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The Navy put out their pictures of PCU Texas (SSN 775) returning from sea trials, and they're pretty sweet. This one's my favorite:
The part I like best is that you can't see the damn broom. Speaking of the broom, I posted about my displeasure with the concept over at Rontini's BBS, and the subsequent discussion was pretty good, with submariners weighing in on both sides of the issue.
posted by Bubblehead at 7:53 PM
I'm Joel Kennedy -- a married, 50-something year old retired submarine officer and esophageal cancer survivor with three kids who has finally made the transition to civilian life. Politically, I'm a Radical Moderate. (If you don't like something on this blog, please E-mail me. Don't call me at home.)
5 Comments:
I get the concept and symbology of "sweeping the seas clean" of your enemy and thenflying the broom, but since it's a water based effort, wouldn't a mop be a more apt sumbol?
5/20/2006 9:42 AM
Dang. Symbol.
5/20/2006 9:43 AM
In honor of Bubblehead's adversion regarding brooms raised aloft. I propose that each Submarine equipment list be revised to specifically prohibit brooms (for fire saftey reasons) and specify only red IRobot Roombas for this purpose.
This change would clarify that it is not the "clean sweep" of the seas the boat is claiming, but its pride in its technical competence.
5/20/2006 9:38 PM
Both the Seawolves and Virginias have it; it's generally called the "boot", and helps with water flow around the sail. In practice, it's very effective in throwing more water up onto the bridge during surfaced ops (at least on Seawolves).
5/21/2006 6:13 AM
You got that right, subsunk. Did NUCON on Jefferson City and, as we liked to say, it was "all the responsibility with half the authority" (if even that much). I'll never forget the night Bubba was welding on a pipe bracket outboard the tubes using a welding rod EB-Greened onto the end of a broom handle. After the second small fire I stationed a fire watch with a charged hose because I lacked the authority to kick him off and the shift sup wouldn't stop him.
5/26/2006 1:25 PM
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