The first thing we noticed is how just how precious space is on board -- and how the crews, who spend six months at sea on deployment, manage to stay out of each other's way.
Attack submarines typically deploy for around two months at a time. Their combination of world-leading sonar and state-of-the-art weaponry means they can be extremely versatile, from silently patrolling international waters to hunting down enemy targets.
Each crew may serve for about 60 to 80 days before resurfacing and rotating out. This schedule is established for the entire three-year submarine assignment, allowing sailors and their families to plan their lives around the deployments.
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"They go out for a couple of weeks, we go out for 90 days. They typically went on 100 missions, we've got 25 years to operate. "In terms of environment, they're 200 miles up, we're hundreds of metres beneath the sea.
The longest submerged and unsupported patrol made public is 111 days (57,085 km 30,804 nautical miles) by HM Submarine Warspite (Cdr J. G. F. Cooke RN) in the South Atlantic from 25 November 1982 to 15 March 1983.
Submarines are sometimes equipped with on-board devices that can connect to the internet with higher data rates, including via satellite, but these can only be used when submarines rise to the surface.
The showers on a submarine are set up much like the ones in your home, well kind of. They have hot and cold water access with a recirculation pump so that the water stays hot so that you can use it quickly and efficiently by minimising water usage. Reducing water usage is a constant major driver for submariners.
Will I get seasick? Is it like being on a boat? Being on a submarine is very different to being on a boat. There is no rocking motion, as the submarine sits below the waves, and so people who get seasick on a boat will not do so on our submarine.
For a recent deployment the Jefferson City loaded up with 9,800 pounds of flour, 1,200 pounds of chicken, 1,000 pounds of prime rib, 1,000 pounds of ground beef, 800 pounds of potatoes and 100 dozen eggs. In all, the submarine will typically carry about 15,000 pounds of food, or about 110 pounds per sailor per patrol.
The source explained: "Because it's a working environment everything gets positioned and the body will be lifted and put in the fridge, not in the torpedo tube like on Vigil, photographs are also taken as it's classed as a crime scene.”
The cans are ejected from the submarine using a trash disposal unit (TDU), which is a long cylindrical, vertical tube connected to the ocean through a ball valve.
THE navy is so short of crew for submarines that it has offered 250 sailors $60,000 bonuses to stay on for an extra 18 months. That will come on top of the $75,500 in pay and allowances that an able seaman gets each year for a working life under water.
Submarine pay rates have increased for fiscal year 2022. Submarine Duty Incentive pay is a monthly taxable pay for sailors attached to submarine staffs.
There is a small gym onboard for exercise and alcohol is permitted, in limited quantities, although most abstain.
According to the retired submariner, "a 'no drinking' rule is in force at sea".
You are probably wondering why I would call this post such thing... Since Submarines remain submerged with a sealed atmosphere they rely on a chemical called Amine to remove the carbon dioxide. This chemical makes everything stink.
In the enclosed atmosphere of the submarine, these pollutants can build up and pose a health risk. Therefore, aerosol cans (such as hair spray, shave cream, spray deodorant) are not authorized to be brought on board.
The aim is to evade discovery by passive sonar by eliminating superfluous noise: nonessential systems are shut down, the crew is urged to rest and refrain from making any unnecessary sound, and speed is greatly reduced to minimize propeller noise.
Ectopic pregnancies, which are not statistically rare, would create additional emergencies requiring immediate, extremely hazardous, evacuations, sometimes in midocean. Britain, Canada and the U.S. Navy do not put women on submarines primarily because of these irresolvable health risks and operational complications.
Even though the entire submarine has air cooling facility, only two decks are air-conditioned. The temperature in the rest of the submarine is around 30-35 degrees and the crew works in sweltering heat.
History. The practice dates back at least to the sixteenth century, and today is particularly applied aboard submarines, where maximization of space is especially important. Generally, the lowest ranking members of the crew are required to hot rack.
At a depth of 750 metres, a Blue Planet II submarine was shoved by some enormous sixgill sharks. The team were tracking a dead sperm whale that had floated onto the Atlantic Ocean seabed.
Aboard fast-attack submarines, two bathrooms - each with four toilets and two urinals - serve 100 crew members. Crew chiefs and officers use another three baths.
The fearless cookie-cutters have even disabled the most dangerous ocean creature of all—the nuclear submarine. They attacked exposed soft areas including electrical cables and rubber sonar domes.