Anyone ever serve on a submarine?

[RavenSEAL]

I don't think I could ever do it, x1000 kudos to those brave souls!

 

[etrigan420]

Fuck no I didn't do any sub time...it changes people...

Look at pcgeek11 here, prime example.

 

[Printer Bandit]

why the need for so many people in a submarine.. can't they have something like unmanned drones?

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

My father was on diesel subs for a while. Didn't seem like lack of sunlight was a big problem.

 

[FallenHero]

I have yet to hear my Cousin complain. I think this is his 10th year in the Navy. Currently in month 1 of yet another 6 month deployment.

 

[SeaSerpent]

A friend of mine served on the USS Jack (SSN-605)

He is the average highly intelligent guy.

 

[BladeVenom]

6 months no women I don't think I can do it

You know what they say, 150 men go down, 75 couples come up.

 

[pcgeek11]

Fuck no I didn't do any sub time...it changes people...

Look at pcgeek11 here, prime example.

You probably wouldn't make it anyway.

What is your point? Maybe I was always like this!

 

[pcgeek11]

You know what they say, 150 men go down, 75 couples come up.

Once the lines go its all male bonding.

 

[pcgeek11]

I'm sure it's wonderful and unique experience but what does it feel like to see daylight after constant long stretches submerged having been cut off from the world and finally breathing fresh air? Is it blinding when you see the sun again? Does it mess with your sleep patterns? Do you lose track of days because you're up for odd hours?

When you first get on board it feels like a very small cramped space. After you have been on board for a month it feels normal. You get used to not having contact with anyone other than the crew. When you first open the hatch it stinks outside and is way too bright. The world seems really huge. Unless you actually keep up with the days you do forget what day it is etc because it doesn't matter, until you get close to pulling back in then it drags...

 

[janas19]

You know what they say, 150 men go down, 75 couples come up.

That's what they say.

Although, besides BladeVenom in a submarine thread, Idk who else "they" are.

 

[cirrrocco]

I think Johnfromsheffield did. He served in the air force, army and the navy.

 

[FoBoT]

I'm sure it's wonderful and unique experience but what does it feel like to see daylight after constant long stretches submerged having been cut off from the world and finally breathing fresh air? Is it blinding when you see the sun again? Does it mess with your sleep patterns? Do you lose track of days because you're up for odd hours?

the sun thing isn't really a big deal at all, at least to me
now sleep/time is messed with, but not from not seeing the sun.
there are two things subs do to mess with your patterns
first- as soon as you go to see you switch to zulu time (Greenwich mean time) so right there you change several hours in one jump
second- subs work in 4 six hour shifts, but most divisions only have enough people for 3 shifts. so that means you are in a rotating 18 hour day. that turns a 70 day patrol into something like 100 days (but 18 hour days instead of 24 hour days). so that is what messes with your time/sleep. as well as others mentioned, when you do drills, which a lot, they usually do those on the schedule of the captain/officers that stay on a 24 hour day, ie during 'daytime', but depending on where you are in your 18 hour day, the drills may well be during your 'night' , so you get to miss your sleep that day. that is what really messes with your sleep/time patterns

 

[FoBoT]

You know what they say, 150 men go down, 75 couples come up.

the 'they' that say this are non-submariners, is it really that funny? really? :| :hmm: :awe: :sneaky:

 

[FoBoT]

When you first get on board it feels like a very small cramped space.

i always explain it like this

think of going to a factory or industrial building. like a power plant or anything with tons of equipment, except its all jammed into the rooms and the building has no windows of course.
most of the time you are submerged you can't really tell the difference between being in the boat and being in a building. unless you are very shallow or there is a really big storm, you don't feel any rocking/wave action, so again, it is like being in an industrial building where you work, but you just don't get to go home at night and you have to sleep at work, in a small bed

here is a look at the bunk rooms on a trident class SSBN

those are 3 high, the middle racks were most prized, the senior guys usually picked middle racks first. i always preferred the bottom bunk, so i didn't have to climb or disturb the other two when i got in/out

 

[FoBoT]

this page has a ton of photos inside of a new fast attack, virginia class
http://m.zdnet.com.au/get-wet-with-submarine-tech-photos-339304674.htm

 

[Sonikku]

No internet for months? That would be hard. What do you do in free time for fun? Is there really a thing like "hot bunking" where you share a beg with two or three other people? Is the air quality really bad?

 

[JS80]

Fuck no I didn't do any sub time...it changes people...

Look at pcgeek11 here, prime example.

Licking mod's asshole huh? slurp slurp





Don't you guys ever learn?

Didn't get that internal memo regarding mod callouts?

You know how they piss me off. If you didn't, then you know now

esquared
Anandtech Forum Director

 

[iGas]

I built them.

 

[SandEagle]

i'm working on a tuna sub right now.

 

[Jumpem]

i always explain it like this

think of going to a factory or industrial building. like a power plant or anything with tons of equipment, except its all jammed into the rooms and the building has no windows of course.
most of the time you are submerged you can't really tell the difference between being in the boat and being in a building. unless you are very shallow or there is a really big storm, you don't feel any rocking/wave action, so again, it is like being in an industrial building where you work, but you just don't get to go home at night and you have to sleep at work, in a small bed

here is a look at the bunk rooms on a trident class SSBN
http://paulshambroomart.com/art/nuclear weapons revA/images/3449_14-15Trident crew.jpg
those are 3 high, the middle racks were most prized, the senior guys usually picked middle racks first. i always preferred the bottom bunk, so i didn't have to climb or disturb the other two when i got in/out

That's a huge dealbreaker. I want my own space when I am not working.

 

[iGas]

i always explain it like this

think of going to a factory or industrial building. like a power plant or anything with tons of equipment, except its all jammed into the rooms and the building has no windows of course.
most of the time you are submerged you can't really tell the difference between being in the boat and being in a building. unless you are very shallow or there is a really big storm, you don't feel any rocking/wave action, so again, it is like being in an industrial building where you work, but you just don't get to go home at night and you have to sleep at work, in a small bed

here is a look at the bunk rooms on a trident class SSBN

those are 3 high, the middle racks were most prized, the senior guys usually picked middle racks first. i always preferred the bottom bunk, so i didn't have to climb or disturb the other two when i got in/out

The space in that is like a 5 star hotel compare to diesel electric subs.

 

[cybrsage]

1972 - 1993. No. Boomers (SSBNs) do not transmit when they are on patrol. The only radio communications are to receive "flash traffic (launch orders)" via a floating wire antenna. The reasons are for stealth and remain hidden.

We received a news feed every couple of days. AFAIK, it is a general broadcast and all you do is pop up the antenna and receive it. They promise it was not censored...but if they simply do not bother to send an entire story, they did not censor that story, they simply did not report it.

 

[cybrsage]

I'm sure it's wonderful and unique experience but what does it feel like to see daylight after constant long stretches submerged having been cut off from the world and finally breathing fresh air? Is it blinding when you see the sun again? Does it mess with your sleep patterns? Do you lose track of days because you're up for odd hours?

Submariners are infamous for falling into "underway time" as my wife called it. I would resume a conversation we had prior to leaving as if we just had it...only it was actually weeks ago.

Our days were 18 hours long - 3 shifts of 6 hours each. One shift of watch ,one of maintenance, then one of sleep. Sounds like 6 hours of sleep out of every 18 right? Wrong. Drills remove sleep. Qualifying for watchstations removes sleep. Want to eat? Comes out of sleep time. Wash your clothing? Take a shower? Read a book? Write a letter to send when you get into a port? Study for anything? All comes out of sleep. I averaged 4 hours of sleep for every 24 hours. But that was only if nothing important broke and the entire electrical division had to be up working on it.

Would not trade the time for anything - and certainly did not continue it past my 8 years.

 

[cybrsage]

You know what they say, 150 men go down, 75 couples come up.

Our sub had an odd number of people...each deployment we had to draw straws to see who was left single.

Once the lines go its all male bonding.

If its underway, it ain't gay! :awe: