USS Plunger...

SteamWake · 04-19-07, 09:35 AM

Well was given the commission of a new porpise class submarine. The USS Plunger...

When I first saw this I thought it was some sort of dev joke but turns out its a true name.

Not only that she was quite successful, survived the war, and now has a contemporary SSN counterpart !

Who says the navey has no sense of humor

Cakewalk · 04-19-07, 09:37 AM

Sometimes you've got to wonder what the Navy's inspirations for naming were... :hmm:

AVGWarhawk · 04-19-07, 10:14 AM

All named after fish. Soon they ran out of these and started with names of fish in other countries. The USS Torsk located in Baltimore MD for example. Torsk I believe is a Norweign name for some fish in the ocean.

SteamWake · 04-19-07, 10:22 AM

So my sub is named after a toilet fish ?

Sailor Steve · 04-19-07, 10:25 AM

No, it just likes to dive. Fast. To the bottom.

SteamWake · 04-19-07, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

No, it just likes to dive. Fast. To the bottom.

Alot of my subs seem to do that

Avatar · 04-19-07, 12:31 PM

The Plunger is the sub I like to command most. It goes back to when I was playing SH1CE. The Uss Plunger has the dubious honor of being the 1st US submarine to be depth charged. The Plunger has a cool battleflag; one having a skull and crossbones.
I would like more torpedo tubes, but I sank the Yamato with 6 fish and none were premature or duds. So she is definately capable.
Also, this is interesting to me, the Plunger has an operational depth of 250 ft. and she is 300 ft. long. It's interesting to me in that if she were stood on her bow, at 250 ft., 50 feet would stick out of the water! It really gives you a reference to how deep 250-300 feet actually is! I guess this is from playing too many modern nuke subsims.

SteamWake · 04-19-07, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Avatar

I sank the Yamato with 6 fish and none were premature or duds. So she is definately capable.

Mildly understated.

LZ_Baker · 04-19-07, 05:53 PM

I always liked the Pogy. I wish we still had a boat named that. A pogy is a type of fish native to Lake Tahoe. I think it would be cool if like Iran had a sub called the "Fist of Allah" and it gets sunk by the Pogy

Payoff · 04-19-07, 06:08 PM

Also, back in the day they were called plunging boats.

Mush Martin · 04-19-07, 08:16 PM

Actually Plunger is one of the oldest submarines names in the US Navy
going back to The Holland boats.

Pre dated only by fulton herself

Plunger (holland type VII) was commisioned in the the USN
on sept 19 1903. she served ten years and was stricken
from the navy lists 24/2/1913 / later she served as a
target ship in 1916 and was scrapped in 1922.

Avatar · 04-20-07, 08:55 PM

Hello,
I shot 4 fish, UssPlunger, Porpoise class, at a Freighter and the first blew up prematurely but the Ship continued on like nothing happened. This may be because she was ringing flank bells and the ship was trying to make speed.

1. If youre a merchant capt., what is SOP for premature detonations? Do you continue on, as if nothing, or do you take some evasive maneuver?

2. Has anyone else noticed this?

Thnaks

sunvalleyslim · 04-21-07, 12:06 AM

Avatar,
Dude that Naval Capt. who ever he is better do some manuvers to get his red hot ass out of trouble. Cause if he goes in a straight line his ass is yours...........

perisher · 04-24-07, 02:53 PM

I just got "promoted" from the Searaven to the Plunger. A rather back handed compliment I thought. Nothing wrong with Plunger but a shiny new Gato would have been nice.

Ducimus · 04-24-07, 03:50 PM

You boys can have the Plunger. I was just given command of the Seawolf this mornning! However, we'll keep said plumbing implement in the head in your honor!

04-19-07, 09:35 AM	#1
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	USS Plunger... Well was given the commission of a new porpise class submarine. The USS Plunger... When I first saw this I thought it was some sort of dev joke but turns out its a true name. Not only that she was quite successful, survived the war, and now has a contemporary SSN counterpart ! Who says the navey has no sense of humor

04-19-07, 09:37 AM	#2
Cakewalk Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 212 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Sometimes you've got to wonder what the Navy's inspirations for naming were... :hmm: __________________ Its not a bug... its a feature!

04-19-07, 10:14 AM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	All named after fish. Soon they ran out of these and started with names of fish in other countries. The USS Torsk located in Baltimore MD for example. Torsk I believe is a Norweign name for some fish in the ocean. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-19-07, 10:25 AM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	No, it just likes to dive. Fast. To the bottom. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-19-07, 05:53 PM	#9
LZ_Baker Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Boston Posts: 213 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	I always liked the Pogy. I wish we still had a boat named that. A pogy is a type of fish native to Lake Tahoe. I think it would be cool if like Iran had a sub called the "Fist of Allah" and it gets sunk by the Pogy __________________

04-19-07, 10:22 AM	#4
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	So my sub is named after a toilet fish ?

04-19-07, 12:31 PM	#7
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	The Plunger is the sub I like to command most. It goes back to when I was playing SH1CE. The Uss Plunger has the dubious honor of being the 1st US submarine to be depth charged. The Plunger has a cool battleflag; one having a skull and crossbones. I would like more torpedo tubes, but I sank the Yamato with 6 fish and none were premature or duds. So she is definately capable. Also, this is interesting to me, the Plunger has an operational depth of 250 ft. and she is 300 ft. long. It's interesting to me in that if she were stood on her bow, at 250 ft., 50 feet would stick out of the water! It really gives you a reference to how deep 250-300 feet actually is! I guess this is from playing too many modern nuke subsims.

04-19-07, 06:08 PM	#10
Payoff Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nash Town, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Also, back in the day they were called plunging boats. __________________ "Hit Shokaku class carrier with three out of six torpedos. Recieved 105 depth charges during three hour period. Heard four terrific explosions in the direction of target, two and one half hours after attack. Believe that baby sank!" Lieutenant Commander Herman Kossler USS Cavalla

04-19-07, 08:16 PM	#11
Mush Martin Eternal Patrol Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,398 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Actually Plunger is one of the oldest submarines names in the US Navy going back to The Holland boats. Pre dated only by fulton herself Plunger (holland type VII) was commisioned in the the USN on sept 19 1903. she served ten years and was stricken from the navy lists 24/2/1913 / later she served as a target ship in 1916 and was scrapped in 1922. __________________ RIP Mush Tutorial

04-20-07, 08:55 PM	#12
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Convoys don't freakout when there's a premature torp. Hello, I shot 4 fish, UssPlunger, Porpoise class, at a Freighter and the first blew up prematurely but the Ship continued on like nothing happened. This may be because she was ringing flank bells and the ship was trying to make speed. 1. If youre a merchant capt., what is SOP for premature detonations? Do you continue on, as if nothing, or do you take some evasive maneuver? 2. Has anyone else noticed this? Thnaks

04-21-07, 12:06 AM	#13
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Avatar, Dude that Naval Capt. who ever he is better do some manuvers to get his red hot ass out of trouble. Cause if he goes in a straight line his ass is yours........... __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

04-24-07, 02:53 PM	#14
perisher Frogman Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England Posts: 300 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I just got "promoted" from the Searaven to the Plunger. A rather back handed compliment I thought. Nothing wrong with Plunger but a shiny new Gato would have been nice. __________________ "Pitt was the greatest fool who ever lived to encourage a mode of war which they who commanded the seas did not want, and which, if successful, would deprive them of it." Earl St.Vincent (allegedly)

04-24-07, 03:50 PM	#15
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	You boys can have the Plunger. I was just given command of the Seawolf this mornning! However, we'll keep said plumbing implement in the head in your honor!