Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Volunteer for the Soviet Submarine Service!!!

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Ok ok, I know Comrades the Soviet Navy is now the Russia Navy but, you can still volunteer to work on a Soviet 1960’s era submarine. The Jul...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Propulsion Systems - Non Submarine Type

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On Fathers Day I took my son to the Rhode Island Air National Guard Air Show . With my digital camera I did a short photo essay of propulsi...
Thursday, June 16, 2005

Safety Concerns Over Two Royal Navy Submarines

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According to this TIMESONLINE article two Trafalgar-class British Royal Navy Submarines the HMS Tireless and the HMS Torbay have been banne...
Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Peek-a-boo

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Peek-A-Boo (Source: US Navy) Ok, I haven't posted anything in a few days. Two things have drawn me away from this blog, first I really ...
Saturday, June 11, 2005

The New London Commute

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By The Race and through The Slot look out Dive Point ready or not. Submarines and Whales are no strangers as evidenced in this archived ima...
Friday, June 10, 2005

Unsanitary Ballistics

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Another crappy sea story… With all the sea stories over at “ Ultraquite No More ” about intentional and unintentional mishaps involving bl...
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Thursday, June 09, 2005

Sestak on the Submarine's Value to the Navy

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Yesterdays post to the group Submarine Blog was about Adm. Joseph A. Sestak Jr. views on the Navy's future requirements as they relate ...
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Protesters breach Faslane Trident Base - almost

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It looks as though the anti-war and anti-nuke protestors are at it again in Scotland. This excerpt from the Scotsman " MoD denies prote...
Monday, June 06, 2005

Going Vertical on builders trials

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I posted a sea story over at " Ultraquite No More " about an impromptu emergency blow during builders trials. Emergency Blow (Sour...
Sunday, June 05, 2005

Taming the BST

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Taming the BST buoy Rescue buoy painted orange on the USS Skipjack (Photo source: US Navy and Navsource.org ) The submarine rescue buoy has ...
Thursday, June 02, 2005

New Submarine Group Blog -crosslink

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Bubblehead has started a new group blog for submarine enthusiasts called " Ultraquite No More " I've posted about the new Vir...
Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Submariner in Space?

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I was looking at technology news this evening and ran across a piece of local RI interest relating to NASA doing tours of schools nationwid...
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Sunday, May 29, 2005

RI locals stunned by the obvious.

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When I heard the news of the possable closing of the New London Sub Base I made the immediate connection to the local RI economy and Electri...

Engineering Heavy Weight

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When there's no room to maneuver in Maneuvering perhaps Shipshape is the answer! A Submariner's favorite - Sticky Buns . They go rea...
Friday, May 27, 2005

Sub Base New London Closing Criteria?

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Connecticut politicians and advocates for keeping the New London Submarine Base open are going to have a tough time convincing the BRAC Com...
Wednesday, May 25, 2005

USS Alabama SSBN731 - 20 Years Today

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The USS Alabama SSBN 731 is 20 years old today. That's about half way through the expected life of a Trident submarine hull. I found a ...
Sunday, May 22, 2005

Snorkel Mask

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Snorkel Mask or Snorkel Mast ? A little sound to bring back some bubblehead memories ( wav ). There's a great ...
Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Men of Integrity and Courage

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The grounding of the USS San Francisco has been a curiosity to the general public, a failure of procedure and informational systems to the N...
Sunday, May 15, 2005

Cookiecutter Sharks and Submarines

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Here's something I never knew. I was watching a show about sharks with my son recently and a strange little shark was mentioned, the Coo...
Friday, May 13, 2005

Friday the 13th BRAC ATTACK

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The BRAC commission has released their recommendations ( pdf link )and it came as no surprise New England and it's Submarine community w...
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