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| Author: | Charybdis [ May 6th, 2012, 3:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | US Submarine Base Groton, CT |
Made a trip to Groton Sub base to see USS Nautilus. Well worth the trip, although the reactor area was off limits, got a good feel for the sub. Seemed to be much roomier that the other subs I've been on. Heres a couple of pics I took. ![[ img ]](http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p576/CharybdisSB/Photos/CIMG3378.jpg) ![[ img ]](http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p576/CharybdisSB/Photos/CIMG3377.jpg) ![[ img ]](http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p576/CharybdisSB/Photos/CIMG3410.jpg) ![[ img ]](http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p576/CharybdisSB/Photos/CIMG3402.jpg) ![[ img ]](http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p576/CharybdisSB/Photos/CIMG3397.jpg) ![[ img ]](http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p576/CharybdisSB/Photos/CIMG3394.jpg) ![[ img ]](http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p576/CharybdisSB/Photos/CIMG3399.jpg) Had a great to chat to a verteran from Nautilus, who said a lot of the missions they would hang around in the White Sea listening to Soviet subs. |
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| Author: | LEUT_East [ May 6th, 2012, 8:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US Submarine Base Groton, CT |
Thanks for sharing those photos with us mate. I spent my first year in the RAN (1987) qualifying for service in Oberon submarines and the Nautilus looked so much more user friendly, not to mention no diesel air  And we didn't have Walter Matthau as the cook  I didn't end up in submarine service as my ears had issues equalising when the boats were submerged. |
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| Author: | gordo8000 [ May 6th, 2012, 9:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US Submarine Base Groton, CT |
Reminds me of the time I took a tour of the Albacore in Portsmouth NH. |
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| Author: | Charybdis [ May 6th, 2012, 11:06 pm ] | |
| Post subject: | Re: US Submarine Base Groton, CT | |
And we didn't have Walter Matthau as the cook I didn't end up in submarine service as my ears had issues equalising when the boats were submerged. Hehe, yeah, the dummies were a bit odd. This guy seemed to be propped up against the sink, a bit half cut. I can't imagine working on subs. What was the longest you stayed under for? |
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| Author: | LEUT_East [ May 6th, 2012, 11:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US Submarine Base Groton, CT |
5 weeks. Only came up to PD (periscope depth) to fire up the diesels to recharge the batteries (and air supply). |
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| Author: | ALVAMA [ May 7th, 2012, 6:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US Submarine Base Groton, CT |
Is that a Una-class boat (2th picture) |
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| Author: | Charybdis [ May 8th, 2012, 10:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US Submarine Base Groton, CT |
That's actually USS X-1, a research sub, never commissioned for the US Navy. |
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