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Individual Submarine Boards => USS Blueback (SS-581) => Topic started by: Dave595 on May 03, 2008, 02:19:20 PM
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Torpedo Room from after hatch.
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Do you guys have a full set of torpedoes over there??
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Interesting design. Ladder looks like it wou d get in the way, but I guess it would get stowed once under way.
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That is an unmodified Torpedo Room and the ladder is the Weapons Shipping Hatch ladder and it does get stored under way... Damn I am jealous to see an unmodified room, wish like hell we had that..
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The bunks seem to be missing. Also when the ladder is removed, a bunk is swung under that hatch. Can anyone tell me what the name of this extra rack was called?
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The "honeymoon suite" was used on the older diesel's and I am going to make the same assumption in this case.. ;)
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Correct and some times we called it the "Bridal Suite." It was my bunk.
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I bet that was fun getting in and out of.
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Never had to worry about that, I rode 688's
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How did you nuke guys deal with not seeing the sun for 3 months? At least on a fleet boat you could pop your head out of the hatch for fresh air on occassion.
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Sun light, fresh air, and oxygen are bad for you and it doesn't smell right.
Tom Bowser
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Worst smell in the world, coming up after months and contaminating our air with that the rest of the world uses.
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That and the water doesn't taste right either, ya know something about having the purest water in the world compared to whatever is on tap in the barracks or in housing. While we didn't notice the smell of amine on our clothes people did (just like the diesel boat smell) and our wives would meet us at the door at times and tell us to strip and get out of those "stinky clothes" and take a shower ;)
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Do nuke boats smell like a "sewer pipe" like the diesel boats? I always wondered why the diesel heads didn't use some sea water to help the flush/purge process. I guess they wanted to minimize how many open ports there were to the outer hull for deep diving and damage control.
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I can only speak about the first flight 688's on this one.. While we didn't notice it it may have smelled like it after a couple of months of being underwater. I will tell you that when we did our shell back ceremony that boat stank and no matter how many times we cleaned it before pulling into Singapore (yes we ran the diesel to help vent the boat out and try to change the smell inside of the boat) but it was for no use, to this day when I think about it I can still smell that stench and see the look on the distinguished guest faces when they came onboard when we pulled in.
Darrin
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You guys must have saved refuse for months for the ceremony.
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Stupidly enough us nub's were told to put the trash under the mains due to the op area and we listened.. so when we did the Shell Back ceremony there was more then enough trash and other stuff coming forward from the Engine Room to suppliment a good ceremony.
That run we also had egg's outboard the main's and it was always interesting to bring the eggs forward (granted they were cold in the bilges) and crack them open for breakfast... the last few days of real eggs were interesting at best, we got 1 out of 3 or 4 that hadn't gone bad at the very end before they went over the side not to be used. too this day I still watch the expiration date on my eggs and don't even try to chance it because of that smell coming from the Galley.
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I took a one-day dependents' cruise and two tiger cruises on the nuclear-powered USS Silversides (SSN-679), visited the USS Chicago (SSN-721) on her commissioning day, and visited the USS Jacksonville (SSN-699). The "submarine smell" was present in each. Not as strong as in a diesel boat but present nonetheless. I find it a pleasant smell, albeit penetrating.
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Two cursies are the Von Steuben and I still cannot dring coffee because of the pure water. Coffee bad! Secondary water good!
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Aww come on JT, getting used to coffee in the civilian world only took me 10 years before I could drink it once more and then it was still lacking but I have come to like it once more. Would love to get our still on Torsk working once more but don't think that one will EVER happen ;)
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OH man get the still working and I'll drink coffee again.
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Dave,
Thanks for the photo. I was on the Blueback in the 60s. She's got a spot in my heart. Seeing that forward escape hatch brought back some fond memories of sitting up there playing my harmonica to pass the time. Great acoustics!
Bill Wasil
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Just rambling along - yee haa! :crazy2:
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Correct and some times we called it the "Bridal Suite." It was my bunk.
I had the Honeymoon Suite too. I remember the air handler used to blow cold air directly on my head. I could never sleep there. I used to hot rack with some other guys to avoid having to use it.
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Torpedo Room from after hatch.
I was on the Blueback. The ladder going up to the escape trunk would fold up and be secured to the overhead. I worked really well.
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smell like a "sewer pipe" like the diesel boats?
:crazy2: I was thinking about a new man's cologne based on the sweet smell of a diesel boat. I bet it would sell great. :D
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:crazy2: I was thinking about a new man's cologne based on the sweet smell of a diesel boat. I bet it would sell great. :D
The one thing that was distinctive about diesel boats was the aromas that were available:
1. The smell of the diesels.
2. The sanitation tanks venting inboard when you were pulling a vacuum. :idiot2:
Ah, the memories.