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Usenet downloads: USS Toledo (SSN 769) 060117 N 3541A 003.jpg 367209 bytes
Not my pictures, but interesting. Enjoy! I know I am over my posting quota for today but these are the last of my selection of downloads to share with this NG. If this kind of pictures are interesting to readers here, I can cull out more in future. -- HP, aka Jerry "And, that's all I'm going to say about that" - Forrest Gump |
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When this sub came into Kings Bay for supplies, I got lucky and got
a tour of it. Real impressive and it's a lot bigger that it looks. wizofwas |
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wizofwas added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...
When this sub came into Kings Bay for supplies, I got lucky and got a tour of it. Real impressive and it's a lot bigger that it looks. Really?! Sounds great. I've toured a number of WWII fleet subs, including one that was docked on the Detroit River still commisioned when I was a boy but I've never been fortunate enough to tour a nuclear sub of any kind. I imagine that while they're still cramped they're nothing like the little tin cans 110 or so officers and men went to see in during the war. And, there's only a couple of heads for all those guys and they had to hot-bunk! -- HP, aka Jerry "And, that's all I'm going to say about that" - Forrest Gump |
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"HEMI-Powered" wrote in message ... wizofwas added these comments in the current discussion du jour ... When this sub came into Kings Bay for supplies, I got lucky and got a tour of it. Real impressive and it's a lot bigger that it looks. Really?! Sounds great. I've toured a number of WWII fleet subs, including one that was docked on the Detroit River still commisioned when I was a boy but I've never been fortunate enough to tour a nuclear sub of any kind. I imagine that while they're still cramped they're nothing like the little tin cans 110 or so officers and men went to see in during the war. And, there's only a couple of heads for all those guys and they had to hot-bunk! Still "Hot Bunking" and I don't remember how many heads they had. The new crew members have the privilege of sleeping on top of the torpedoes. But at least they can shower everyday. Which is nice, because it's 3 months out to sea (that's about all of the food that they can carry) and rarely surface. I also got to tour a "Boomer" at the same time. That's a lot bigger sub. And it NEVER surfaces once out to sea. Never had a chance to get on a WWII sub, but I can imagine how small they are. wizofwas |
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When I served on a Sturgeon (ssn680 nuclear fast attack, they are all
gone now) no one had to hot bunk. Sometimes but only when we had extra people on board a few people would have to sleep on top of torpedos. I visited a ww2 boat and they are actually more roomy inside because they have considerabily less equipment than a modern day nuke boat. On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:44:35 -0400, "wizofwas" wrote: "HEMI-Powered" wrote in message ... wizofwas added these comments in the current discussion du jour ... When this sub came into Kings Bay for supplies, I got lucky and got a tour of it. Real impressive and it's a lot bigger that it looks. Really?! Sounds great. I've toured a number of WWII fleet subs, including one that was docked on the Detroit River still commisioned when I was a boy but I've never been fortunate enough to tour a nuclear sub of any kind. I imagine that while they're still cramped they're nothing like the little tin cans 110 or so officers and men went to see in during the war. And, there's only a couple of heads for all those guys and they had to hot-bunk! Still "Hot Bunking" and I don't remember how many heads they had. The new crew members have the privilege of sleeping on top of the torpedoes. But at least they can shower everyday. Which is nice, because it's 3 months out to sea (that's about all of the food that they can carry) and rarely surface. I also got to tour a "Boomer" at the same time. That's a lot bigger sub. And it NEVER surfaces once out to sea. Never had a chance to get on a WWII sub, but I can imagine how small they are. wizofwas |
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www.mqultra.com/ssn680.html added these comments in the current
discussion du jour ... When I served on a Sturgeon (ssn680 nuclear fast attack, they are all gone now) no one had to hot bunk. Sometimes but only when we had extra people on board a few people would have to sleep on top of torpedos. I visited a ww2 boat and they are actually more roomy inside because they have considerabily less equipment than a modern day nuke boat. You would certainly know more than me. All I can say is that is is TOUGH for me to get around being I'm 6'4" and those watertight doors are pretty damn small as are the bunks! And, as I recall, a number of sailors had to sleep on top the torpedos of the WWII subs. When this sub came into Kings Bay for supplies, I got lucky and got a tour of it. Real impressive and it's a lot bigger that it looks. Really?! Sounds great. I've toured a number of WWII fleet subs, including one that was docked on the Detroit River still commisioned when I was a boy but I've never been fortunate enough to tour a nuclear sub of any kind. I imagine that while they're still cramped they're nothing like the little tin cans 110 or so officers and men went to see in during the war. And, there's only a couple of heads for all those guys and they had to hot-bunk! Still "Hot Bunking" and I don't remember how many heads they had. The new crew members have the privilege of sleeping on top of the torpedoes. But at least they can shower everyday. Which is nice, because it's 3 months out to sea (that's about all of the food that they can carry) and rarely surface. I also got to tour a "Boomer" at the same time. That's a lot bigger sub. And it NEVER surfaces once out to sea. Never had a chance to get on a WWII sub, but I can imagine how small they are. -- HP, aka Jerry "And, that's all I'm going to say about that" - Forrest Gump |
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