How many of you actually served ON a sub?

[ruddrage]

To keep up the British end of things, I served nearly 5 years on the bomber class submarines as a Sonar operator. During that time I served on all four of our Trident Submarines:

HMS Vanguard (S28)
HMS Victorious (S29)
HMS Vigilant (S30)
HMS Vengeance (S31)

[Subleo]

French boomer S613 L'Indomptable (1999-2001)

[chiahippo]

I was on the USS Alabama Gold (SSBN 731) from 2001 - 2005. ET (Comms type).
I'm now on shore duty as the IMF Bangor WA, Sailor of the Year. To bad my shore duty is almost up now my hunt for orders begin.

[sunvalleyslim]

Originally Posted by chiahippo

I was on the USS Alabama Gold (SSBN 731) from 2001 - 2005. ET (Comms type).
I'm now on shore duty as the IMF Bangor WA, Sailor of the Year. To bad my shore duty is almost up now my hunt for orders begin.

Welcome Chiahippo to SubSim,
Well if you do leave shore duty, get a laptop and take SH4 and SH3 with you. Wish they had been around in my day. Would have made the cruise go faster............

[MadMike]

I worked on stuff to KILL subs-



B57 nuclear bomb

USAF, AFSC 46370

Yours, Mike

[geetrue]

Originally Posted by MadMike

I worked on stuff to KILL subs-



B57 nuclear bomb

USAF, AFSC 46370

Yours, Mike

I always wondered what one of those things looked like MadMike ... glad you were on our side lol

I heard that our old subroc version could kill anything within 50 miles or at least knock all of their electronics out, causing them to go blind.

[chiahippo]

Originally Posted by sunvalleyslim

Welcome Chiahippo to SubSim,
Well if you do leave shore duty, get a laptop and take SH4 and SH3 with you. Wish they had been around in my day. Would have made the cruise go faster............

I'm afraid I might be way to busy on my first patrol back to even think about spending any time on a virtual tour. I'll have a hell of a lot on my plate.

* Re-qual Subs (If I get another SSBN this should be no problem)

* Re-qual Radio Supervisor (May-be a little harder this time as the boat I want will have CSRR (Common Submarine Radio Room) vice IRR (Integrated Radio Room)

* Qual COW (Chief of the Watch)

* Qual Dive

* Qual Duty Chief

As you can see that's a lot to get done and I hate wasting time so I may be able to get all that done in one patrol with the only exception of Dive which will probably take 2-3 patrols for me to get done.

This has most likely already been posted here but just in case no one has seen it yet head over to http://www.tubedaze.com/film1.htm to catch the first season of shipwreak. A sub parody made by submariners. Most people out of the community wont get it but most who served will.

[dbf574]

USS Grayback (LPSS-574), USS Jack (SSN-605) one Med run and I knew that I belonged back in the Pacific, USS Barbel (SS-580), USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) and USS Olympia (SSN-717) totalling 21 years in the Silent Service (1973-1994). Hunter/Killer all the way ESM, Radar, Periscope E&E, Nav tech. (just to name a few):hmm:

Quick shortened story: When you're tasked to give a tour of the boat at a foreign port (diesel boat) and you're hung over (and it's not even your duty day) the first thing you should do is take the group into the fwd torpedo room, stand by the nose of an old Mk 14 torpedo and as you explain how a torpedo works, make sure to stress that upon impacting the nose portion the torpedo explodes, while at the same time hitting the nose with a rubber mallet as you say "like this"... you'd be surprised how quick your tour group disappears.:rotfl: ...and yes, the Duty Officer was not a happy camper:rotfl: . Hey, I was only an E-3 (qualified) who only wanted to sleep it off , I thought that they would have a sense of humor:hmm: . This was a true story... or as we used to say "this is a no-sh****r".

[ssbn627g]

Patrick Henry (ssbn-599), James Madison (ssbn-627), and Haddock (ssn-621

[momo55]

Hi all ! i'm new to this forum en this is my first post
Served in the belgian navy from 74 - 81 on minesweeper ocean M 906 Breydel en minehunter ocean M903 Dufour ...easy to identify at sea with all the beerbarrels stockt around the chimney .Whe where in those days better known by the european navy's as the beercarriers and iron man ,wooden ships. I was a petty-officer electrician. Last 3 years i served on the escort-subhunter frigate F911 Westdiep - section N.B.C.D. Nuclaiar Biological Chemical warfare & Damage control)

[MadMike]

geetrue,
The USN had a lot of sub-killing systems-



W7/Betty bomb




W34/ASTOR torpedo





W34/Mk101 Lulu bomb





W34/Hotpoint bomb





W44/ASROC rocket




ASROC nuclear test

Yours, Mike

[barryfox]

I served on the USS Phoenix (SSN-702) from 1981 - 1984. Was part of the commissioning crew (plankowner) and was homeported in Norfolk, VA. Qualified in submarines in 1983 during our "Around the World" deployment to the Indian Ocean. Stood watches as Officer of the Deck and Engineering Officer of the Watch.