alt Hacker NewsA few years ago there was a short podcast on NPR about what it took for someone to be trained for submarine service. From what I remember, that training was far harder than any other navy training.
One thing I do remember, everyone had to have working knowledge of all components on the sub, how they remembered that is beyond me :)
I am curious about his size, I never saw anyone who worked on subs. I felt they would be smaller on average in size due to cramped conditions. I wonder if that is true ?
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I am curious about his size, I never saw anyone who worked on subs. I felt they would be smaller on average in size due to cramped conditions.
I play music with a guy who was a weapons officer on a nuclear sub. I’m 6’/1.8m, and he’s noticeably taller than I am.
I think my dad was around 5'10" or something like that.
For training, what he said is that they all had three(?) areas/responsibilities that they were trained in so that if someone got sick or died someone was available to take their place.
One of his jobs was actually to maintain one of the first computers installed on a submarine. He told an admiral that it was a big piece of shit because he spent half of his time replacing burned out vacuum tubes. The computer analyzed ship sounds (screw, engine) and could tell them the ship that was passing overhead.