Britain Less Restrained in Falklands War

Which subs??


Please excuse the delay. I didn't see this until now.

The "assembled" and/or "named" hulls I helped build were Pasadena, Topeka, San Juan, Helena, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia. I also worked in various hull sections of other 688 and Ohio class subs.

(For the folks who may not know, subs are constructed much like reassembling a sliced salami. Individual hull sections are manufactured first, collected and welded into larger sections, and those larger sections are eventually welded together to form a complete hull. All this means you can be working on certain systems well before anything that resembles an actual submarine "exists".)

Later, as a contractor dealing with calibration issues for Perot Systems, I worked aboard nearly every 688i boat and all the SSGN refits.
 
Please excuse the delay. I didn't see this until now.

The "assembled" and/or "named" hulls I helped build were Pasadena, Topeka, San Juan, Helena, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia. I also worked in various hull sections of other 688 and Ohio class subs.

(For the folks who may not know, subs are constructed much like reassembling a sliced salami. Individual hull sections are manufactured first, collected and welded into larger sections, and those larger sections are eventually welded together to form a complete hull. All this means you can be working on certain systems well before anything that resembles an actual submarine "exists".)

Later, as a contractor dealing with calibration issues for Perot Systems, I worked aboard nearly every 688i boat and all the SSGN refits.

Ah, I see. I was thinking of an earlier generation. But actually it makes sense - given the increasing role to nukes (both US and British) of int gathering around Russia and other places, things like wind speed and direction become a lot more important (you dont want to be sitting in your own fallout pattern, do you...:)

Section subs might be the best thing, but I still like the old Olympic system...:) :)
 
You served on an O Class sub!!???? :eek:Wow, you're even older than I thought:D

I imagine you meant the Oberon "O class". ;)

All kidding aside, IIRC, Don Lardo has mentioned working with USN nuclear submarines.

Looking at anemometers, I think it would be fairly easy to install one of the non-cup non-mechanical anemometers on an SSN. These are 1970s tech, so they should have been available at time.

I was on one for a bit the beginning of the 70's....
Yeah, I'm ancient....:) :) :)
 
Ah, I see. I was thinking of an earlier generation. But actually it makes sense - given the increasing role to nukes (both US and British) of int gathering around Russia and other places


Don't forget, the role of subs in intelligence gathering isn't anything new. It's just being talked about more openly.

The US was using conventional fleet boats to snoop off Russian shores as early as the late 1940s, there is a (in)famous incident involving a GUPPY refitted Gato being forced to surface by Red Fleet assets north of Norway. Also subs from all combatants played a weather station role in WW2.
 
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