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bobby wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:08 pm Who here have had the Chicken switch's hit for real not as a test.

I have ridden up on the failed stern planes while crankin the pump as hard as I could trying to raise the damn things. I went from 19 yo to 190 in 10 mins.

We did. Reactor scrammed. Main and vital hydraulics failed, pumps went on full recycle to accumulators. Bow planes failed to full dive. Stern planes failed to full dive. We were in the mouth of Straights of Gibraltar fixing to shoot the straights to go into the Mediterranean. We had settled backwards to 550 feet when skipper ordered emergency surface. Failed hydraulics caused by accumulator limit switch failure. Two switches failed at the same time. Watching the depth gauge will increase the pucker factor.

Submarine Sonar Technician STS1(SS). I made 9 deterrent patrols.

USS George Bancroft SSBN-643. The second pic is her last surface before decommissioning, an emergency surface from test depth. Over 8,000 tons out of the water.

Her sail is on display outside the King's Bay, Georgia Submarine Base, the memorial dedicated on the 100th anniversary of the US Navy submarine Service.

Micromanagement is a term that can be misused. But it is fair to note that the United States Navy has several centuries of sound experience growing warship captains who have been wholly autonomous and independent in commanding their vessels. The ability to communicate instantly with deployed ships is a relatively new development in the Navy’s 245-year history. This is generally unique to surface Navy as submarines still have a more limited and less persistent communications path with higher headquarters and pilots in combat have almost none. The “1000-mile screwdriver” is, for now, a primarily surface warfare officer concern.

Heh heh. Skimmers.