Information on Specifics of Modern Submarines

ETR3(SS) · 12-14-13, 05:31 PM

Won't find any manuals like you're looking for for anything modern. The picture in your first post for the power plant is a good general example to follow. When you start speaking specifics of a particular plant is when you crossover into the classified info realm. For someone who hasn't been onboard a sub and hasn't qualified in submarines understanding everything can be understandably overwhelming. Pick a panel and then break it down to smaller bits. Will be much easier to understand and like I said I have no problem helping explain what I can.

masonman · 07-28-15, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

Pick a panel and then break it down to smaller bits. Will be much easier to understand and like I said I have no problem helping explain what I can.

Ok thanks. I guess I'd prefer to start with breaking up the larger chunks of the ship control panel.

How is the panel divided up? Its clearly very organized and separated into sections, but is the left side completely about ballast and the right side completely about control surfaces?

(When I say left side I refer to this

Honestly it just seems like there are more controls on that panel than needed. Its the same concept as flying an aircraft (no windows though, lol), yet this panel has many times the number of gauges and controls an aircraft has.

So my guess is that there must just be a lot of redundant gauges as backups, and a lot of controls that are only used in emergencies or rare situations.

ETR3(SS) · 07-31-15, 04:38 AM

I'll get into details in a later post, but for right now I'll tell you that nothing in that picture is redundant. Every gauge, switch, knob etc. has a purpose.

Commander Wallace · 08-17-15, 07:49 AM

Welcome aboard Masonman . Like ETR3 said, most information on them are classified. They don't call them the " Silent Service " for nothing

12-14-13, 05:31 PM	#1
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	Won't find any manuals like you're looking for for anything modern. The picture in your first post for the power plant is a good general example to follow. When you start speaking specifics of a particular plant is when you crossover into the classified info realm. For someone who hasn't been onboard a sub and hasn't qualified in submarines understanding everything can be understandably overwhelming. Pick a panel and then break it down to smaller bits. Will be much easier to understand and like I said I have no problem helping explain what I can. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

07-31-15, 04:38 AM	#3
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	I'll get into details in a later post, but for right now I'll tell you that nothing in that picture is redundant. Every gauge, switch, knob etc. has a purpose. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

08-17-15, 07:49 AM	#4
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,332 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard Masonman . Like ETR3 said, most information on them are classified. They don't call them the " Silent Service " for nothing