tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post3023161979278107920..comments2024-03-28T15:33:37.338-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Submarine!OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-53123441161553147682015-10-05T11:43:29.550-07:002015-10-05T11:43:29.550-07:00As regards the term "hat" - in reality t...As regards the term "hat" - in reality that is a generic term, the Air Force doesn't use the word "cover" in regards to what is on one's head. We tend to use a specific term, flight cap, ball cap, helmet, bus driver or "wheel" hat. I used the word "hat" for the many civilians who visit here.<br /><br />Your second question, to paraphrase what a Middie might say, "I have no idea but I'll look into it."<br /><br />Ditto in regards to your third question.<br /><br />As for what the torpedo tubes are made of, I doubt it's bronze, I would think brass, but in actuality I'll revert to the standard Middie answer of "I'll look into it."<br /><br />Geez you ask a lot of questions...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22034626372630759162015-10-05T11:07:03.090-07:002015-10-05T11:07:03.090-07:00Do you guys seriously call it a hat? I never cease...Do you guys seriously call it a hat? I never cease to be amazed... Or maybe that's dazed? Anyway, on to a plethora of fourth-grader questions:<br /><br />In the first image, what's that round drum with the swing-away hatch attached to the aft starboard corner of the conning tower? Five inch ready store?<br /><br />In the aft torpedo room there's some kind of a device sitting on the skid (?) just in front of the roller; wood and metal with a pin on one end and a pulley on the other. What it are?<br /><br />And finally, are the torpedo tubes really made of bronze?<br /><br />Great post and lots of fun. :)PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59364784403754623782015-10-03T16:45:12.583-07:002015-10-03T16:45:12.583-07:00Big being relative.
Of course.Big being relative.<br /><br />Of course.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32427802436358291122015-10-03T16:02:30.488-07:002015-10-03T16:02:30.488-07:00And that is a BIG diesel boat... :-)And that is a BIG diesel boat... :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-5744502226019374092015-10-03T16:02:12.685-07:002015-10-03T16:02:12.685-07:00Not a lot of room to begin with, then put a pilot ...Not a lot of room to begin with, then put a pilot in there, a fellow used to the wide open skies?<br /><br />I see your point.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20986853198030642722015-10-03T15:57:32.294-07:002015-10-03T15:57:32.294-07:00I got to tour an Nuke Attack Sub while going throu...I got to tour an Nuke Attack Sub while going through Joint Staff School at Norfolk. As big as it was compared to the WWII boats, I felt claustrophobic and was glad to get off.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-11095140642383976602015-10-03T15:27:29.453-07:002015-10-03T15:27:29.453-07:00Lionfish had a snorkel? I did not know that.
Info...Lionfish had a snorkel? I did not know that.<br /><br />Information is anything but useless to a fellow who loves history. As I do.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-87072414230612617892015-10-03T15:26:25.337-07:002015-10-03T15:26:25.337-07:00I spent a few days down in Charleston, made it ove...I spent a few days down in Charleston, made it over to Patriot's Point to ride the ferry out to Fort Sumter. Was overruled when I suggested a visit to things of more recent historic note would be in order. Next time and there will be a next time. I love that area.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54859886410027194752015-10-03T14:34:28.855-07:002015-10-03T14:34:28.855-07:00P.S.: Lionfish is what was called a "Fleet Sn...P.S.: Lionfish is what was called a "Fleet Snorkel"..Basically a WW II Fleet Boat with a snorkel added. More useless information from Steve's trivia tyrove.Captain Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297301009511642108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47774297461459074742015-10-03T14:31:48.214-07:002015-10-03T14:31:48.214-07:00Yup. USS Clamagore (SS-343) at Patriots Point (Jus...Yup. USS Clamagore (SS-343) at Patriots Point (Just across the Cooper River from Charleston, SC) is a GUPPY IIIA. I almost got my wife into her Control Room to show her where I worked (she had a claustrophobic attack and nearly trampled me getting out). Stunning coincidence #500--Clamagore was the very first submarine I ever set foot in---as a Sea Explorer at USN Summer Camp in Key West Florida.<br />Funny about full circles and all.Captain Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297301009511642108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55264943915031843512015-10-03T11:39:01.823-07:002015-10-03T11:39:01.823-07:00That's the aft torpedo room, only four tubes, ...That's the aft torpedo room, only four tubes, in the forward torpedo room (which I neglected to take a picture of) there are indeed six tubes, two beneath the deck plates as you indicated,<br /><br />I did think it odd that the deck gun was aft. In reality I would think that that's a better place for it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63513093377758425162015-10-03T09:27:24.979-07:002015-10-03T09:27:24.979-07:00She's a rare boat, having her deck gun aft of ...She's a rare boat, having her deck gun aft of the conning tower, but truth be told, that is where your better skippers WANTED the deck gun. Not forward.<br /><br />In the Torpedo room photo... there are actually SIX tubes, not just the four you can see. Tubes 5 and 6 are below the deck plates which must be pulled up in order to load and access the tubes.CG-23 Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344430385225473137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-5178635520649413842015-10-03T08:56:02.651-07:002015-10-03T08:56:02.651-07:00At the submarine base in Groton they have a simila...At the submarine base in Groton they have a similar display, honoring those who are on eternal patrol. Never fails to bring a tear to my eye.<br /><br />Thanks Cap'n.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46467477886074055652015-10-03T08:43:07.818-07:002015-10-03T08:43:07.818-07:00Nice pics! It's really amazing how many old su...Nice pics! It's really amazing how many old submarines we have laying around considering how greatly this country disliked U-boats. We even have one here in MetroParkCentralis and one day I'll go aboard. It's somewhat humbling to walk around Pearl Harbor museum and see how many of our submarines remain on eternal patrol.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68744848318573715222015-10-03T08:20:21.312-07:002015-10-03T08:20:21.312-07:00Concur. I've seen attack boats coming into Nor...Concur. I've seen attack boats coming into Norfolk and there's something about them that is ominous.<br /><br />A missile boat on the other hand is a special kind of scary. They're big and they carry world-ending ordnance. Something out of a nightmare.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27203854712740298382015-10-03T08:18:36.093-07:002015-10-03T08:18:36.093-07:00Lionfish never underwent the GUPPY conversion so s...Lionfish never underwent the GUPPY conversion so she is still pretty much "as built." There are some internal spaces which were modified to make her a museum ship but on the exterior a sailor who was on board during the war would not see any difference.<br /><br />I looked her up, USS Odax was the first of the GUPPY conversions and is another New Englander, built in Kittery.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46273072217169014112015-10-03T07:42:57.116-07:002015-10-03T07:42:57.116-07:00There is something about a submarine that is more ...There is something about a submarine that is more menacing than any other warship. I remember seeing the US Ohio coming up Hood Canal to Bangor. Scary.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47309179709266707542015-10-03T06:45:48.657-07:002015-10-03T06:45:48.657-07:00Cool pix. I did my senior Middy cruise in USS Odax...Cool pix. I did my senior Middy cruise in USS Odax (SS-484), she was pretty much identical to Lionfish inside; though as a GUPPY IIIA conversion very different in appearance topside. "My" bunk (shared with two others in rotation ) was in the forward torpedo room. Sleeping with a Mark 14 was....interesting.Captain Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297301009511642108noreply@blogger.com