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Stealhead · 04-26-11, 06:15 PM

1,000 m meters is very deep that's roughly 3,280 ft.

As for a more modern US Navy sub well my good friends old man served on Boomers in the 70's and we used to ask him this as a joke..... the answer to how deep can a Benjamin Franklin Class submarine dive to?: "If I told you I'd have to go to Leavenworth for a long damn time or kill both of you boys if I answered that and I don't want to spend any time inside Leavenworth." but they can go fairly deep I don't know about 3,280 ft.

Anthony W. · 04-26-11, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

1,000 m meters is very deep that's roughly 3,280 ft.

As for a more modern US Navy sub well my good friends old man served on Boomers in the 70's and we used to ask him this as a joke..... the answer to how deep can a Benjamin Franklin Class submarine dive to?: "If I told you I'd have to go to Leavenworth for a long damn time or kill both of you boys if I answered that and I don't want to spend any time inside Leavenworth." but they can go fairly deep I don't know about 3,280 ft.

Wasn't it a George Washington class boat that lowered itself to the deep sea bed to tap soviet comms?

Stealhead · 04-27-11, 12:44 AM

This is true it was some place between Vladivostok and Kamchatka in the Sea of Okhotsk an area then claimed by the Soviets as territorial waters however it was in a not very deep(400ft I think) location shallow enough(by US Navy standards) for Navy Divers to attach the recording devices and come back and remove them and replace them every so often that was the only down side is we had to wait a few moths to able to collect the recovered data so it was not a live feed.The sub was the USS Parche a Sturgeon class SSN.Such a mission would be very unwise for a ballistic missile carrying submarine indeed unless you wanted to start WWIII pronto if it where to get spotted by the Soviet Navy spotting a US Navy attack sub on the other hand would just have really really pissed them off.

They came and went several times but on one recovery the divers could not find the devices and our satellites had seen soviet vessels in the same area as the taps meaning that the Soviets had found out about them some believe that possibility they got the info from Aldrich Ames.

By the way what kind of Ford Mustang do you own?If I had the money for a trim one I'd have a 1968 428 Cobrajet.I bet that my little project 1973 Datzun 240Z with 3.1 stroker would give you a run and my 72 with her dual SUs would put a smile on your face she sounds and looks pretty good and scoots too.

Anthony W. · 04-27-11, 06:34 AM

Its a supercharged 07 v6

But I'm finally going to go for one of those Coyote 5.0s this fall hehehe

Daniel Prates · 05-04-11, 10:34 AM

Diving depths for modern subarines are usually around 500 meters or 1500 feet. I searched for some data for subs still in use today:

Akula - 480 m operational depth, 600 m test depth

Los Angeles - 950 ft (290 m)

Seawolf - 2,000 feet (610 m)

Virginia - 800 feet (240 m)

Kilo - 800 feet (240 m)

Oscar - couldn't find any data!

Typhoon - 400 m (1,300 ft)

Type 209 - 500 m

Dolphin (german) - At least 200 metres (660 ft)

Type 214 - 250m (400m theoretical)

Of course, that applies only to combat subs. Other kinds of descent vessels - say bathyscaphes for instance - can go a lot deeper and one even managed to sink 11.000 meters in 1960 all the way to the bottom of the mariana trench!

Aviv · 05-04-11, 01:02 PM

Don't forget Dolphin class is also an Israeli submarine! (but yes made in Germany)

I read that the Oscar submarine can dive to 300M or more.. I guess it's kept secret. Remember the Kursk which sank in 2000 was a Oscar, and foreign search teams weren't allowed near it.

Daniel Prates · 05-04-11, 02:21 PM

Dolphin is being made with export in mind, as the 209 was decades ago. As I understand it there is already one operating for italy. It is supposed to be revolutionary. Have you seen a picture of one?

Israel is indeed very ecletic when it comes to military equipment. In the late 40s they were even using ME-109s and STUGs!

04-27-11, 12:44 AM	#3
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	This is true it was some place between Vladivostok and Kamchatka in the Sea of Okhotsk an area then claimed by the Soviets as territorial waters however it was in a not very deep(400ft I think) location shallow enough(by US Navy standards) for Navy Divers to attach the recording devices and come back and remove them and replace them every so often that was the only down side is we had to wait a few moths to able to collect the recovered data so it was not a live feed.The sub was the USS Parche a Sturgeon class SSN.Such a mission would be very unwise for a ballistic missile carrying submarine indeed unless you wanted to start WWIII pronto if it where to get spotted by the Soviet Navy spotting a US Navy attack sub on the other hand would just have really really pissed them off. They came and went several times but on one recovery the divers could not find the devices and our satellites had seen soviet vessels in the same area as the taps meaning that the Soviets had found out about them some believe that possibility they got the info from Aldrich Ames. By the way what kind of Ford Mustang do you own?If I had the money for a trim one I'd have a 1968 428 Cobrajet.I bet that my little project 1973 Datzun 240Z with 3.1 stroker would give you a run and my 72 with her dual SUs would put a smile on your face she sounds and looks pretty good and scoots too. Last edited by Stealhead; 04-27-11 at 12:55 AM.

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04-26-11, 06:15 PM	#1
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	1,000 m meters is very deep that's roughly 3,280 ft. As for a more modern US Navy sub well my good friends old man served on Boomers in the 70's and we used to ask him this as a joke..... the answer to how deep can a Benjamin Franklin Class submarine dive to?: "If I told you I'd have to go to Leavenworth for a long damn time or kill both of you boys if I answered that and I don't want to spend any time inside Leavenworth." but they can go fairly deep I don't know about 3,280 ft.

05-04-11, 10:34 AM	#5
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Diving depths for modern subarines are usually around 500 meters or 1500 feet. I searched for some data for subs still in use today: Akula - 480 m operational depth, 600 m test depth Los Angeles - 950 ft (290 m) Seawolf - 2,000 feet (610 m) Virginia - 800 feet (240 m) Kilo - 800 feet (240 m) Oscar - couldn't find any data! Typhoon - 400 m (1,300 ft) Type 209 - 500 m Dolphin (german) - At least 200 metres (660 ft) Type 214 - 250m (400m theoretical) Of course, that applies only to combat subs. Other kinds of descent vessels - say bathyscaphes for instance - can go a lot deeper and one even managed to sink 11.000 meters in 1960 all the way to the bottom of the mariana trench!

05-04-11, 01:02 PM	#6
Aviv Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Israel Posts: 132 Downloads: 237 Uploads: 0	Don't forget Dolphin class is also an Israeli submarine! (but yes made in Germany) I read that the Oscar submarine can dive to 300M or more.. I guess it's kept secret. Remember the Kursk which sank in 2000 was a Oscar, and foreign search teams weren't allowed near it.

05-04-11, 02:21 PM	#7
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Dolphin is being made with export in mind, as the 209 was decades ago. As I understand it there is already one operating for italy. It is supposed to be revolutionary. Have you seen a picture of one? Israel is indeed very ecletic when it comes to military equipment. In the late 40s they were even using ME-109s and STUGs!