A rare look inside nuclear powered submarine USS Florida

Onkel Neal · 01-04-20, 02:26 PM

Mr Quatro · 01-08-20, 10:56 AM

I liked the video Neal ... I wish I could watch it with a real submarine sailor and he could tell me what I am looking at.

Sonar use to be in a small room all by itself like the radio room, but now it is out in the open.

Enlisted men use to be the planes men and helm now it is officer's.

Candy and snacks offered for free between meals ... Wow!

Onkel Neal · 01-08-20, 11:46 AM

They have some kind of secret room, I could see techs entering and leaving when I was on USS Texas. Signal intel probably.

I thought it was interesting to see all the women sailors, man times have changed

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Mr Quatro · 01-08-20, 05:13 PM

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They have some kind of secret room, I could see techs entering and leaving when I was on USS Texas. Signal intel probably.

A computer room perhaps ... here's an SSBN Ohio class (14) of these left

Showing all the compartments I find the numbers 6 Command and control center and number 8 Missile control center interesting suggesting two conn's.

The first one must be for navigation and firing torpedo's, but I wonder if the second one can control depth and heading for the firing of missiles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio-class_submarine

Line drawing of the Ohio class in its original SSBN configuration. (1) Sonar dome, (2) Main ballast tanks, (3) Computer room, (4) Integrated radio room, (5) Sonar room, (6) Command and control center, (7) Navigation center, (8) Missile control center, (9) Engine room, (10) Reactor compartment, (11) Auxiliary machinery room no. 2, (12) Crew's berthing (13) Auxiliary machinery room no. 1, (14) Torpedo room, (15) Wardroom, (16) Chief petty officer quarters, (17) Missile compartment

Mork_417 · 01-08-20, 06:34 PM

LOL, my favorite part...

"This could lift up at anytime?" - David Muir
"This could lift up at anytime, on order." - Rear Admiral

Onkel Neal · 01-09-20, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Mork_417

LOL, my favorite part...

"This could lift up at anytime?" - David Muir
"This could lift up at anytime, on order." - Rear Admiral

ETR3(SS) · 01-10-20, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

I liked the video Neal ... I wish I could watch it with a real submarine sailor and he could tell me what I am looking at.

Sonar use to be in a small room all by itself like the radio room, but now it is out in the open.

Enlisted men use to be the planes men and helm now it is officer's.

Candy and snacks offered for free between meals ... Wow!

I'm your huckleberry, I was on an Ohio SSBN.

ET2SN · 01-10-20, 05:24 AM

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I'm your huckleberry, I was on an Ohio SSBN.

Be careful, huckleberry. The eyes of the fleet are upon you.

ETR3(SS) · 01-10-20, 05:49 AM

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Be careful, huckleberry. The eyes of the fleet are upon you.

The secrets of the cloaking device won't be revealed.

ET2SN · 01-10-20, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

The secrets of the cloaking device won't be revealed.

The "entities" back in Maneuvering also requested (? Its so hard to tell when they mind-meld with you) that you "zip it".

Mr Quatro · 01-10-20, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

I'm your huckleberry, I was on an Ohio SSBN.

When the test to test you came over the wire and the CO gave the orders to man battle stations missile ...

Did he warn you that this was a test?

Rufus Shinra · 01-10-20, 02:05 PM

Pretty roomy, these SSN feel as vast as our SSBN. ^_^;

ET2SN · 01-10-20, 04:14 PM

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Pretty roomy,

True story, once upon a time- a long, long time ago, an Ohio steamed into Pearl Harbor for a day and tied up at Ford Island. I got "nominated"

to be the "crew liason" because I knew the guy who ran the enlisted club on Ford.

As it turned out, I knew a couple of the guys from training back in Groton and got invited aboard for a tour. We were standing in Nav Center and the only thing I could think to ask was "Its pretty big down here, who has to clean it?".
"Oh, we got nubs for that.."

ETR3(SS) · 01-11-20, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

When the test to test you came over the wire and the CO gave the orders to man battle stations missile ...

Did he warn you that this was a test?

You always knew if it was for training. Sometimes it would be in the P.O.T.D (Plan of the Day), sometimes not. But there's an escalation of steps that occurs that leads to WWIII, if those steps aren't taken it's a pretty safe bet it's a drill. That said, there was one time when the CO flubbed on his 1MC and read the wrong line stating "strategic launch" vice "status test."

In reference to your previous curiosity about there being two conns, there's not. Aside from emergency local controls, course and depth are controlled from the Control Room. Speed orders are given from Control to Maneuvering via the telegraph.

jj0666 · 02-23-20, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

I liked the video Neal ... I wish I could watch it with a real submarine sailor and he could tell me what I am looking at.

Sonar use to be in a small room all by itself like the radio room, but now it is out in the open.

Enlisted men use to be the planes men and helm now it is officer's.

Candy and snacks offered for free between meals ... Wow!

Wouldnt even survive, I was just a dumb Grunt in the Army from 02-12 and the amount that equipment changed from my first time in iraq till the last day in afghan to now is so diff its unreal

01-04-20, 02:26 PM	#1
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01-08-20, 11:46 AM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	They have some kind of secret room, I could see techs entering and leaving when I was on USS Texas. Signal intel probably. I thought it was interesting to see all the women sailors, man times have changed . __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

01-08-20, 06:34 PM	#5
Mork_417 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: DB-15 Posts: 851 Downloads: 263 Uploads: 0	LOL, my favorite part... "This could lift up at anytime?" - David Muir "This could lift up at anytime, on order." - Rear Admiral __________________ Heading to AM49.(U-553)

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Rufus Shinra Soundman Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: The land of the free with a glorious military history (France) Posts: 141 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Pretty roomy, these SSN feel as vast as our SSBN. ^_^;