steel beach

[MrRandomusername01]

Welcome to the Caribbean mates!

[galaxytroll]

why? they have a big ship, dont make sense.

[google1415]

@galaxytroll your question makes no sense......

[galaxytroll]

those who dont wanna jump, cant swimm

[MrSoulTracker9]

@galaxytroll they all have to know how to swim

[gabeman121]

wow that looks awsome

[MrsHarder08]

Wow.... So this what a Steel Beach looks like on a sub? LOL

[123nypd1]

what about the sharks

[storytellerfoto]

In 20 years I only had swim call 3 times on the Charles R. Wear DD 865 on the Sunfish SSN 649 and on the Holland AS 32

[MrChestypuller1775]

@storytellerfoto hello, can you explain to me what sim call is ?

[chownful]

@MrChestypuller1775 its when they have free time and the captain lets them have some fun by swimming from the deck.

[mrdquick]

I don't swim in water I can't see the bottom of... Looks like fun though.

[zachthe80sguy]

Oh hell, why not? Might as well have some fun on a sub.

[boscostix42]

how do they get back on board?

[ContainedMax]

@boscostix42 the ladder in the backgruond

[CJ090]

man ive never gotten a swim call

[rudolphna54]

What boat?

[MatsuLoveLust]

......i would drown

[762infidel]

I guarentee this is the most fun they had.....the navy sucks

[Dirtboxhor]

I spent 6 years on submarines and only had one "swim call". Was in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Definately one experience I will never forget as it isn't everyday you get to go swimming in a pool thats over 10,000 feet deep.

[Maldavan1995]

that would be some fun shet... :D

[NuclearMen94]

The same attitude why the USA didnt conquer Vietnam..

[Logie1998]

dam i was waiting for someone to get eatin :(

[mindlessprimitive]

haha they should have submerged slowly as a prank and make them swim like 1000 meters to where it surfaces

[youssefdahustler]

How awesome it must feel to breathe fresh air and swim after weeks of immersion!

[99turbosaab]

@youssefdahustler weeks? that'd be a short underway :P

[youssefdahustler]

@99turbosaab The oceanic strategic forces in the french navy (the only one Im sure of cause Im french) work shifts of three months so if they surface lets say.. half the trip, it'd be a six weeks immersion. Of course, with nuclear marine propulsion, they can dive as long as theres food around. Cheers from France!

[bob4040]

nice thing about the antiechoic coating is if you trip you just bounce into the water... we did many of these in the warm Caribbean waters, at least till the sharks showed up :P -- we did have a shark watch in the bridge with an M-16. after watching Mythbusters though I now realize it wouldn't have helped :O

[TheSteelBlinds]

i think they should go under when they are still on it

[voderick]

I think that the US Navy should use less cream in the submarine kitchens......

[JIMBO5444]

We had "hands to bathe" while surface transit from Cairns to Rabaul( O Class ) but a shark brought it to a halt. We then flooded Q, climed down under the casing and lay in the rushing water (12kt)

[danjayess1]

emergency stations, emergency stations, toxic gas, toxic gas, toxic gas.

[onefugowie]

has anybody ever swam under the sub to the other side

[WhiteKnightDubstep]

@onefugowie i was thinking that aswell lol, i would probably try it if i ever got the chance.

[sentineloffreedom]

haha that's sweet :) I'm guessing you were in domestic waters with some time to kill? that's not a boomer, is it?

[pmarines1775]

@sentineloffreedom no thats a fast attack. i was on one over the summer and we had a steel beach. it was awesome

[sentineloffreedom]

@pmarines1775 haha that's sweet dude! Yeah, I figured it was a fast attack... I'm guessing that the boomers stay pretty quiet while out in open water...

[predictingpast]

@sentineloffreedom Boomers are flat topped. the silo doors are flat. boomers would not risk a surface like this either.

[panzerrat]

@predictingpast

Not entirely true. The USS Michigan Gold crew did a steel beach off Molokai back in 2000. Diving off the fairwaters of a Trident is pretty daunting. We also had to rig out the jacobs ladder so we could get back on board id we didn't want to swim all the way up to the bow, where we rigged a cargo net. Drove some golf balls and did a BBQ while we were up there.

[Emelialarzon]

i was like.. oh holy! marines have a real life, where they have a youtube-account..

[skaterjrd99]

LOLZ look how white they are

[Rokkiteer]

Little did they know, the sub was sailing at a slow pace.

[mindlessprimitive]

am i the only one who kinda wants to swim under the creepy bottom of a asubmarine? eh? EH?

[jonesy97]

@mindlessprimitive If you can hold your breath from one side to the other, I'll be impressed. If you make it, then I'll follow.

[letskeepearthgreen]

@mindlessprimitive lool that would be reaally creepy..

[nakazatoGTR]

@mindlessprimitive oh you're not allowed to see OPSEC sensitive stuff there........ like the commander's porn collection chest.....

[Matt5bm]

Im starting with the Royal Navy (Subs), next year, and really cant see us doing that anytime haha. Looks like a good laugh 2 :( lol

[jnecchi]

lol at this point everything u see ahead is like nothing cept water everywhere, that should be relaxing

[GrabbarnasGud]

imagine to swin where there is like 3000 feet deep. I'm getting a boner.

[lindahbear]

omg i wanna swim in that water soo bad, it looks so pretty :I

[standingintheshadows]

nice to catch some sun i'll bet

[Kenevin]

How was the water?

[MrRandomness119]

i would be scared of doing that i dont know why but ever since i first saw how big a navy sub was i was always scared of being outside of it while it was in the water same for any type of boat too

[bluecollarboiler]

sharks?

[TsukiKKun]

looks amazing, especially out at sea

[crowndwner]

I didn't think the Nav did swim call anymore, interesting. (USS Scott DDG-995 - '91-'94)

[koryio1113]

some ships still do. it is up to the co.

[pires4]

@crowndwner a lot of submarines still do it, its ups to the CO's discretion Ive never heard of surface ships that still do it though.

[internetvideossuck]

That looks absolutely beautiful

[beershouldbefree]

shuddup skimmer fag, thats swim call on a boat. shoulda joined the real navy

[Prodigysportsman]

I can't believe someone, an E-2 through XO didn't call "ORM" on this. now THAT is a command!

[weslosgunner]

hey thats fuqn cool im

[SoundwaveWill]

Looks like fun. Glad to see that I'll have a chance at that. Got my SECF rating and I'll be shipping to rtc in October!

[AARONSNAPNECK]

me too. i ship in august