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marble falls

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5. Me, too. If you think they were exciting, try the dive tower to practice abandoning a sub and wearing a Steinke hood ...

Reply to Martin68 (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 04:48 PM

Jun 9

... the sub I was on was an FBM, a nuclear powered, ballistic missile sub. The missile room had a 20 foot overhead, was about as big as a basketball court, the decks were asphalt tiled, the bulkheads had paneling in crew spaces and acoustic ceiling. The bridge made Starship Enterprise's look like the dark ages. It's like no diesel boat at all. We had personal bunks - no hot bunking. A nice galley and great chow.

We have a Navy that is beyond huge. The largest air force in the world is the US Air Force. The second largest air force is the US Navy. We have more nuclear aircraft carriers than than the rest of the world has aircraft carriers by a factor of four or five times.

Our military is obscenely powerful. Against first world militaries, anyways. Third world guerillas are a bigger challenge.

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My Dad's photo of the crew on his submarine, the Blackfish [View all] Beringia Jun 9 OP

I was a boomer. My hats off to all pigboat swabbies. See how crowded together they are in the photo ... marble falls Jun 9 #1

Thanks! Beringia Jun 9 #3

I read every WWII submarine book I could get my hands on in middle school. Martin68 Jun 9 #2

Me, too. If you think they were exciting, try the dive tower to practice abandoning a sub and wearing a Steinke hood ... marble falls Jun 9 #5

He was a radioman Beringia Jun 9 #6

Man oh man, that was good. Really good. I read it on the dupe you cut. I wish he'd a wrote the book! marble falls Jun 9 #7

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