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4-17 history
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fortyrod
Posted 2018-04-17 3:52 AM (#88151)
Great Sage of the Sea

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Subject: 4-17 history

Atlantic 04/17/89: The British fishing vessel Laurel is forced to cut her fishing nets after being towed by an unidentified U.S. nuclear-powered submarine for 15 minutes in the Irish Sea off the coast of the Isle of Man.

note, it seems this was a frequent occurrence, anyone arrive in Holy Loch with fishing nets?
mike652
Posted 2018-04-17 5:13 AM (#88152 - in reply to #88151)
Great Sage of the Sea

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Location: Conway, NH
Subject: RE: 4-17 history

Arrived in Yokosuka with bits of net in the sail.
Ric
Posted 2018-04-17 9:28 AM (#88153 - in reply to #88151)


Plankowner

Posts: 9152

Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map.
Subject: RE: 4-17 history

Sorry to say we never caught a fishing boat that I'm aware of. No souvenirs!!
Thomas Courtien
Posted 2018-04-18 4:38 AM (#88158 - in reply to #88151)
Master and Commander

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Location: Patterson, New York
Subject: RE: 4-17 history

In the early 1970s when we transited the Irish Sea out of Holy Loch it was on the surface for long hours. We were told it was required by a treaty?

I can remember this surface transit so well because once we were in a storm and SSBNs were not really good on the surface.

Lockers bolted to the bulkhead, if they had heavy items in them, broke off; gear not tied down was tumbling all over the place.

The rolls were quite unbelievable. No one went down to the Lower Level Missile Compartment as stuff was flying all over the place; we cleaned up the mes when we docked.



Edited by Thomas Courtien 2018-04-18 4:40 AM
Sewer Pipe Snipe
Posted 2018-04-18 8:02 AM (#88159 - in reply to #88151)
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Location: Albany, GA.
Subject: RE: 4-17 history

We were told the surface transit was necessary because we were crossing a transit route for ferries. Those of us susceptible to seasickness just loved it. We had a new QM1 from surface fleet. He was riding the bridge when he found out submarines don't go over waves, they go through them. Fortunately he was tied off when that big roller hit. We actually got challenged one time by an Irish Ferry. 
Ric
Posted 2018-04-18 8:30 AM (#88160 - in reply to #88151)


Plankowner

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Subject: RE: 4-17 history

Longest surface transits I can recall were when we were in Puget Sound. Down (and Up) Straits of Jaun De Fuca. Up and down the sound to Carr inlet to hang from the buoys and to Bangor and Bremerton.
Of course there was Panama and that was many hours long.
Waters were pretty smooth on all these.
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