[Lady Jane]

Speaking of submarines, the USS New Jersey (SSN-796) is the first gender integrated sub ever made and was recently commissioned.

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Speaking of submarines, the USS New Jersey (SSN-796) is the first gender integrated sub ever made and was recently commissioned.

Women have been serving on U.S. Navy submarines for some years now; the distinction is that the New Jersey is the first submarine which was designed from the start for gender integration.

[Llarry]

The USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) is a unique submarine that was modified from the Seawolf class during construction by the insertion of a 100-foot section and the provision of lock-in/out capabilities for unmanned undersea vehicles. The Carter conducts highly classified intelligence-related activities and can support special operations forces. Those that have read the book Blind Man's Bluff may have some inkling of Carter's mission.

[billnchristy]

Originally Posted by Llarry

Women have been serving on U.S. Navy submarines for some years now; the distinction is that the New Jersey is the first submarine which was designed from the start for gender integration.

Helping keep our population numbers up.

[billnchristy]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

I remember walking on board the Midway my first time and immediately recognizing the smell! I'd been out of the Navy for probably 30 years at that point.

My wife said the same thing when we entered the Alabama the first time, just from smelling my uniforms.

[Llarry]

Periscope view from the USS Wahoo (SS 565) as a single torpedo fired from Wahoo breaks the back of the former USS Devilfish (SS 292) in an exercise in 1968.

[Llarry]

An interesting but likely flawed concept for a different kind of aircraft carrier penned by the U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command. The date of this is unknown but the aircraft depicted would indicate perhaps 20 years ago or so.

The landing area is straight ahead rather than the angled deck commonly used. The catapults are on the level of the hangar deck on either side and would likely be untenable in heavy seas.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Llarry

An interesting but likely flawed concept for a different kind of aircraft carrier penned by the U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command. The date of this is unknown but the aircraft depicted would indicate perhaps 20 years ago or so.

The landing area is straight ahead rather than the angled deck commonly used. The catapults are on the level of the hangar deck on either side and would likely be untenable in heavy seas.

Looks like a lawn dart!

[Llarry]

Surely one of the most impressive auxiliary ships ever built by any Navy, the Ural (SSV-33) was a combination steam turbine- and nuclear-powered multipurpose ship that was commissioned in 1989. Based more or less on a Kirov class battle cruiser hull, Ural had capabilities in intelligence collection, communications relay, missile tracking, etc. After commissioning it transited to the Soviet Far East.

The USSR was in turmoil and collapsing soon after, and the Pacific area did not have facilities to support and maintain the Ural. It became little more than a floating barracks. SSV-33 was decommissioned by the Russian Navy in 2002 and scrapped from 2010.

[M-technik-3]

EP-3E serial number 156511 has been towed across the road to PIMA for display. Interior walk through is not ready yet.

[c1pher]

The Navy needs to figure this out:

[c1pher]

Originally Posted by M-technik-3

EP-3E serial number 156511 has been towed across the road to PIMA for display. Interior walk through is not ready yet.

Reminds me of my VQ-2 days.

[M-technik-3]

I was at Misawa and the Navy would rotate in there about every 6 months.

[Boomer 2019]

I flew with VP-8 out of Pax River in the mid 1960's in the P3-A model. Then moved on to the A7-B with VA-215 doing Westpacs.

[Llarry]

U.S. Navy nuclear attack submarine construction continues to have troubles. One of the problems is a U.S. Congress that cannot get a new budget together, and therefore ends up relying on continuing resolutions to fund the government. That means that programs are funded at the same level and new programs are not funded at all.

The Navy has been shuffling around money to pay for cost increases in current construction submarines. That jeopardizes funding for future submarines. And this issue is also jeopardizing the construction of the new Columbia class of strategic missile submarines as well, since they come out of the same shipyards as the attack boats.

The first photo is a closeup of the forward section of the USS New Jersey (SSN 796) and the second is of the Iowa (SSN 797) undergoing sea trials. The Iowa is not yet commissioned.

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Speaking of submarines, the USS New Jersey (SSN-796) is the first gender integrated sub ever made and was recently commissioned.

I recently read some detail on the changes made to make new submarines more female-friendly. Besides the obvious changes to sleeping and shower/head facilities, these include lowering overhead vales to improve access for shorter persons and providing steps to improve access to bunks and stacked laundry facilities.

Women were first assigned to U.S. Navy submarines in 2011. Efforts were made at the beginning to assign already-experienced women in technical specialties to cross over to submarine duty so as to avoid a crew with only junior female personnel.

Given the years that have passed, there should be a good number of fairly senior women (Chief Petty Officers or Lieutenant Commanders) in the crews now. It will not be too many years before a female officer will serve as CO of a submarine.