frankeemuniz
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Shipyard was a terrible yet awesome time. Our sub (as seen above) had more holes cut into than I like to admit. Just a note, 35ish feet of this bad boy remains underwater when loaded for kicking ass. She has a crew of about 160 sailors, is just over 500ft. long, 42 feet wide, has 4 forward torpedo tubes and 24 missile silos. Her only limitation on how long she can stay submerged is her food supply.
printcraft
You guys are nutty. No offense intended, just speaking to reality.
NoUserNamesLeftToChooseFrom
Oh hi
OrionRed
The way things are in Ohio right now, I might NEED that sub to get to work!
TheCur
Pffft. Boomers. Half-timers!
jimmysrussled2
your moms dildo looks almost ready
imste
areyoualive
Holes???
Tassyr
Well, you can't just flip up the hood.
frankeemuniz
Yup, had just over 15 cut into the hull for various projects. Main one, and largest, was for refueling the reactor. Overall time was 3 yrs.
Metalhead47
That's typically what dry dock stints are for. They cut a bunch of holes in the ship to access stuff they can't when it's in the water.
Username1884
Why do the paint the bottom red?
BarrowRun
Copper in the paint keeps stuff from growing on it.
Username1884
TIL thanks.
LadyAyami
The worst that could happen in a sub. They didn't stock enough coffee
TheCur
This is so very true.
MyOwnPrivateOhio
My son graduates HS in May then leaves for boot camp at Great Lakes IL.... he’s volunteered for subs. @LadyAyami I hope you are right.
LadyAyami
They send them to school for a year - by the time he graduates school they will have them drilled for every situation.
missiletowe12
20 years in, 4 diff subs, 16 patrols. My worst memory was running out of toilet paper...
MyOwnPrivateOhio
That makes me feel better! Thank you!
iidky
24 ICBMs. Each with 8 100kt warheads. Each warhead is GPS enabled and can be independently targeted. 192 cities toasted by one sub.
cormwallace
***slbm***
delpharseven
The W88 warhead has an estimated yield of 475kt.
missiletowe12
The cruise missiles have GPS, not the SLBMs. And we don't target cities, but military targets.
OrionRed
I bet the double up the targets though...so only like 100 cities incinerated...stop exaggerating!
iidky
Don't forget, this is only one sub. We have 14 more just like this. *math* 2,688 cities gone. Then the machines take over..
missiletowe12
Math is off. Not all 24 tubes have missiles anymore. Permanent ballast.
Metalhead47
Any idea why the red part is down as low as it is, when the waterline will never be nearly that low even on the surface?
elmonosabio
Good question!
taconoah
It’s so if the sub rolls over in some sort of catastrophe it can be found. Easier to spot red on the sea floor than black.
FirstDagger
Maybe because it is cheaper and the black part is needed as camo from above.
frankeemuniz
The red is from the "natural" color the anti-corrosive paints comes out in. The bottom half is paint this for surface operations. 1/
frankeemuniz
The black paint on the upper half has similar anti-corrosive properties but not as good as the red. However most subs get repainted every2/
frankeemuniz
Time they pull into port to maintain a corrosion free hull and extend the life of the multi-million dollar sub.