you e-mail a copy to my subguru mail addy, please?

[awood6535]

can you send me some please?

[Abraham]

Great picture, Docjonel! The kind of thing that makes Bill Nichols happy.

[Bill Nichols]

Originally Posted by Abraham

Great picture, Docjonel! The kind of thing that makes Bill Nichols happy.

[tycho102]

Originally Posted by Sea Demon

Ain't she beautiful?

Only if I forget about Admiral Rickover, and his insistance that nothing be modified or otherwise improved during the course of her active duty.

[Bill Nichols]

Originally Posted by tycho102

Only if I forget about Admiral Rickover, and his insistance that nothing be modified or otherwise improved during the course of her active duty.

Not true! Nautilus had improvements in her reactor plant and weapons system, to name a few. We even carried Mk48 torpedos (as well as Mk37 and Mk14, the latter for exercise use, only).

And, how 'bout this for a modification?

[Abraham]

What kind of mod is that?
(And who is the modder?)

[Bill Nichols]

From a recent speech by RADM Richard A. Riddell (Nautilus's last CO, who I served under):

"In the beginning of my three and a half years in command of Nautilus, we were involved with the Mobile Acoustic Communications System, or MACS, which was a research project to obtain fundamental data on long range propagation of sound. This project required a huge antenna on the after deck of the submarine. The antenna would transmit an acoustic signal to a receiving submarine or surface ship well over a hundred miles away, with multiple simultaneous signal frequencies, various antenna angles, different ocean bottom types, and a variety of weather conditions.

"My most vivid memory of our time with MACS was the ability of the human body to adapt to the ear-splitting acoustic signals that were transmitted every few seconds. This went on for days and weeks at a time. Somehow, we learned to live with this noise—to sleep, watch movies, and even play poker on Saturday nights."


I can confirm from personal experience the extreme tediousness of listening to this pinging, day after day, night after night.

[TLAM Strike]

Damn, that sounds awful Bill. I would have rather ridden the Seawolf 575 when it sported that giant doorstoper on her bow.


Quite possibly the stupidest looking modification of a submarine in history (well maybe second to the Whiskey Long Bin…)

[Oberon]

And people say the Oberons sonar dome looks ugly

[Sea Demon]

Originally Posted by Oberon

And people say the Oberons sonar dome looks ugly

[Bill Nichols]

If you look closely, 5th guy back from the MACS antenna the guy in khakis is me