by bengtsson » Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:17 pm
One thing about Submarine service, when something goes wrong, there is nowhere to run to! You gotta stay and fix the problem or die. I've been on both subs and surface ships, and you always feel a little better knowing if things get bad enough you can always go overboard from a destroyer. No such luck when you are submerged, all you can do is blow main ballast and hope to get back up.
This firefighting system must be very fast acting. Every compartment should have a number of breathing points that men are trained to find blindfolded. But with shipyard workers in that compartment, there would be way more men than could hook up to the internal air points. Plus I don't know Russian practice in this regard, nor am I familiar with really modern USN systems now a days. But in my day, there were breathing points to hook up to, if memory serves me in my advancing years
Bob B.
One thing about Submarine service, when something goes wrong, there is nowhere to run to! You gotta stay and fix the problem or die. I've been on both subs and surface ships, and you always feel a little better knowing if things get bad enough you can always go overboard from a destroyer. No such luck when you are submerged, all you can do is blow main ballast and hope to get back up.
This firefighting system must be very fast acting. Every compartment should have a number of breathing points that men are trained to find blindfolded. But with shipyard workers in that compartment, there would be way more men than could hook up to the internal air points. Plus I don't know Russian practice in this regard, nor am I familiar with really modern USN systems now a days. But in my day, there were breathing points to hook up to, if memory serves me in my advancing years :smallsmile:
Bob B.