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- gbudavid, on 12/01/2008, -2/+88Pretty Cool stuff, Go Navy
- masterc, on 12/01/2008, -1/+71http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=3+knots+to+mph
- AlaskaLoneWolf, on 12/01/2008, -0/+69Just think about it, we're around 40 years behind the times on U.S. Navy tech when it comes to submarines... makes you really wonder what's going on beneath the waves...
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/history/subhi ... - clintmaher, on 04/21/2009, -0/+50Really cool. Wonder what else we will find out they have??
- inactive, on 12/01/2008, -11/+4840 year old sub? Won't deter Homer Simpson from eating it.
- rocketman42, on 12/01/2008, -0/+33Exactly. If they have no problem telling us this went down to 3000 feet, I wonder how deep the "That's classified information" subs go.
- inactive, on 12/01/2008, -1/+313.45 MPH
- Azerael, on 12/01/2008, -0/+28Yeah man. Between shuttle launches every other month, Mars rovers and the ISS, NASA totally hasn't done anything at all.
/s - EMFK, on 12/01/2008, -3/+30There goes the 'secret'. Damn! :-)
Thanks for posting, gbudavid! - inactive, on 12/01/2008, -4/+31If everyone was as helpful as you. A google search would only turn results of people telling us to search google.
- chrissku, on 12/01/2008, -1/+27"Navy’s submarine graveyard in Puget Sound, Wash."
This place sounds awesome. Does anyone have any pics? Is it a public museum? - kahlessreborn, on 12/01/2008, -0/+26Why cant people ever link to the actual article?
- murellus, on 12/01/2008, -1/+24There is no replacement for NR-1. As a former crewmember, that is true, no shower. However, we do fill up a camping shower bag and take a shower in the sub (pretty ghetto). But overall, it's pretty smelly down there. Sad to see the boat go.
- mugrido, on 12/01/2008, -1/+23One month without a shower? Did I understand that correctly?
- DMCer, on 12/01/2008, -1/+22Based on prior espionage experience, probably about ❚❚❚❚❚ feet deep.
- Johnagain, on 12/01/2008, -0/+21NR-1 was a truly awesome piece of equipment. I got to see her when she was put into drydock to have her tire changed. She had a tiny, tiny reactor, and over the years had more scientific equipment installed and removed than you can imagine. Huge quantities of oceanographic, geological, and intelligence data can be attributed to this little die-hard. It's done things that you have seen in the movies, but didn't quite believe, and scientific research that you would never associate with the Navy.
I wish she could be a museum piece too, but there's not enough room inside for tours, and the Navy can't tell stories about what she did, so it would probably be a pretty dull display. - Samohtneas, on 12/01/2008, -5/+26Submarines creep me the ***** out for some reason.
Being so secret is one of the reasons. - Johnagain, on 12/01/2008, -1/+20um, yeah, on this unit, there were no showers. A wipedown is all you get. Most of their missions were shorter than that, and were kept very close to a tender ship. This was not a cruise ship, but rather a highly classified special projects platform. Capability was priority one, human comfort was priority was... well..., 8 or 9.
- murellus, on 12/01/2008, -0/+16It's weird reading this article. I was assigned to the boat a couple years ago when talk was already being spread about NR-1's deactivation. The article really doesn't do the boat justice, although I have to say it makes it seem much more glamorous than it actually is. The shower situation is the least of it. Well, it's a contributing factor. The stench aboard NR-1 is unbelievable. Like death. The limiting factor to NR-1's seatime is the waste tank, which is separated by a fairly large ball valve from the crew spaces. Imagine waste stewing in a tank for a month. Everytime that thing was opened, a fresh wave of death spread through the tiny boat.
It's interesting to see some coverage on the final chapter of this boat, although I guess the source is NavyTimes. - glucoseboy, on 12/01/2008, -0/+14If you're interested in reading more about what US subs like the NR-1 did, check out "Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage." An amazing read.
- mjxl47, on 12/01/2008, -0/+14link to the full article:
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/11/navy_nr1reti ... - Acqua206, on 12/01/2008, -0/+13Ah, farewell NR1, Admiral Rickover's little toy sub. Now that USS Hyman G. Rickover has been decommed (my former sub), his only legacy remaining is the Nautilus. That small man must have been something else, he made nuclear admirals of this day still speak of him in awe.
- conna, on 12/01/2008, -0/+12You will need to wait 40 years..
- crazzy88ss, on 12/01/2008, -0/+11Makes you wonder what kinda things they can make now.
- CatsAreGods, on 12/01/2008, -0/+11Pretty much the same thing...3.
Slow is slow. - facespaz, on 12/01/2008, -1/+12Alright Red October you're free to go....
- BlankVerse, on 12/01/2008, -3/+14Buried for being a second-hand, partial paste-and-copy from the Navy Times. Go to the source to get the full article:
Read it:
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/11/navy_nr1reti ...
Digg it:
http://digg.com/world_news/secret_sub_Deep_diving_ ... - MasterChief4134, on 12/01/2008, -1/+11that we are aware of...this sub went unnoticed by the public for 40 years.
- knowmad23, on 12/01/2008, -0/+10few subs ever go out for more than 90 days, the Navy doesn't like to pay the near 300% base pay per diem per capa for such deployments. then again most of the crew on board these vessels are either civi-contractors, or spooks, the reason it sits on the bottom is so it can work on trans oceanic cables (ie. taping), or deploying hydrophone arrays, or recovering Air/Space/Shipwreck items. and it never was that secret "Jane's book of fighting ships" has covered many aspects of the NR line of subs NR-1 was the first one named not the first one built. during the cold war the Russians were building these faster then their crews could lose them.
that said being on a sub is nice there are plenty of smart people around to carry on intelligent conversations with. the food is always choice (till the greens run out) and you are pretty much guaranteed not to run in to a moron because other than a screen door, nothing is more useless aboard a sub.
Wayland STS2 (SS) / USS Phoenix SSN-702 - khail250, on 12/01/2008, -0/+9Not sure how this was a secret, for the past few years while I was in the Navy, they just has research missions for oceanographers and biologists.
This mini sub really wasn't all that fantastic when you compare it to the SSBN, 1 of these subs is the 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in the world, and we have how many? - handheldchimp, on 12/01/2008, -3/+12How fast is 3 knots in MPH?
- WiretapStudios, on 12/01/2008, -5/+13What's long, hard, and filled with seamen? Thank god the answer is finally de-classified.
- inactive, on 12/01/2008, -0/+8Somebody learned about "Let Me Google"
- LordMalak, on 12/01/2008, -4/+12I see what you did there.
- aviking, on 12/01/2008, -0/+8I guess the big secret now is, what are they replacing it with.
- bear90039, on 12/01/2008, -0/+8As an aging sailor I hate see an old ship go. Sweet dreams
- pattywack, on 12/01/2008, -0/+8http://donshelton.net/psns.htm
This might be the place they're talking about... - PrometheusBorn, on 12/01/2008, -0/+7That would be tough to do with a nuclear ship. There's alot of decon to do before you could even consider that. And that's not even talking about declassification.
- dienaked, on 12/01/2008, -0/+7Ex-Submariner here.
The NR-1 was miniscule.
In comparison, the USS Florida was a grand palace, I mean, we had hot water every single day for showers. Well not really, but I think the most ever while I was there was 3 days in a row without. - diemunkiesdie, on 12/01/2008, -1/+83 Knots = 3.45233835 MPH
- gbudavid, on 12/01/2008, -0/+6For a Good read on Secret stuff Try Blind Mans Bluff
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=IpUggPJL4t4 ... - conna, on 12/01/2008, -0/+6So they retire one that dove to 3k feet. I am sure the replacements can do more, stay down longer, performs better. 40 years is a long time to develop better top secret subs.
- abreinig, on 12/01/2008, -0/+63.45 mph...
- inactive, on 12/01/2008, -0/+6what about the bathroom?
- Cojafoji, on 12/01/2008, -4/+10Good lord, why did someone link to this terribly written article... The blog I mean. The article was well written.
- inactive, on 12/01/2008, -1/+7Like the Blackbird, I'd be willing to bet theres something already plying the deep, whether manned or unmanned.
- Asianwaste, on 12/01/2008, -2/+8To think, the next time you shave, you could be shaving with a part of this "secret".
- PrometheusBorn, on 12/01/2008, -0/+6Eh, sailors didn't really live on the NR-1 like they do the larger subs. It's not like they went on for 6 month deployments or more.
That being said, the time on there still must've sucked. I was fortunate enough to get a tour of it a couple years ago. It was like a nuclear powered RV. - Johnagain, on 12/01/2008, -0/+6Subs de-commed are quickly defuled, and the reactor compartment removed and safely disposed ot. They then go into the storage area, for dis-assembly when the yard has time to get it done. It is not a public area, but Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/PSNSdeadsubs
- inactive, on 12/01/2008, -2/+7Interesting, my father was on that sub when I was a kid. I remember being on it with him when they were back on base.
*remembers good times when he wasn't getting beaten* -
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