US Navy’s NUWC achieves new milestones with virtualised submarine CCS

Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, a US Navy shore command within the Naval Sea Systems Command, has achieved new milestones with a virtualised AN/BYG-1 submarine combat control system (CCS).

https://www.naval-technology.com/news/nuwc-milestones-virtualised-submarine-ccs/

Today in History - December 7, Air Raid On Pearl Harbor

 https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/december-07/

Naval dispatch from the Commander in Chief Pacific (CINCPAC) announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.

ICEX Billfish Rendevouz May 18 1987

 

https://youtu.be/l-aMDyf0UGY

Owen "Coyote" Carlson Letter of Appreciation

 

Owen "Coyote" Carlson is presented a Letter of Appreciation from Base Commander David Rifkin for his extensive work on designing and implementing the base blog page. Congratulations Coyote!

Countdown For Polaris - USS George Washington and the Polaris Ballistic Missile Submarine 20200 HD

 https://youtu.be/6whcf9R_lds

The Navy Just Sent A Drone To Deliver Cargo To One Of Its Ballistic Missile Submarines

 They also sent a C-17 Globemaster III attached to the USAF 535th Airlift Squadron, a MV-22 Osprey attached to the "Lucky Red Lions" of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363 and a MH-60R Sea Hawk attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37 to deliver payloads to USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730).

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37195/the-navy-just-sent-a-drone-to-deliver-cargo-to-one-of-its-ballistic-missile-submarines?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB 10.22.20&utm_term=Editorial - Early Bird Brief

Specialized Undersea Rescue Force on Call to Aid Submariners in Trouble

 

“It’s a big ocean, and if a DISSUB [distressed submarine] goes down, you’re really hoping that they’re able to launch a radio buoy or something to alert you to where they are – because this all starts with you have to find them first,” 

https://seapowermagazine.org/specialized-undersea-rescue-force-on-call-to-aid-submariners-in-trouble/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB 10.22.20&utm_term=Editorial - Early Bird Brief

Navy Names Newest Sub After WWII Legend That Sank 17 Ships and Blew Up a Train

Members of the USS Barb's demolition squad pose with her battle flag at the conclusion of her 12th war patrol at Pearl Harbor in August 1945. Navy photo

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/14/navy-names-newest-sub-after-wwii-legend-sank-17-ships-and-blew-train.html?ESRC=eb_201015.nl

Japan launches first of its new class of submarines

The new submarine, which has been named the Taigei, meaning Big Whale, was launched at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in the city of Kobe on Wednesday.  

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/10/14/japan-launches-first-of-its-new-class-of-submarines/

Naval Foundry and Propeller Center makes historic first casting for Columbia-class submarines

 The Naval Foundry and Propeller Center (NFPC) in Philadelphia, a detachment of Norfolk Naval Shipyard, made the first casting for a Columbia-Class submarine Aug. 26.

https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Media/News/SavedNewsModule/Article/2377956/naval-foundry-and-propeller-center-makes-historic-first-casting-for-columbia-cl/

Saying goodbye to 'Narwhal,' a submarine whose stealth changed the Navy

The USS Narwhal — named for a 20-foot-long gray and white arctic whale whose males possess a twisted ivory tusk — was the third such submarine called by that creature.

The USS Narwhal is recycled in drydock 3 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard / US Navy Photo

https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2020/10/05/goodbye-narwhal-submarine-whose-stealth-changed-navy-dismantled/3578858001/

One of first females to join the silent service: ‘I’m excited to see the day when women being on submarines is not a surprise to people.’

BUY PHOTO

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jeanne Van Gilder, engineering officer on the Virginia-class attack submarine 

USS Minnesota (SSN 783), on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton.

(Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

BUY PHOTO

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jeanne Van Gilder, engineering officer on the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783), in the galley of the boat Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)5

https://www.theday.com/military-news/20200925/one-of-first-females-to-join-silent-service-im-excited-to-see-day-when-women-being-on-submarines-is-not-surprise-to-people?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2009.28.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Senators Push to Extend Care to 34,000 More Veterans for Agent Orange Diseases

 

Senators have ramped up efforts to add three new diseases, bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinsonism to the VA's list of conditions linked to herbicide exposure in Vietnam and elsewhere.

A U.S. Huey helicopter sprays Agent Orange over Vietnam. The U.S. military used at least 11 million gallons of Agent Orange in Vietnam from 1961 to 1972. Wikimedia Commons

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/09/22/senators-push-extend-care-34000-more-veterans-agent-orange-diseases.html?ESRC=mr_200928.nl

Navy Declassifies 300 Pages of Probe into 1963 USS Thresher Disaster

Rear Adm. Bill Houston, director of the Undersea Warfare Division at the Pentagon, told reporters Tuesday that Navy leaders don't believe the newly released Thresher documents "will shed any additional light on her loss." Still, he added, the Navy is committed to releasing additional portions of the report monthly, despite much of it remaining classified.

Starboard quarter view, taken while the USS Thresher was underway on April 30, 1961. (U.S. Navy/J.L. Snell)

To open the link below, you'll have to copy and paste to a new page. I wasn't able to copy a "hot link"

https://www.secnav.navy.mil/foia/readingroom/HotTopics/THRESHER%20RELEASE/THRESHER%20pg%201-300.pdf

The hapless attack sub Boise could return to the fleet in 2023 after 8 years sidelined

 

The attack submarine Boise arrives at Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News, Va., shipyard on June 18, 2018, to begin an extended engineering overhaul. (Ashley Cowan/Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The hapless attack sub Boise could return to the fleet in 2023 after 8 years sidelined

Welcome Back!

We were finally able to meet as a group for the first time in a while. All protocols were in place and even some of the goodies were made into single serving(s). Thanks to all that were able to make it.

Other events;  

 Bob Meador receives the 2020 Silver Anchor Award from Base Commander David Rifkin for his exceptional support to First Coast Base.

Why WWII Navy Veterans Added Salt to Their Coffee

 In 1914, Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels banned alcohol from all U.S. Navy property, and ever since the cup of coffee has replaced the sailor’s grog aboard American ships.

https://www.military.com/off-duty/why-wwii-navy-veterans-added-salt-their-coffee.html

The Navy Now Has A Submarine Aggressor Squadron

 The Navy formally established the squadron between the Spring and Summer of 2019, according to issues of Undersea Warfare magazine, the official publication of the Submarine Force.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/35708/the-navy-now-has-a-submarine-aggressor-squadron

Brazilian Navy’s Riachuelo Submarine Completes Surface And Propulsion Tests

 The Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil)'s first Scorpène-class submarine, the Riachuelo (S40), successfully performed its first independent surface and propulsion tests.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/08/brazilian-navys-riachuelo-submarine-completes-surface-and-propulsion-tests/

Australia’s Future Submarine Program On Track With Systems Functional Review In Sight

Australia's Future Submarine Program, which calls for the construction of 12 Attack-class submarines for the Royal Australian Navy, "remains on track". The next milestone is the Systems Functional Review set for January 2021.‬

Artist impression of the future Attack-class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy. Naval Group image.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/05/australias-future-submarine-program-on-track-with-systems-functional-review-in-sight/

Remembering the Kursk nuclear-powered submarine disaster

MOSCOW, August 12. /TASS/. August 12, 2020 marks 20 years since the sinking of the Russian nuclear-powered submarine The Kursk. 

https://tass.com/society/1188845

What The Ultimate Submarine Could Look Like In 20 Years

 The U.S. Navy wants its next submarine, the SSN(X), to be bigger and faster than the current Virginia Class boats.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/08/14/what-the-ultimate-submarine-could-look-like-in-20-years/

Unusually Large Narco Submarine May Be New Challenge For Coast Guard

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/08/10/unusually-large-narco-submarine-might-smuggle-8-tons-of-illegal-drugs/#62f571945afd

Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital Laboratory

https://youtu.be/doN4t5NKW-k

Boarding a US NAVY NUCLEAR SUBMARINE in the Arctic - Smarter Every Day 240

Destin Sandlin has a series of video's on YouTube called SmarterEveryDay. This one documents his boarding the USS Toledo in the arctic and its travel under the ice.

https://youtu.be/RXXMJAU6vY8

What does the future hold for HMCS Ojibwa?

The Cold War-era submarine HMCS Ojibwa (1965-1998), now decommissioned and functioning as a museum vessel in Port Burwell, is facing a serious threat from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Makes one wonder of the financial troubles that might effect the St Mary's Submarine Museum.



https://www.tillsonburgnews.com/news/local-news/what-does-the-future-hold-for-hmcs-ojibwa

Russian shipyard floats out first serial Borei-A-class nuclear-powered submarine

The lead submarine of Project 955A, the Knyaz Vladimir, has already entered service with the Russian Navy



https://tass.com/defense/1179521

Russia’s Newest Submarine Caught In Unusual Satellite Image

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/06/30/unusual-satellite-image-shows-russias-newest-submarines-first-operational-move/#5fd07bfabfc8

Two submarines share dry dock for simultaneous inactivation's

Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines USS Louisville (SSN-724), foreground, and USS Olympia (SSN-717) are moved into Dry Dock 5 July 9, 2020 to begin the inactivation process at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen, PSNS & IMF)

https://www.marinelog.com/shipyards/shipyard-news/two-submarines-share-dry-dock-for-simultaneous-inactivations/

Arizona Silent Service Memorial

http://www.arizonasilentservicememorial.org/

US Returns Remains of 147 Soldiers in Largest-Ever Korean War Repatriation

More than 7,500 Americans are still listed as missing from the Korean conflict, and about 5,300 of those are believed to have died on battlefields or in prison camps in North Korea.



https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/24/us-returns-remains-of-147-soldiers-largest-ever-korean-war-repatriation.html?ESRC=eb_200625.nl

Navy Has ‘Mitigated’ Risk of Suspect Steel From Company in Federal Fraud Case

Sailors underway on submarines with steel from a company that pleaded guilty to providing the Navy with fraudulent materials aren’t at risk, the service’s top acquisition official told reporters on Thursday.

https://news.usni.org/2020/06/19/navy-has-mitigated-risk-of-suspect-steel-from-company-in-federal-fraud-case?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2006.22.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief


Attack boat Vermont (SSN-792) float-off on March 29, 2019. General Dynamics Electric Boats Photo

Feds say company provided subpar steel for US Navy subs

Feds say company provided subpar steel for US Navy subs

Nukes, Nubs And Coners: The Unique Social Hierarchy Aboard A Nuclear Submarine

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34104/nukes-nubs-and-coners-the-unique-social-hierarchy-aboard-a-nuclear-submarine

France’s ‘Le Téméraire’ nuclear submarine passes test to fire atomic missiles

PARIS – France’s fourth nuclear submarine, Le Téméraire, was qualified on Friday to operationally deploy the M51 nuclear-capable missile after successfully launching it from the Bay of Audierne in Brittany.


https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2020/06/12/frances-le-temeraire-nuclear-submarine-passes-test-to-fire-atomic-missiles/

Nuclear Submarine History

An interesting summary of the history of nuclear submarine development.

https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nuclear-applications/transport/nuclear-powered-ships.aspx

USS Sea Poacher Submarine Memorial