U.S. Fast Attack Submarine • Topside In The Conning Tower
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- View from the conning tower of a U.S. Navy fast-attack submarine, the nuclear powered USS Texas (SSN-775) underway in the Pacific Ocean on March 15, 2017.
Film Credits: U.S. Navy Video by Austin Rooney, Jimmy Shea, Jonathan Snyder - Released
Thankyou for giving us the natural sound without music and narration.
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Brings back a lot of great memories for me. I sometimes have recurring dreams that I am being woken up in the 21-man bunk room to go stand watch. Proud to have served; those were some of the best years of my life. Pride runs deep. Thanks for posting this video.
Thank you!!!
I served in submarines way back in the 70s and 80s. I have never had a dream about being on the sub though I truly enjoyed it.
Same here brings back a ton of memories. I qualified lookout just so I could spend as much time as possible on the bridge. When the Dolphins start dancing over the bow it's really cool to see!
Hanging out in the conning tower for a surface transit after months underwater... One of the simple pleasures of life!
Thanks for the video: Brings back good memories. SSBN 733(B).
Oh the memories, being the lookout with a cool OOD. Nothing like surfacing OTH at night seeing the bioluminescence from the flying bridge. USS New York City SSN 696 91’-95’, USS Parche SSN 683 98’-02’
Jackson Daniels does everyone on board get a chance to go up there?
My husband,CPO Melvin T Smith was Radioman Striker - Sonorman during WWII and the Korea War. His story is In the book, "Heroes Beneath the Waves."
Most of my 23 years in subs was spent aft in the Engine Room helping to push these marvelous machines through the water. But on occasion I would get the chance to go up on the bridge and enjoy the view. Wouldn't trade those years for anything.
I appreciate the time more as I age
Hi comrade... ah sailor can you answer a few questions about nuclear propulsion? Lol. Jk thanks for your service.
Fellow nuke!! "M" Division on SSBN 644B
@@dannywilliamson3340 my last sub was SSBN-727, thanks for your service.
@@sjsass47 USS Ohio was on the ways at EB when I was at welding school in New London in '78. Always wanted to see the inside of one of those big sumbitches. Where did they put the raquetball court?
This is so incredibly awesome. Anything else just pales in comparison to this. The amazing responsibility and commitment of these men (and women) is an inspiration.
Big respect and appreciation to us navy from egypt
Dam n does this bring back memories. I went back over 44 years watching this.
brings back some memories ... USS Dace early 80s but we didn't have a windshield or guardrails! down in the bahamas the dolphins would swim along side and then leap over the bow. was pretty cool
One of the fun things about the Dace was the sail planes were just below the bridge, so it was easy to climb on 'em to dive in the harbor when we were in Bermuda for a few days (we'd been submerged for 26 days, so realllly needed to get in a swim).....The COB threatened us with imminent death if we dove off the outboard plane, so about 6 of us did just that.....Several times.....We left a lot of water on the deck between the main hatch and control.....Of course, we got busted and had to clean it up before liberty.....He never followed thru with death threat...lol....Was aboard the USS DACE SSN607 from about June '66-Aug. '67, then off to the USS ALBACORE AGSS569 (now Albacore Park, Portsmouth, NH) for my last 8 months..... (active duty Nov. '63 - May '68--extended for Radioman A school and Subs)....Only job on the bridge was to raise or lower the whip antenna after surfacing or before diving....
I love the US Navy's Submarine fleet. Proud men and we are proud of them.
I prefer the Soviet/Russian one. America sucks anyways.
@@moveon7564 russia is just one big financial crisis these days.
“Ahhh, a breath of fresh air !” Literally! Thanks for that!
Brings back the memories...USS Buffalo SSN-715 (90-94)
wow, i get claustrophobic just watching the sailors exiting the boat. no thanks, but thanks to all the sailors for their service.
Technically, the last US boat with a conning tower was the USS Triton built in 1956, The conning tower was a small room built into the sail, seen in World War 2 sub movies. This video begins in "The Bridge Trunk". a vertical tunnel that leads from the Control Room up to the open area on top of the sail, known as "The Bridge".
Exactly!
Actually correct. Been on subs for 20 years. Never been in conning tower. Thanks for correction
I like the way he is scanning the horizon for the enemy. Search and destroy!
@@jerryinsc all that multimillion sensor equipment and they got some high school students looking through binocs, give me a fucking break
While stationed on the USS Coral Sea, CV-43, I would occasionally watch UNREPS from the 0-10 Level, if I remember correctly. On that level the hull number 43, was in fluorescent light fixtures, the same that are throughout most ships. On one occasion we were taking on DFM from USNS Monongahela near dusk. On her starboard side was a Arleigh Burke class destroyer taking on stores. She had her surface search radar active. As it swept across the Coral Maru, I kept seeing flashes. It took me a few minutes before I realized the destroyers radar was lighting the fluorescent lights behind me as it sweeped. Being a radar technician on the E2C Hawkeyes, this was something we would discuss sometimes but I had never experienced before. That destroyer was at least 100 yards from those lights. I retreated below carefully coverings my cahones. Better safe than sorry. Soft tissue such as eyes, with a high water content, and testicles are more susceptible to RF radiation absorption. Any ET should have a field strength meter available which can measure the RF strength of any radio frequency source. We used them on the flight deck quite often to measure antenna efficiency and patterns. Look out for number one! No one cares for you like you!!
my great uncle was on the uss coral sea during vietnam. he was a AO
Too true. I feel worried for the sailors standing right behind the radar on this sub.
I was an ETS in the Australian Navy in the mid eighties. Everyone has a 'spot' on board where you can just look at the sea etc. One of mine was next to a Large radio antenna. It had a yellow line painted about 1 ft in a semicircle around the base. I always kept another foot outside of that as I leant on the railing. One day I came out and the line was now 3ft around the base. I had been standing inside the 'new' line for weeks. lol.
@@bossdog1480 , yeah, that was making me wonder if it wasn't some kind broadband low emit radar. I don't think I would want to be that close to one with any power.
I've always been a surface sailor; so seeing something like this is pretty cool.
Worked on subs for 43 years. GO NAVY 🇺🇸
That's cool
Thanks for your service Tim!
@Jesus is Dog :
LMAO, TOO FUNNY!!!!
@Jesus is Dog :
They make a pretty damn good sandwich though. Were you a manager? (In Bill Clinton's voice) "I feel your pain" I too was a manager in fast food for one year and I wanted to kill those damn hopelessly stupid teenagers, it was the worst experience of my food and beverage career. I was soooo glad to get back to fine dining!
I was on the USS Dixon in 38A for 4 yrs, me too!
USS Richard B Russell SSN687 ‘83-‘87. How awesome it is to be the first to smell the fresh sea 🌊 air when coming into port. Seeing this gives me that homesick feeling and a memory of the loneliness of the open ocean. I have been blessed to see many amazing things in my life.
Mickey Cochran Hello from a 683 projects sailor👍🏾. Did you know mike bannock? IC man type.
Submarines are so fascinating to me, they are so secret that it makes me even more curious to know what their true capabilities are.God Bless all those who serve in the US Armed Forces, especially these sailors on this submarine !
Submarines are awesome but serving on them seems like one of the worst station for a soldier to serve. Weeks without meeting natural air cramped in a steel cigar. It must feel awesome though to be the menace deep below
they only get out in the ports? Holy shit. I thought there was rotations or something so that they can see the outer world at some frequency. I dont get it how they dont go nuts
@@nemdenemam9753 some of us are just different and can handle it :) there is a psych exam required to serve on submarines and one of the things they're looking for is to rule out people who don't seem like the type who would be able to handle it. :)
I served on USS Florida SSBN-728 and USS Asheville SSN-758. Only went to see on Florida, though. Asheville was in drydock the whole 9 months I was assigned to her. On Florida, I went on four deterrent patrols, and my DD-214 says 365 days at sea. It is VERY stressful duty: 24-48 hours awake was common, and I once stayed awake for 4 days...this is because we need submarines to do a lot of missions and we don't have many submarines. You have to be smart because you have to become Qualified in Submarines, an intellectually rigorous qualification that takes months of study to prepare for, and involves a 2 hour interview with a 3 person board, including one non-nuclear trained enlisted person, one nuclear trained enlisted person, and one nuclear trained officer all three sit there and ask you questions about the submarine, how it works, and how to handle emergencies (we are all trained Advanced Firefighting and Advanced Damage Control) and you need to know the answers.
The longest I stayed underwater was 87 days. :)
They are taking females now (no females when I was in the USN but I always approved of it and thought it was a good idea). If you know a young woman who has graduated from high school and seems very smart and seems like she would be able to handle stressful duty in confined quarters, send her here:
navylive.dodlive.mil/ewis/
Here's the recruitment page for officers (both male and female). To be An Officer of the Line or as we prefer to call it in the US Navy "Line Officer" -- meaning you could be the Captain of a submarine one day -- you need 1 year of calculus and 1 year of science involving calculus. If you don't have those qualifications but do have a degree, you can be the Supply Officer (they need fewer supply officers, they have a greater need for Line Officers).
www.navy.com/careers/nuclear-submarine-officer
Nem Denemam when were you on Florida? I was there 1988-1991. M-Div. Gold crew.
@@neutrino78x Explain how letting females serve onboard subs will improve the fighting capability of that weapons platform.
That radar mast blasting them in the chest must be great. Heard it and immediately knew what it was when they first showed the shot of the bow.
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@@AllAmericanDreamChaser Lol
awesome - used to love being up top in the nice weather - fair seas my friends - EX RN SM Service HMS Resolution Renown Revenge Splendid Superb 1984-1999
Does everybody get a go? 10-15 mins around?
After being stuck in a tube for days/weeks on end, that wind in you're face would be amazing....
I love submarines. Gorgeous machines.
Been there, did that (in 688s), got the t-shirt. I started off as a SWO but got to do a lot of interesting things, some I will admit to.
@Harry Heck Not lying. I did NOT claim to have my dolphins. I started off as a SWO (1100) before getting a change of designator to Naval Intelligence (then 1630, now 1830). Nowadays I would be considered and Information Warfare Officer. I got to ride two 688s with my guys as 'mission package'. Very interesting but wouldn't want to do it for a living.
What’s it like when the hatch opens, and they breath that first breath of fresh air?
If you have been at sea for a while the air outside stinks, especially when you pull into port. Also have molemen eyes everything is extremely bright. But nothing beats standing on the flying bridge making speed while pulling into port.
You smell so many things you forgot about. After 60+ days you think you can smell nothing but so wrong when you go out.
Fantastic video! Thank you for posting!😀👍
My first boat (USS Sturgeon, SSN 637) Maneuvering watch was JA phone talker in the bridge. It was a blast!
Memory lane. Our flyingbridge was flimsy compared to theirs.
Nice video.
Submarines are beautiful and sleek as they move through the water. Love too look at them.
I did my time on subs in the 80's. Can someone explain to me why the ships onboard radar was rotating and radiating when it also had a Furuno commercial radar topside? When I was out there we used the Furuno to make our profile look like we were a seagoing fishing vessel so the Russian trawlers could not pick us out as being a war ship.
My other question is why did the person who posted this video use the term "Conning Tower" It was called the bridge and the flying bridge was where the lookouts were stationed.
I guess times have changed because I never saw the OOD or the CO or XO standing up on top of the sail.
QM2SS SSN 670 678 and SSBN 635 Blue
My Pops was an EW. He said he could smell a BPS 30 miles away with a GD walkie talkie. The civilian illumination is to mask the ident of the sub to anyone sniffin around at a distance. That peepin tom can rotate without radiating.
Nice share dude, brought back some memories for sure.
When did you serve?
@@willpearce2866 87 - 93, most of that on the SSBN 640
Great video! I was never on subs---USCG was my chosen service---but I served with a few guys who transferred over from Navy service on subs. They had some crazy stories to tell.
I've got a question---aren't those guys concerned about how much radiation they're taking from that turning radar array right in front of them? I remember having to paint lines on the deck of the cutter I served on, just so we knew where the hazard areas were around the super-size whip antennas we carried (210' RELIANCE class).
I dont know for sure but the Radar mast could be turning but the Radar not active ? Usually interferes with video equipment if it was operating you usually get a buzz on the film every revolution
His cap said USS Texas. I saw Laura Bush commemorate that sub 10 years ago in Galveston, all the sailors ran aboard dressed in white uniforms. Anti aircraft gun placements and divers in the water all around. I was so close, I took several pictures for people behind me. ‘Murica. 😎🇺🇸
At about 2:20 the annoying screech pause screech pause screech brought me a navy flashback. It's the electrically induced sound from the radar circling every second or so. Back when I flew from carriers, that sound used to pulse in my helmet headphones as the boat's search radar went round. I had forgot that detail. I feel . . . . young again.
Great Memories.
Fastattack, 85-89 Groton, CT.
Very..very cool !...."Run Silent, Run Deep"......Thank you...U.S. Navy Video by Austin Rooney, Jimmy Shea, Jonathan Snyder. Big Hat Tip to ALL ...
Excellent! Thanks.
What, no one yelled "Alarm" bitterly disappointed.
...memories. Miss it sometimes...
Yes l.m miss too about my Russian submarine.3 year nearli with Norway..l was been 18 y.with regards to USA underwater fleet..from Russian seamens..underwater fleet..we are brothers 👍
Oddly enough...i just ate Subway for lunch and this video was in my recommendations.....🤔hmmmm.I enjoyed this viewpoint and thank the men/woman that serve our country!!!!🇺🇸
Thank you for your service 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
3:26, nice roadster you have there.
WEARS THE RUMBLE SEAT AT
Isn't the radar right in front of the person an extreme health hazard?
Thanks to all service ppl and first responders current and past !
Proud zu be a friend of the U.S.A.!
4:00 nice camera work
Six patrols, been north of the Arctic Circle more than once..
Cool thanks for your service
I hope that radar doesn't fry their brains. And thanks for all your service.
Fascinating. I understand this has a name, like "Sea Liberty" or something, where they surface on a nice day when nothing is around and allow every member of the crew a few minutes of fresh air. Any submariners know whether I'm right or way off base? Either way, interesting vid!
There’s is an event called Steel Beach, when the sub will surface and have a swim call for the crew to come and swim off the deck of the boat. That’s rare though and happens maybe once a deployment.
Porthole liberty - looking at the beach from the ship - usually thru a porthole, but covers being stuck on the ship/boat. Steel Beach was also picnic/cookout time too. Had one on USS Harlan County after crossing the equator - put the landing craft (LCVP) in the water - and since they are not commissioned vessels we all got two beers to drink while circling the ship at anchor.
That is awesome! Love the sea
Is standing right in front of that radar a super great idea?
Why wouldn't it be
@@jordans6146 Because it's a high power RF transmitter.
A Russian, an American and a British at an Harbour talk about which Sub will last longest:The British:Ours will doing best, only need to surface when Tea is empty!! The American: We only surface when our Whiskey is empty!! The Russian; We need to go up if the Wodka is done....suddenly you hear a Sound .....Tuck Tuck Tuck....an German WW2 Typ VII C/41 Sub enters the Harbour, Captains comes out and asks: You got some Schnaps here???
while everyone is thinking above. They (N.Korea) are forgetting down deep below below.
Alot of people make joke on navy but that looks pretty damn cool to me
I never understood how these things dont smash into anything underwater. That sonar has got to be anazing
They don't use active sonar hardly at all, it instantaneously gives away your position. They use maps and GPS mostly.
@@bossdog1480 GPS doesnt work under water for the most part they use a lot of things to get a fix on where they are and to prevent crashing.
Wonder if a submarine ever crashed into another submarine?
2:38 Being that close to radar emissions cannot be healthy. You can actually hear the radar messing with the camera a few moments before this time mark.
Are the whirrs and boops and beeps from 4:25 - 4:50 the sound of the ESM devices catching a whiff of being painted by someone else’s’ radar sweeps? Very cool video!
The periodic beeping noise between 2:15 and 2:29 roughly matches up with the rotation of the antenna visible between 2:37 and 2:50. I think it's reasonable to say that the antenna is some kind of a radar and the camera microphone is picking it up as EM noise.
The whirrs and boops don't particulary sound like EM noise, but I might be wrong on that.
Yep I remember that in control
Amazing
7:13 Looks like a dolphin/dolphins at the bow of the submarine
they do that allot they like to swim allong
Ahh, that first smell of fresh sea air! No porpoises, or flying fish to greet them? Always loved that surface ride back home...
Like a cruise ship they look so majestic and cool from afar, but up close they're rusted and dinged up. Sea water is very harsh, but then again cost is a factor when building these things. Sure they could use a form of stainless steel to prevent corrosion but costs go up astronomically.
I love movies on attack submarine
do you have more of these videos they’re really cool and would love to show my family i’m in the video i’m ET2 Gomez in these or ET3 at the time i’m not sure can’t really tell or remember 😂
Are there any 699i Los Angeles attack boats still in commission anywhere, or have they all been replaced by the Virginas, and Seawolfs?
The LA-class still constitutes majority of us navy fast attacks and could very well stay operational for another decade considering how long it takes to produce the Virginia-class
jonesy97 I think a few 688s left
Damn, I’m old. My boat USS Skipjack SSN 585 was in the yard at EB while the 688 was pre commission.
@Harry Heck Tell you what? The answer to my question I put out there? Boy, you're a real sharp one.
@Harry Heck Well heck, Harry, you took the last of it, and left me with none!
gee, kind of hazardous place to scale from within, some form of harness must surely be used in case of a fall (all tower climbers do rely on harness :-). Then is it a good idea to let that radar beam at your head?
Thank you ALL for you service 🙏
nice Vids sir.... enjoyed it... brings back fond memories.... enjoy it. now... it passes too quickly.... DBF.... Bone fish SS-582....fair winds tasty waves and great babes.... do us proud
Rest in peace to the sailors on the uss bonefish
for all the submariners in here that have commented i have a question what would the purpose of the things theyre doing in the video be? I was always told a sub on the surface is a sitting duck and that they dont hardly ever surface so what would they be doing this for?
Heading into port for Liberty Call!
In the beginning, what are the things they're carrying up the ladder? The bag, and the half-circle of metal?
How is it possible to be that close to the radar mast while energized?
It would appear the fast attack sub needs a lot of time to set up how quick can they dive?
dumb question : why subs are all black (and not dark blue ?)/can the promity of radar pulses radiation hurt sailors ?
Looks like a swimmer delivery compartment behind the sail.
USS Tang SS 563 1963-1965
Are the guys in danger of radiation from being in front of the radar beam?
02:45h: That radar direct in your face must be healthy...
It's an X-band and fairly low power so there is no problem. It's a military version of the white Raytheon radars you see on power boats. High frequency, very sharp returns even on small objects but fairly short range.
When I heard the 'dzzzt' repeating at 2:18 I thought I bet that's a radar and sure enough. I visited a ANG base's radar service shop a bunch of years ago. They had a clothes line hanging in front of three/four test stands pointed off to the hills. A guy said they hung their sandwiches on the line to warm them up for lunch. I put my hand up in front of a sweeping antenna and it was like someone blowing up and down your forearm. It didn't kill my $19 non-MilSpec Casio watch but I thought if I can feel it, I don't want to stand in front of it!
I'm a marine mechanic that installs Electronics. Raytheon would have a fit they tell you to install the radar well above where anyone would be. That's why it's up on the Mast on sailboats b-sides having longer range.
@@willfriar8054But the military didn't get the memo and that radar on that sub is spinning in front of them at head level...eeeeech!
PacificAirwave144 I took the dzzzting to be chirps from the ESM system. Basically detecting sweeps and warning the crew that it is being painted. Based on what people are saying I bet that actually was interference from the radar like you’re saying and that we hear an ESM warning chirp instead at 4:33. But I literally don’t know and am guessing.
Fascinating to watch never seen a sub from that prospective
Used to fire the m-14's from up there, I'd fire it horizontal with the ocean and see where it splashed, then smash all the coffee cups and dive lol 😆 memories
Subs seems like they would be great for training future astronauts missions to Mars, meaning long duration stuck in a cramped but big vehicle.
I always wondered how these subs evaded sonar but ww2 dubs were plagued by it. It wasn't until I actually worked on a Virginia class sub that I found out they use large rubber tiles all over the hull.
Germany did that in WW2
Outstanding
Very nice blue ocean
Question: Do all the crew get a go Topside on a Sub cruise - or is it a special privilege?
On my boat and crew, Casimir Pulaski (SSBN Blue crew), all you had to do was ask. Most didn't. I always made it a point to make it up there when we surfaced after a patrol.
Rig for red. Much respect!
When we ran surfaced in the Atlantic, there'd be flying fish and dolphins riding our bow wave.
I remember the first time I was underway. We were surfaced but Vieques. I went up and saw flying fish jumping in front of the bow. I said to myself,” Holy shit. Flying fish are real. I thought they were just in cartoons!!!”
Now that's cruising. 😎
2:13 "Holy shit, it's the black pearl. Get the captain"
3:54 as I sit in my cubicle. Gazing out at the smog.
I bet they glad for some fart free fresh air....takes a certain breed of person to be a submariner...hats off to them.
everytime I try this at home in my bathtub my sub just flips on its side... how do you keep yours upright!?... all joking aside, no way I could live in there and I'm not closterphobic but not having the sun in my face and the fresh air daily would make me bats... thanks so much for the video and what you guys do!
Soap breaks the water tension, try using strait tap water.
"everytime I try this at home in my bathtub my sub just flips on its side..."
Comment of the day....... :))
After so much of technical advancement, submarine is still a place where you can't live that comfortably and the spaces are still narrow
Cool, what a rush that must be....... 🇺🇸👍
Cool video
"Aloft. There are personnel working aloft. Do not rotate, radiate, or energize any electric or electronic equipment" I'm sure the submariners know Time, Distance, Shielding.
Technically on modern submarines, it is referred to as the sail.
So when those guys can't have kids, they will look back on this video and say DAMN THE RADAR!!!
that safety railing looks like such of a PITA.....haha just to go topside for a few minutes.....40 minute of safety gear installation