New Virginia SSNs

Kapitan · 02-19-07, 05:30 PM

The akulas are similar size to the 688i and have similar displacement to the seawolf, about 62 men crew the submarine although a skelton crew of just 34 could crew it if needed.

Reason why they have so little crew is because they dont use the wests crew system of everyones got a boss bar the captain, ie theres 4 people looking after one moniter and 3 people looking after the shaft ect ect, its one mans job but they are all trained to do it if needed.

personaly why do you need three people to do the same job at the same time ? ones enough and when it goes wrong they can just ask a few others to join in.

When kursk went down she was over crewed 118 a SSGN like that of the russian navy can be crewed by a minimum of 97 people the standard sea going crew would be 107 but this was an exercise so they put a few extra weps techs on, although the Oscar II's can carry upto 180 people if pushed (130 comftably) theres just no need to do it its funds mainly.

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02-19-07, 05:30 PM	#20
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,132 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	The akulas are similar size to the 688i and have similar displacement to the seawolf, about 62 men crew the submarine although a skelton crew of just 34 could crew it if needed. Reason why they have so little crew is because they dont use the wests crew system of everyones got a boss bar the captain, ie theres 4 people looking after one moniter and 3 people looking after the shaft ect ect, its one mans job but they are all trained to do it if needed. personaly why do you need three people to do the same job at the same time ? ones enough and when it goes wrong they can just ask a few others to join in. When kursk went down she was over crewed 118 a SSGN like that of the russian navy can be crewed by a minimum of 97 people the standard sea going crew would be 107 but this was an exercise so they put a few extra weps techs on, although the Oscar II's can carry upto 180 people if pushed (130 comftably) theres just no need to do it its funds mainly. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/