81 Personal photos from the USS Pampanito

SeaQueen · 02-08-08, 06:39 PM

My suspicion is that the safe was for storing any classified documents that the boat might have had onboard. Such things might have included code manuals, technical manuals, the boat's orders, tactics manuals, etc. My suspicion is that back then things were pretty much the same as they are now with respect to storing classified material, and so almost all warships would have had at least one safe, and maybe more, so that certain material could only be accessed by those with a "need to know." Most warships have safes aboard them. One of them is typically located in the captain's cabin.

02-08-08, 06:39 PM	#14
SeaQueen Naval Royalty Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,185 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My suspicion is that the safe was for storing any classified documents that the boat might have had onboard. Such things might have included code manuals, technical manuals, the boat's orders, tactics manuals, etc. My suspicion is that back then things were pretty much the same as they are now with respect to storing classified material, and so almost all warships would have had at least one safe, and maybe more, so that certain material could only be accessed by those with a "need to know." Most warships have safes aboard them. One of them is typically located in the captain's cabin.