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At random: Interests in submarines extends to royalty and presidents. The King of England and the King and Queen of Spain are among those who have made submerged cruises in submarines. As a result of a trip in an early United States submarine, President "Teddy" Roosevelt ordered extra compensation for personnel serving in the "Silent Service." President Harry Truman made a 440 foot dive in a captured German submarine. The first President to cruise aboard a nuclear submarine was President Eisenhower who rode the USS SEAWOLF out of Newport, Rhode Island on September 26, 1957.

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fortyrod

Posted 2017-12-30 4:17 AM (#87173)

Great Sage of the Sea

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Subject: 12-30 History

12-30-1959 Commissioning of first fleet ballistic missile submarine, USS George Washington (SSBN)598), at Groton, CT.

Thomas Courtien

Posted 2017-12-30 5:02 AM (#87174 - in reply to #87173)

Master and Commander

Posts: 1890

Location: Patterson, New York

Subject: RE: 12-30 History

I was aboard the 598 once in Rota while serving on the tender in 1973. She carried the A-3 Polaris and I had to help the crew with some maintenance work.

My recollection is that she seemed at that time old and tired compared to the newer 657 and 658 boats that I served on.

Still it was the lead boat of a fleet of an American engineering feat which I still find amazing - firing missiles from underwater and actually hitting a target area 2,500 miles away.

Ric

Posted 2017-12-30 8:54 AM (#87175 - in reply to #87173)

Plankowner

Posts: 9164

Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map.

Subject: RE: 12-30 History

George Washington was originally laid down as the attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589). During construction, she was lengthened by the insertion of a 130 ft long ballistic missile section and renamed George Washington; another submarine under construction at the time received the original name and hull number. Inside George Washington's forward escape hatch, a plaque remained bearing her original name. Because the ballistic missile compartment design of George Washington was intended to be reused in later ship classes, the section inserted into George Washington was designed with a deeper test depth rating than the rest of the submarine.

Runner485

Posted 2017-12-30 10:14 AM (#87176 - in reply to #87175)

COMSUBBBS

Posts: 2672

Location: New Jersey

Subject: RE: So what you're saying

is that, if the forward end of the boat went way below it's crush depth and imploded, if you were in the missile compartment you would be safe and float to the surface????

Tom McNulty

Posted 2017-12-30 10:28 AM (#87177 - in reply to #87175)

Master and Commander

Posts: 1454

Subject: RE: 12-30 History

I didn't know that. I thought it was just the missile tubes themselves. The thought process was it would contain the missiles intact in case the boat sank. Then they wouldn't crush and release all those nasty things into the ocean. Howsomeever, I don't know what the test depth is/was.

Sewer Pipe Snipe

Posted 2017-12-30 3:08 PM (#87179 - in reply to #87173)

Master and Commander

Posts: 1796

Location: Albany, GA.

Subject: RE: 12-30 History

One could venture to say "Yes you do, you just ain't talking!"

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