Merriman's Submarine Modelling Masterclass

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[Scott Kenny]

While you've got that hull in for repairs, you might want to call the Doc to get that wart on the nose checked out...

 

[merriman]

Aesthetically, uglier than sin. But the ship control party loved those things!

 

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[Scott Kenny]

Aesthetically, uglier than sin. But the ship control party loved those things!

Never had trouble holding depth with sail planes on the Ohios... Well, except for that time we got sucked up from 160ft, and the waves were so tall that the OOD couldn't see the tops of them with the scope looking all the way up. Nav Center said we did 2 knots straight up. 27deg rolls side to side, +-10 pitch while broached.

 

[merriman]

... and you finished the patrol eating off paper plates and drinking coffee from plastic cups.

 

[Scott Kenny]

... and you finished the patrol eating off paper plates and drinking coffee from plastic cups.

Amazingly, we did not lose all the plates. And that was the patrol we all got 16oz insulated plastic mugs, so no coffee cups were in use.

Did have several guys get launched out of their racks and land in the opposite bunkroom, though. No major injuries.

 

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[Scott Kenny]

I got stuck as a linehandler... Something about being 6' and 220, wearing a 48 jumper top...

Lines weren't bad. But shore power was a killer. 450VDC power cables are about 150lbs/yard!

 

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[Arjen]

@merriman I did some light editing on the previous item.

 

[merriman]

Thank you, sir.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Not fitting that bow ram as a launchable torpedo? }

 

[Orionblamblam]

Now, time to step up the painting game...

Vanguard Submarine Arrives Home Absolutely Caked In Algae

The Royal Navy nuclear ballistic missile boat looked like a sea monster that had emerged from a long slumber at the bottom of the ocean.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Scott Kenny]

Now, time to step up the painting game...

Vanguard Submarine Arrives Home Absolutely Caked In Algae

The Royal Navy nuclear ballistic missile boat looked like a sea monster that had emerged from a long slumber at the bottom of the ocean.

www.thedrive.com

Ah, good you beat me to that.

200 days deployed, and it looks like most of that was in warm water at shallow depth!

 

[redboat219]

Hello David.
Any updates with your Chinese Navy Type 092 Xia. SSBN?

Romel

 

[merriman]

The Official SUBFEST 2023 Thread - The Sub-drivers Forum

SUBFEST is back and better than ever! Mark your calendars for Thursday, September 14th through Sunday, September 17th. SUBFEST 2023 will be our fourth annual, tremendously successful RC submarine event. It is an opportunity for RC submarine enthusiasts to gather together to run their boats...

forum.rc-sub.com

Just got back from the Georgia SubFest four-day all-submarine regatta.

Unpacked, and all boats post-missioned. Next event, about a month from now, is the NC, Rocky Mount, City Lake 'Fleet-Run'. An interesting event: just 1/96 scale ships and submarines. Should have at least four boats up and running for it.

































This Disney NAUTILUS was assembled by Dave 'Jake' Jacobs from a Ray Mason kit. We had little time to check it out for the event but were amazed and pleased to see it performing beautifully both on the surface and submerged!

 

[merriman]

Hello David.
Any updates with your Chinese Navy Type 092 Xia. SSBN?

Romel

I'll finish it when the boating season is over. Bout November time.

































David

 

[Scott Kenny]

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Is that your new understudy?

 

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[merriman]

Is that your new understudy?

One of my Grand-Kids. Thinks he's going to be an 'artist' or some fool thing.

 

[Arjen]

Proper craftsmanship has its own artistry, so in some way, he might just take after his grandpa.

 

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[Scott Kenny]

One of my Grand-Kids. Thinks he's going to be an 'artist' or some fool thing.

If he's got your work ethic, I think he'll do alright for himself!

 

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[Scott Kenny]

All these cool pictures making me want to jump in and build a Barbel class even faster...

What's that side door for?

(Problem of being a 2000s submariner, never got to see the cool stuff from when we were still figuring out the optimum arrangements...)

 

[merriman]

All these cool pictures making me want to jump in and build a Barbel class even faster...



What's that side door for?

(Problem of being a 2000s submariner, never got to see the cool stuff from when we were still figuring out the optimum arrangements...)

Torpedo ejection pump inlet doors (we called 'em 'barn doors') One for each side of the nest. Needed to balance the ejection pump piston on the inlet side as it discharged the water slug from the ejection side. The barn door is an artifact of the earlier hydraulic ejection type torpedo tubes. Barn doors, shutter doors, and Main Sea Water inlets were renowned husbandry diver eaters.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Torpedo ejection pump inlet doors (we called 'em 'barn doors') One for each side of the nest. Needed to balance the ejection pump piston on the inlet side as it discharged the water slug from the ejection side. The barn door is an artifact of the earlier hydraulic ejection type torpedo tubes. Barn doors, shutter doors, and Main Sea Water inlets were renowned husbandry diver eaters.

Yeah, I remember seeing the enormous stack of diver's tagouts...

"There are divers working over the side. Do not take a suction from, or discharge to the sea. There are divers working over the side."

Ohios had a fancy air-driven turbine ejection pump, all we felt inside was a whoosh as the air flowed out of the torpedo room.

 

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Bingo

 

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[Scott Kenny]

Ouch, lost a blade on the Nautilus screw?

And every time I see that U-boat, I think of the poor Bosun who is about to have a heart attack from all the rust on it...