Take a Ride on the USS Missouri Submarine

[gblowfish]

One of the Navy's new subs, very bad ass peacekeeper. Watch the video, spot the Missouri Flag and KC Chiefs autographed football inside the sub!

http://www.kmbc.com/politics/cnn-visits-nuclear-sub-amid-tensions-with-russia/39391370?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=FBPAGE&utm_campaign=KMBC%209%20News%20Kansas%20City&Content%20Type=Story

[hometeam]

I didn't realize they reused names like this.. its supposed to be a big bad battleship~

[ModSocks]

I got to board the old Soviet B-39 last weekend.

****ing awful. I think i might be claustrophobic. I couldn't wait to get out of that thing.

[Discuss Thrower]

I didn't realize they reused names like this.. its supposed to be a big bad battleship~

BB nomenclature shifted to SSN/SSBNs in the 70 because of the total firepower wielded by the boomers.

[Frosty]

Missouri is kind of a weird name for a submarine.

[vailpass]

BB nomenclature shifted to SSN/SSBNs in the 70 because of the total firepower wielded by the boomers.

Alpha foxtrot tango MaryHartman MaryHartman!

[Rain Man]

BB nomenclature shifted to SSN/SSBNs in the 70 because of the total firepower wielded by the boomers.

Interesting. I thought that pretty much all submarines were named after cities these days, but maybe that's just attack subs.

But then how does that explain names like Nautilus and Thresher that have existed in the past? Now I'm confused. Can a submariner educate me?

[siberian khatru]

What's long and hard and full of seamen?

[Discuss Thrower]

Interesting. I thought that pretty much all submarines were named after cities these days, but maybe that's just attack subs.

But then how does that explain names like Nautilus and Thresher that have existed in the past? Now I'm confused. Can a submariner educate me?

Not a Navy guy, but going from ocean life names to prestigious titles like states and former presidents likely stems from the shift away from having surface warfare sluggers like cruisers and battleships be the focus of the fleets to focusing on defending carriers due to their capabilities of ruling the skies and surfaces (and therefore needing fewer surface combatants) while also focusing on having more expensive and more powerful submarines as part of the nuclear triad in staving off Soviet first strikes.

TL;DR at first we had gunships that were the pride of the Navy, but then carriers and ballistic subs took that pride.

[Halfcan]

Very cool footage and a Great name!

Those subs sink a lot of drug runners that refuse to comply. Excellent to watch. They don't just shoot a torpedo into the broadside like you would think. They actually explode it beneath the ship-the concussion breaks the ship in half, sinking it in minutes.

[Rausch]

The header is a horrible advertisement.

"Wouldn't you like to be in a cramped, dank, humid, space with sailors?"

[bigjosh]

The ssn 780 (missouri)was one of the first boats i worked on. At the time i was a lowly shipboard electrician. We are building the ssn 796 boat now, along with 5 other hulls and a couple of training ships. Busy at the shipyard. Ive worked my way out of the trades and into nuclear quality control.

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[vailpass]

The ssn 780 (missouri)was one of the first boats i worked on. At the time i was a lowly shipboard electrician. We are building the ssn 796 boat now, along with 5 other hulls and a couple of training ships. Busy at the shipyard. Ive worked my way out of the trades and into nuclear quality control.

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Bath Iron? EB?

[bigjosh]

Bath Iron? EB?
EB in Rhode Island. Bath iron builds destroyers

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[Fish]

I only enjoy submarines from the outside, thanks.

[vailpass]

EB in Rhode Island. Bath iron builds destroyers

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If Geiger can go from Bath to EB so could you :D

Did you play on any of the EB hockey teams this year?

[bigjosh]

If Geiger can go from Bath to EB so could you :D

Did you play on any of the EB hockey teams this year?
Naa i think thats a groton thing. Quonset point gets shit on when it comes to extracurriculars. Ha. Groton is a union shop and were not, they dont like us intermingling.

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[go bo]

Not a Navy guy, but going from ocean life names to prestigious titles like states and former presidents likely stems from the shift away from having surface warfare sluggers like cruisers and battleships be the focus of the fleets to focusing on defending carriers due to their capabilities of ruling the skies and surfaces (and therefore needing fewer surface combatants) while also focusing on having more expensive and more powerful submarines as part of the nuclear triad in staving off Soviet first strikes.

TL;DR at first we had gunships that were the pride of the Navy, but then carriers and ballistic subs took that pride.

i love their music, they are one of the best metal bands ever, believe me.

they say the words so well you're head will spin!! and they love me, all the bands love me.

[go bo]

I only enjoy submarines from the outside, thanks.

ain't that the truth!! LMAO LMAO LMAO

altho, according to a friend, submarines can be quite enjoyable in other ways, depending on your proclivities... :)

[threebag]

I rode the submarine at Silver Dollar City