Hunter Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 I am not sure how many remember the news broadcast of the US submarine that crashed lately but here are some pics that I found showing the extent of the damage. I just thought I would share them with everyone. Amazying only one person was killed in this accident. It looks like it was just a glancing blow of the damage would have been much worse. But it does hit close to home for me. I use to serve on Subs myself. We use to have nightmares about stuff like this happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 My best friend from high school was a nuke tech on that boat up until about 4 years ago. Odd indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midtown 4.2 Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Not sure if you're exposing any military secrets or not . . . but as long as the pics are already in the public domain, what are those black cube things? Interesting pics indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 25, 2005 Author Share Posted March 25, 2005 Not sure if you're exposing any military secrets or not . . . but as long as the pics are already in the public domain, what are those black cube things? Interesting pics indeed.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Special micorphones that are connected to the sonar system. Allows the Submarine to listen to its surroundings. There is more but that is all I really know about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTroyMathis Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 And to think, running at full tilt boogie (flank) - the sub couldn't 'hear' ____ anyway during it's training run to Australia because at flank it isn't stealthy at all - background noise is ownship. The only thing worse would've been a dead on collision at ludicrous speed vice the port side glancing and buckling at flank. That would've been terminally devastating and heroic DC efforts would be fruitless.The USN better rethink distribution of new charts.Hey, Hunter - I HAVE to ask what military site you originally pulled those photos from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 29, 2005 Author Share Posted March 29, 2005 Hey, Hunter - I HAVE to ask what military site you originally pulled those photos from.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>The honest truth is that a friend of mine from another forum sent them to me. he use to serve on Subs as well. So we have a common interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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