Nuclear Submarine, Now with High Quality pictures!

"norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback" (norskracer98)
07/28/2014 at 23:28 • Filed to: None

As I promised better quality pictures!

Note I did switch lenses between the first two and the last two. First two are with the 35 and others are 55-200

DISCUSSION (19)

Mattbob > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/29/2014 at 15:03

no apostrophe needed.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Mattbob
07/29/2014 at 15:14

Autocorrect. Forgot to change it.

mcseanerson > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/29/2014 at 15:15

Where is this?

jariten1781 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/29/2014 at 15:25

Whoever's in the back looks like they're wearing a skirt.

VA class, with the photonics masts up only, from the looks of it.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > mcseanerson
07/29/2014 at 19:31

Groton Connecticut

mcseanerson > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/29/2014 at 20:00

Ah, I was conceived there.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > mcseanerson
07/29/2014 at 20:25

My Dad was born there. My grandfather served there in the 70's

mcseanerson > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/29/2014 at 20:38

My dad served there before moving to Bremerton, Washington where I was born. My dad served on two nuclear subs.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > mcseanerson
07/29/2014 at 22:13

My grandfather was on two also, both out of Groton. The Trepang and the Lipscomb.

mcseanerson > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/29/2014 at 22:41

My dad served on the George Washington and the George Bancroft. If I recall correctly the George Bancroft was a diesel sub that was converted to a nuclear sub and the George Washington was a nuclear sub outright.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > mcseanerson
07/29/2014 at 22:43

Yeah the GW was a nuke missile sub, not sure about the Bancroft though. Submarines are very, very interesting.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > jariten1781
07/29/2014 at 22:45

Yeah, it appears that way to me.

mcseanerson > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/29/2014 at 22:50

Yeah I thought about serving sub duty (wife can't get jealous if you serve with a bunch of dudes) and then I read Big Red and while there were a bunch of things to discourage me the #1 was the lack of communication with family. You get a two sentence telegram that you can not respond to once every 3 months.

"Jimmy fell out of the tree and broke his arm. We miss you." I would lose my mind.

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norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > mcseanerson
07/29/2014 at 22:54

I've thought about, even still am. Right now I'm thinking of three possibilities, Coast Guard, Sub Service, or college. Haven't really decided on what I am going to do. Have about 2 years to figure it out though.

mcseanerson > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/30/2014 at 00:28

Read Big Red, it was an eye opener for me. If I didn't have a wife at the time and kids now I would've done sub service. You work two 8 hour shifts doing two different jobs every day that way if something happens to someone somebody else knows how to do their job. I would have been fine with that and a lot of the other stresses but not being able to keep in touch with my wife or kids would've been too much. My dad said he would never serve on a surface ship because there are so many lazy people that others are just doing the work for them picking up the slack.

Consider an aircraft carrier has a crew of 4,000 and a sub has a crew of 160 and you get a feel for how many sailors are there just to make sure somebody is working. My dad said if people pulled half the crap they do on surface ships on a sub they'd kick them off.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > mcseanerson
07/30/2014 at 00:32

I haven't read that book but I've read some other stuff and seen some other stuff so I know how a lot of it works. It works best if you don't really have a family. That's the main reason my grandfather got out, was away too much. I'd still love to do it. I wouldn't want to be on a surface ship in the Navy either.

mcseanerson > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/30/2014 at 01:16

Yeah I watched that carrier documentary and was shocked at how out of line some of the crew was.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > mcseanerson
07/30/2014 at 01:22

Which documentary was that? I've seen some sub ones but not much on carriers.

mcseanerson > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
07/30/2014 at 07:10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt122438…