Monday, July 09, 2007

Marines are Mammals?

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Interesting news film on the Pentagon Channel today on the Navy's Marine Mammals program. From an Armed Forces Press release : "T...
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Friday, July 06, 2007

SSN719 helps celebrate a 231 Birthday and 222 Anniversary

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This past July 4th was the nation's 231 birthday, it was also the 222 consecutive holding of the Bristol, RI 4th of July Parade. Bristo...
Thursday, June 21, 2007

Space Shot

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Astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell describe the filming of a Polaris missile shot from the USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN 640) as filmed f...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007

What did you do on leave?

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Summer 1983 So there we were on the USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN641) at the end of maneuvering watch heading out on patrol from Kings Bay, GA and...
Tuesday, June 12, 2007

The Cost of Doing Business in NY

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If you're a private company with primarily with one customer, the US Government, you have to be careful in how you go about improving pr...
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Saturday, May 26, 2007

Harold Froehlich, Aeonautical Engineer and Submersible Designer

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You would think the engineers lead boring lives hunkered over mathematical models of hydraulic pressure and maximum structural loads, not Ha...
Thursday, May 24, 2007

Tribute to the Lost Boats of WWII

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During WWII the US Submarine Service lost 52 Submarines, 375 Officers and 3,131 Enlisted Men. The United States submarine service represente...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

USS Scorpion (SSN-589) - 39 years ago

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Posted so we do not forget that the dangers of the sea and how the service of submariners during hot wars and cold conflicts can exact a tol...
Sunday, May 20, 2007

The Alvin On-Line Simulator

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Have you ever wanted to pilot a submersible into the depths of the Ocean? Not many of us will ever get that chance but if a cyber-space vers...
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Saturday, May 19, 2007

Blog Changes

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Thought it was time for some updating. Changes will be on-going for a few days.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Women, Guitars and Submarine Acoustics

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Could the video be a valid argument to have women on submarines? Artist: Mia Johnson - Style: Folk/Rock - Song Title: Sailor Here's...
Sunday, May 06, 2007

What's in a Name - Honor the Monitor

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If you follow the submarine blogs you'll see the topic of ship naming surface now and again. There is usually a debate on the best names...
Monday, April 30, 2007

Sub arrives for Fleet week in South Florida

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News Video: USS Memphis Arrives at Port Everglades The USS Memphis arrives for Fleet week in Southern Florida. Why do reporters always seeme...
Thursday, April 26, 2007

NAVY - it's not just a job, it's a musical video adventure!

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Official - Accelerate Your Life Unofficial - Ha Ya Ya Long skimmer deployments in the hot Middle Eastern sun will do that to you, I guess. M...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The Bonefish Fire - recommend read

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xformed at ChaoticSynapticActivity has an excellent piece on the USS Bonefish (SS582) fire in 1988. Lots of first hand accounts of the res...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Затопленный = SUBMERGED; SUNKEN

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A New England nor'easter sank the Russian Juliett 484 museum submarine today. The news reported as of yesterday 4/17 that the boat was...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Headline of the Day

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From the Wired News Blog: Navy Chief to Shipbuilders: You Suck! Has a sort of blue collar shipyard ring to it, don't you think?
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Sunday, April 08, 2007

Iran's Territorial Duplicity - back story

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Everyone knows the story by now of the Iranian capture and eventual release of the 15 British sailors and Marines. But the back story or rea...
Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Australian Submarine Crew Retention Trouble

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The Australian Navy has been having some submarine crew retention problems lately and the government has a solution. (Source: AU Navy Phot...
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Saturday, March 17, 2007

To the North Pole

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A couple of interesting news items recently relating to the submarines operating at and under the north pole. First TheSubReport links to ...