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WikiPedia posted:HMS Gotland managed to snap several pictures of the USS Ronald Reagan during a wargaming exercise in the Pacific Ocean, effectively "sinking" the aircraft carrier.[11] The exercise was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the US Fleet against diesel-electric submarines, which some have noted as severely lacking.  I knew we were weak on SS ASW but goddamnI like to imagine them surfacing within like 1km of the Reagan and just waving to the carrier, then slipping back to periscope depth to listen to the Task Force Commander rip all his ASW guys new poopchutes. That is a tiny looking sub, too.
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Mortabis posted:Is SS sonar gear? "SS" is the designation for Diesel/Electrics, "SSN" being nucs and "SSP" being that terrifying Swedish death machine with Stirling Engine AIP. Some say it stands for "Scares Skippers Pissless"
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Apr 2, 2013 03:44
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Snowdens Secret posted:When we messed with the Gotland in '05? they also had a bunch of super-hot women on board "I SAID 'Rig for silent running'. Jennsen, stop banging the cook  Sonar can hear you and we're going to start broadcasting on the 1MC"
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Apr 2, 2013 04:49
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Was this before or after the S-3 got retired? I know airborne-ASW is pretty terrible but the threat of SONOBOUYS EVERYWHERE might have helped a little bit, having only helicopters afterward. I'm also sure that being able to get detection at extreme range with the CZ helped plot intercept too.
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Apr 2, 2013 06:34
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Ten year old data, and most of the sub warfare stuff is pretty much out there, as indicated above. Hell, you can read about any of this in a Tom Clancy novel. I'm pure civilian and I'm keeping up pretty well. The poo poo about Nimitz loving off from the rest of the BG, though...  I Let's not ruin what I think is a really cool thread (I've always been fascinated with submarines/sub warfare) with trouble, please. Be safe rather than sorry if it keeps the thread open.
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Apr 2, 2013 10:59
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Hauldren Collider posted:3. How quiet do you have to be when serving on a submarine? Is it like whispers only when you are up in some country's private parts? You could probably talk regularly. However, you really don't want to drop a wrench or something like that.
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Apr 3, 2013 06:12
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Baloogan posted:I just got off a month long probation and I'm not going to let this thread slip under the waves. If you get a chance, skip down to the local Library and see if they have Silent Victory. There's a good background of how the Mk14 got so hosed up and what the captains had to say about it. TL;DR the Navy told them they were nuts until sub commanders started officially reporting a ton of dud strikes. They were pissed. Also, that's a drat good book overall for some WWII Sub history. I have no idea about modern conventionals, as with the advent of AIO (Air-Independent Operation) diesels can stay down for a couple weeks at a time. They are quite a bit slower than nuc boats while submerged.
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Dec 23, 2013 15:02
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But I be done seen about everything when I seen an LA blip
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Mortabis posted:Hyman Rickover didn't have a foreskin Surely a fact only a seaman would know.
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