Talk:Submarines in the United States Navy

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Given the scope of detail used in the "Submarine warfare and nuclear deterrence" section of the main United States Navy page, I believe that it deserves to be part of the "Submarines in the United States Navy" daughter page. This page is already linked to earlier in the article and the whole section seems out of place for an article about general US navy info. Arcimpulse 03:02, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the escape training section: "Typically they are told to yell "I feel fine!" repeatedly". In the late 70's, we yelled "Ho ho ho!" (There was even a life-size painting of Santa in the briefing room), and then when you _surfaced_, the doctor in attendance would ask "How do you feel?", you'd reply as above, and then the command was given "Next man". I can't say if the author has misremembered this, or if it was changed. I'm not sure if any cite for this can be found other than direct experience of those involved. Gooshy 19:41, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm currently in Subscol and I never went through any sort of hyperbaric training? What is this madness?

I attended Sub School in the mid sixties at which time I had my one and only session of escape training. We were not interviewed by a doctor and did not go through a Valsalva test. The pressure test and the escape were conducted at the same time. We made a free ascent from 125 feet (IIRC). There were divers stationed in the tank about every forty feet or so. There were no particular instructions on how to answer the "how are you" question although I was chastised for blurting out, "I did it!" when I reached the top and climbed out of the water. I don't recall seeing a doctor or any other officers at the top. I suspect that a Corpsman was present though. We never studied or practiced the Steinke hood.Oldbubblehead (talk) 22:04, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I removed a large part of the section Escape Training, which was a straightforward cut-n-paste of this article: http://www.mtronline.net/mt/mtStories.aspx?ShowStrory=1014202038 dawkeye (talk) 22:05, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think saying that SSBNs are ballistic missile submarines and SSGNs are guided missile submarines (in the "Composition of the current force" section) isn't enough. These acronyms certainly stand for something... which isn't available in the encyclopedic article. There should be no questions of the "what does this stand for" sort after reading an encyclopedia article. Amenel (talk) 21:29, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Someone deleted the phrase "operated far from the fleet" in the opening section on World War II submarine operations. You have only to read some of the submarine patrol reports to see that U.S. submarines were operating in Empire waters within weeks of the start of the war. That's pretty far from the "Fleet." In less there are any objections, I will reinsert this pharase.Oldbubblehead (talk) 21:55, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]