Knuckles in the water is fun where you are going full out and lets do a 90 degree turn now then 2 seconds later a counter turn. So going, then a hard right then 2 seconds a hard left. Basically it is a cheap way to throw off a torp that is trying to home in by creating an air pocket and then the water rushing in that void makes a sound that the sub tries to use to mask itself and so lose the tracking torp as it locks onto the knuckle.
Crazy Ivan. AKA circular baffle clear
Yeah titanium isnt great for sound insulation lol...but yeah hauled ass
I was on watch when kursk went boom and down. My nsa rep and i had the graphs on our desks within a few hrs...it was obvious what happened
Liquid Lead Bismuth reactors, this was how the Alphas was able to be so small and with a crew of only 47. Bad thing is if the temp ever dropped below 130 C 233 F then the metal would start to solidify and then become nothing but a paper weight as the reactor was just a rock for all intents and purposes. So there is pros and cons to this set up it is more compact and creates far more power over a water cooled high pressure design. But on the down side at least water don't have to ever worry about becoming ice in a water reactor as long as the fuel is still good and functioning.
Is that a George Washington class in the background or Ethan Allen I do know it is a boomer and not an Ohio class, 2nd photo.Good times..
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I collect and analyze vibration data on rotating equipment at the plant. I bet that would be pretty interesting to do on a boat/sub.
It'd be cool the first time....probably.
So true. I used to work with a guy that was on an aircraft carrier. He said after about two weeks of looking around and only seeing water in every direction it got old. haha
Did he ever find the bowling alley?
I'm starting a new project for work that is writing the calibration procedure for accelerometers. One of the experts I'm going to be using for help used to take vibration samples on hulls of newly built and refurbished ships.
I never found one on john c stennis...i looked too lol.
Submarines have a very different approach for torpedo evasion. Order up all ahead flank (usually followed by the word "cavitate") Noisy, but if the bad guy already had a mediocre firing solution, you're more concerned with outrunning a torpedo, and surviving vice sticking around and developing a firing solution on the guy who just shot at you. You'll also likely change depth, and launch countermeasures to deceive the incoming torpedo.
