Posted on 05/16/2020 7:37:50 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
The K-222 had an interesting design feature that made it possibly the world’s fastest submarine.
The K-222’s top speed was just over 51 miles, or about 82 kilometers, per hour—making the K-222 possibly the fastest submarine ever, and plenty fast to catch surface ships. There was a drawback though: the K-222 was really loud.
Though the K-222 was powered by two nuclear reactors, which are typically a quiet propulsion design, the sub’s propeller caused a great deal of cavitation—a phenomenon in which small bubbles form along the edge of a propeller and cause noise.
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all our nuclear subs are faster than all of our surface ships.
How fast are they? That’s classified
“What makes those speeds so hard for the crews to endure?”
Said the man who has never cut through 25ft swells, or worse, 40ft.
The sea gets a vote on your speed.
While these ships are extraordinarily well made, I’ve seen blue water over the flight deck of an LHA...and that’s 92ft above the water line.
I’ve been hit with white water on the signal bridge at 175ft. I’ve also been on a DDG when you could see submerged water out the portal on the main deck/mess decks.
It can get so bad the skipper orders everyone to strap themselves in to their bunks for an attempt at a few hours of sleep.
Broken bones are the principal obstacle.
“all our nuclear subs are faster than all of our surface ships.”
Bullshit.
The crew can handle high speeds better is the only advantage.
Also those flat bottomed LSTs, bow takes a massive dip, stern comes completely out of the water with screws squealing, then a THUD as the stern is thrust back into the ocean while the bow rises...
Two feet forward, three feet back....
Haze Gray & Underway....
True on the ‘strap ins’, used to have to strap oneself into the chair while sitting radio circuits....FUN TIMES, especially when one is YOUNG, ‘DUMB’ and BULLET PROOF...
(DUMB in this case is outwardly showing NO FEAR), no matter the situation.
All the while the steel is creaking, popping and moaning as the ship flexes.
Exactly.If we can hear it,we can kill it.Doesnt matter how fast it is.
Yep, even though ‘dumb’ etc deep in your mind you just know that sucker is going to tear itself apart BUT far be it to be the one to ‘flinch’.
I was lucky, got my ‘sea legs’ early and never had a problem with rough seas.
‘The Cruel Sea’ was aptly named.
OTOH, the sunsets and sunrises at sea were ‘indescribable’ to those that had never witnessed one.
Try to describe one to a novice and I find myself NOT believing the majesty of it....
FWFS
I miss the sea.
I’d go back if they’d have me.
Such a vivid contrast between peace and violence.
NASTUB, Drafting on the Bay.
I was a sonar tech. DLG-34 was my home, from ‘67 to ‘70. We had the SQS/26-BX.
Late one day, as we were leaving an exercise with a sub, we tracked it out to 50k yards, the max range of the display. The sound channel conditions must have been perfect, as that was the only time I ever saw it work that well.
I found a really nice history of the SQS/26, written by Thaddeus G. Bell. It’s 250 pages:
https://tinyurl.com/SQS-26
Alfa Class
This Is The World's Fastest Production Submarine's Crazy Molten Metal Cooled Reactor
The reactor used molten lead-bismuth for coolant, which meant it turned into a brick if it stopped circulating, but gave big power for its size.
By Tyler Rogoway April 19, 2020
What makes those speeds so hard for the crews to endure?
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Ships and subs, unlike land vehicles, do not have shock absorbers.
Imagine driving a car down a road with pot holes everywhere.
Now imagine you are driving your car at 46 mph (40 knots) over the same road - pretty bumpy, eh?
Now imagine driving that same car over that same road at the same speed without shock absorbers for hours on end.
Now imagine driving that same car over that same road at the same speed without shock absorbers for hours on end, while moving about the car doing various tasks, many calling for precision, focus, accuracy and concentration.
Now put the car on autopilot and grab some bunk time, while the straps on the bunk keep you from hitting the ceiling ...
That’s why.
Actually if you drive faster on a wash boarded road it will smooth the ride out. I do it all the time in the outback.
I made six trips back and forth across the Pacific by the time I was 13 years old...
Are your bumps 10-25 feet deep?
Does your vehicle have springs and shock absorbers?
How fast are you actually going in your car without springs and shock absorbers as you traverse 15 foot deep pot holes while performing complex tasks that you and others lives depend on for hours on end?
How well do you sleep while driving down that “wash board” road?
it’s normal for subs to be faster than surface ships.
On the surface perhaps, but submerged? I have not had the privilege of ever hearing that in my 80 years. Not once.
And no, I don’t pretend to know everything or much of anything. But I do read, and have ears.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26475/the-soviets-golden-fish-missile-submarine-still-holds-the-record-as-the-worlds-fastest
Sounds like you have ridden out a typhoon in in WESTPAC.
As usual you missed the point.
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