WOAH: Navy publishes first photos of damaged sub

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: Sundog

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

The inner hull was not penetrated.

:Q

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[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Anyone know what the blue tarp is for? Something secret underneath?

there are 2 things in front of the pressure hull, the foward main ballast tank and the sonar dome. the tarp is likely covering the parts of the sonar dome that remained intact

 

[Antoneo]

Who are the major contractors of the US Navy's submarines? General Dynamics?

 

[FoBoT]

electric boat is a subsidiary of GD. EB makes all US subs (and has for quite a long time)

there is guy here on AT that works for electric boat in groton, i bet he knows some stuff, but probably can't say/post it in public

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

The inner hull was not penetrated.

:Q

Looking at the bulge in the top it was very close to getting the pressure hull to breach.

They were very lucky.

 

[bigredguy]

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: dderidex

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

The inner hull was not penetrated.

:Q

That amazes me.

It really makes you wonder about the survivability of a sub against a torpedo attack, though, huh? "Common knowledge" has had it that a single torpedo is sufficient to sink anything.

But....I mean, if it can handle driving straight into a mountain at 30 knots.....

And, even more amazingly, not only NOT SINK, but recall that it managed to surface and drive back to port under its own power!

except a torpedo is going to be going the submarine speed + the torpedo speed

while being manufactured to punch a hole into a submarine and have a large explosive in it. it is probably quite unlike running into a mountain of wet sand. It doesn't make me wonder about the survivability against a torpedo attack; it makes me wonder about the survivability of it hitting a rock formation that they didn't know about.

Except torpedoes are designed to explode beneath the sub(ship) not on impact.

 

[elbosco]

When can we expect the JAG episode?

 

[Electrode]

Originally posted by: elbosco
When can we expect the JAG episode?

Within 3 months. IIRC, it took around that long for the "American spy plane crashed over China" episode to come out after the actual event...

 

[TitanDiddly]

Subs are TOUGH, people.

I tip my hat to submarine engineers.

 

[GRIFFIN1]

Why do our subs even bother to submerge now? Now that the USSR has broken up, does anyone even look for our subs?

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: GRIFFIN1
Why do our subs even bother to submerge now? Now that the USSR has broken up, does anyone even look for our subs?

submarine hulls are designed for underwater operation. they can travel faster and are much more comfortable to be on when submerged

you are missing the point of what they do

my old boat (USS Florida) along with 3 other Trident SSBN's are being converted to SSGN's . instead of carrying ICBM's to nuke the crap out of the planet, they'll carry hundreds of tomahawk cruise missles, the kind we routinely use to take out pinpointed targets around the world.

 

[Heisenberg]

Yikes.

 

[Pacfanweb]

I guess my cousin won't have to worry about this one too much, since that one was Pacific Fleet.

 

[EyeMWing]

That'll buff right out. Maybe a little bondo.

 

[InlineFive]

I wonder if the tsunami has anything to do with these terrain disturbances...

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo
I wonder if the tsunami has anything to do with these terrain disturbances...

The creation of a random underwater mountain would have a tsunami THERE. So it's safe to say "Uhhhhh no"

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
electric boat is a subsidiary of GD. EB makes all US subs (and has for quite a long time)

there is guy here on AT that works for electric boat in groton, i bet he knows some stuff, but probably can't say/post it in public

LOL. Simple but funny web site.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: elbosco
When can we expect the JAG episode?

Right after NCIS which is a better show 🙂

 

[t3hmuffinman]

Originally posted by: Sundog

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

The inner hull was not penetrated.

:Q

 

[Evadman]

Note to self: Accurate maps are key when using a vehicle with no windows.

 

[bigredguy]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: PorBleemo
I wonder if the tsunami has anything to do with these terrain disturbances...

The creation of a random underwater mountain would have a tsunami THERE. So it's safe to say "Uhhhhh no"

Not if it grew slowly. It is possible that the same pressure that caused the earthquake/tsunami formed that mountain as well.

 

[hjo3]

Given that it's a story about *photos* being published, you'd think CNN could spend a few more cents on bandwidth and give us a link to a picture bigger than 150x150. Bah.

 

[bigredguy]

Given that it's a story about *photos* being published, you'd think CNN could spend a few more cents on bandwidth and give us a link to a picture bigger than 150x150. Bah.

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
Some bigger pictures from the official Navy site:

1

2

🙁

Bump...found even higher res pics.

CNN didn't but the navy did and MaC found them for us.

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: Evadman
Note to self: Accurate maps are key when using a vehicle with no windows.

:laugh:

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: bigredguy
CNN didn't but the navy did and MaC found them for us.

Ah, skimmed the thread too quickly. Thanks.