The red Light in the cabin we see in films !

Sailor Steve · 03-17-07, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Crosseye76

We did the same thing on an SSBN. Whenever it was dark topside, the Control room was rigged for red. We never surfaced, but it was a "Just in case" kind of thing. And, I suspect, for tradition.

Same on our destroyer in 1970. "Rig for red" is always common at night (though I suppose on our surface ship it meant more).

Snowman999 · 03-17-07, 01:42 PM

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Same on our destroyer in 1970. "Rig for red" is always common at night (though I suppose on our surface ship it meant more).

SSBN we rigged for red on every mid-watch in the entire Ops compartment, less the wardroom and crew's mess. Crew's mess had a jog from the passageway that acted as a bit of a light trap. Mostly done to encourage quiet for berthing in Ops lower-level. On-going OOD wore red-lens goggles at midrats in wardroom. Going to PD we rigged for black in Control and left rest of Ops compartment at red--there was an interior door between Control and Ops UL passage.

Remember one time my CO, who liked red roller-ball pens, wrote a note to the OOD and sent it in by the messenger-of-the-watch. OOD looked at the "blank" piece of paper, tossed it in the garbage. Later, voices were raised . . .

Sometime in the late-80s or early-90s SSBNs went to "rig-for-grey" filters over white lights for Control. Don't know if they were more effective, but I think you'd lose some atmosphere.

Sonar shack was always blue lights to help with reading the stacks. We called it "the disco".

Rip · 03-17-07, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Snowman999

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Same on our destroyer in 1970. "Rig for red" is always common at night (though I suppose on our surface ship it meant more).

SSBN we rigged for red on every mid-watch in the entire Ops compartment, less the wardroom and crew's mess. Crew's mess had a jog from the passageway that acted as a bit of a light trap. Mostly done to encourage quiet for berthing in Ops lower-level. On-going OOD wore red-lens goggles at midrats in wardroom. Going to PD we rigged for black in Control and left rest of Ops compartment at red--there was an interior door between Control and Ops UL passage.

Remember one time my CO, who liked red roller-ball pens, wrote a note to the OOD and sent it in by the messenger-of-the-watch. OOD looked at the "blank" piece of paper, tossed it in the garbage. Later, voices were raised . . .

Sometime in the late-80s or early-90s SSBNs went to "rig-for-grey" filters over white lights for Control. Don't know if they were more effective, but I think you'd lose some atmosphere.

Sonar shack was always blue lights to help with reading the stacks. We called it "the disco".

We had a CO with the same affection for red ink. The OODs were on to it though. They would send everything to radio and we would read it to them over the phone. Sort of sucked for them when he was telling them to pull their head out of their ass for something.

OneTinSoldier · 03-17-07, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Snowman999

Remember one time my CO, who liked red roller-ball pens, wrote a note to the OOD and sent it in by the messenger-of-the-watch. OOD looked at the "blank" piece of paper, tossed it in the garbage. Later, voices were raised . . .

Hehe, kinda funny. I wouldn't blame the OOD for being upset and arguing his case about the 'blank' piece of paper. Now I have to wonder, if the CO wrote the message in red pen while in a rigged for red area, could he even see his own writing?

Cheers

Driftwood · 03-17-07, 03:13 PM

I would love to believe that the CO's were simply %^&*ing with them. I'd hate to think that the CO's who like to use red ink didn't know it couldn't be read under red.:rotfl:

Snowman999 · 03-19-07, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Driftwood

I would love to believe that the CO's were simply %^&*ing with them. I'd hate to think that the CO's who like to use red ink didn't know it couldn't be read under red.:rotfl:

Two months on 3-hours sleep a day will do that . . .

Snowman999 · 03-19-07, 06:27 AM

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Hehe, kinda funny. I wouldn't blame the OOD for being upset and arguing his case about the 'blank' piece of paper. Now I have to wonder, if the CO wrote the message in red pen while in a rigged for red area, could he even see his own writing?

Nah, he wrote it in his stateroom, rigged for white with door closed.

chiahippo · 03-19-07, 08:01 AM

Now on SSBN's (at least the one I was on) we only rig for red (or rig for dark depending on who the OOD was lol) right before a PD trip or when were gonna surface at night.

The Captains red pen of death has gotten me once or twice, while rigged for red. Nothing all the funny just changes to messages before release. I've learned my lesson I just recommend stepping into Nav Ctr if he's in control during "rig for red".

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chiahippo Nub Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Now on SSBN's (at least the one I was on) we only rig for red (or rig for dark depending on who the OOD was lol) right before a PD trip or when were gonna surface at night. The Captains red pen of death has gotten me once or twice, while rigged for red. Nothing all the funny just changes to messages before release. I've learned my lesson I just recommend stepping into Nav Ctr if he's in control during "rig for red".