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Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
US Navy Nuclear Submariner explains what Ohio-class SSBN crews are supposed to do afterwards if they really did finish launching their ICBMs
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / Naval Warfare
U-2 pilot recalls when a Soviet submarine nearly fired a nuclear torpedo at a US Navy ship almost escalating Cuban Missile Crisis into World War III
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / Naval Warfare
When China took control of the Paracel Islands after defeating South Vietnam (The US did not lend help to the South Vietnamese)
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Naval Warfare
SSN-810 Virginia-class attack sub to be named after San Francisco
Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
Sonar Technician explains why when US Navy Submarines go to “Ultra-quiet” they suddenly seem to disappear from other boats’ sonar
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The story of the Japanese Naval Aviator who became the only Axis Pilot to bomb US Mainland during World War II
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The story of when a RAF Sunderland and a German U-boat destroyed each other
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Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
US Navy Submarine Chief Petty Officer explains why it’s not true that Ohio-class submarines lack enough ballast to remain submerged after they fire all of their SLBMs
Losses and Aviation Safety / Naval Warfare
USS San Francisco submarine electronics technician recalls when a sailor went comatose after learning his submarine’s depth
Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
US Navy submariner recalls that time a sailor had a mental break aboard his boat during covert ops and ripped off parts of one of the cabinets that provided backup control of the nuclear reactor
Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
Sonar Technician explains why talking normally while aboard a US Navy Submarine on silent running can compromise the boat’s stealthiness
Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
US Navy Submarine Chief Petty Officer recalls when his boat was pinged by the sonar of a Spruance-class destroyer (the sonar ping sound could be heard through the hull of his submarine)
Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
USS Boston submarine weapons officer recalls when he remained locked in his stateroom for two hours during test depth testing (the door wedged shut because during the dive the hull compressed the deck above the stateroom)
Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
US Navy Submariner tells the story of when on his boat Sonar notified the Head Cook when the submarine passed through shrimps and tunas to fish and cook them (with CO’s approval)
Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
Former US Navy XO involved in the making of the movie “Crimson Tide” explains why given the many roles the Executive Officer of a Submarine fills he is in control of everything in the sub’s operations
Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
