@Cory, I served on the USS Henry M. Jackson SSBN-730 (Blue Crew), USS San Francisco SSN-711, then USS Simon Lake AS-33, and USS Emory S, Land AS-39. This is me (video link below) at 2:32 into the video over 25 years ago, back in 1993, my fifteen seconds of fame... I was 27 years old. th-cam.com/video/Yn9mCBVbm3Y/w-d-xo.html
@@MrJedi5150 it is true the Drum did get decommissioned in 1995 in Pearl Harbor. I was one of the last people to leave her once they gutted her. Not sure about the Hunt for Red October rumor. I don't think I heard that.
@Guero, yep... I was there before the hit in the mid 1990's... and on the Jackson from 1990 to 1994. That is me at 2:32 into the video when K5 News went to our boat for a day trip. th-cam.com/video/Yn9mCBVbm3Y/w-d-xo.html
For anyone that may be misunderstanding, the nuclear aspect of this one is how it is powered. Nuclear armed submarines do not pass through the canal and are larger
Yes they do, I was on USSDace SSN607 and went thru the canal, and thats another Fast Attack in this video, I dont know if any Boomers have ever gone thru, but Fast Attacks do and are capable of carrying tactical nukes. "tactical nukes" kind of a misnomer isn't it!
@@yortroei Its a hell of along way around South America. As far as secret, all subs leave their ports on the surface and stay on the surface until a certain fathom curve (depth of the sea), that changes big time as the east coast has a huge continental shelf especially up North by New London, Connecticut which was my subs base/port. So you can be tracked and are tracked all the time by satellite or spies outside the bases and many other ways. Once you submerge is where the fun and cat and mouse games begin. We use to go to the North Atlantic and sit between Ice and England or evne go to the North Sea and sit directly out over the coast of Finland/Russia and wait to pick up boomers or fast attacks coming out of Polyarny. I use to see lots of Russian boats (subs) on Google Earth there but not so many now, if you look in Polyarny, Koala Bay at 69.202972, 33.470872 you'll see 3 Russian subs tied up there now. But its not the port it use to be in the Cold War when I served. We traveled thru the canal to go to ship yards in Vallejo California so they could track us as much as they want we where there for over a year
fireson23 That´s why in a sub, you need to stay real close behind a big ship, then when they open the gates ( Their called locks.) you just go through with the ship. It´s easy. I´ve done it a bunch of times. I never pay.
Passed through the canal twice on an SSBN in 1973 and 1975. In 73, we had another FBM pass us going the other way. We were both changing fleet assignments. I remember all the cruise ship passengers looking down on us.
I was onboard the USS George Washington SSBN 598 while passing through the Panama Canal in the early 70s. The most notable thing was the severe sunburns our crew members suffered after being on patrol and not exposed to sun light for months.
Boomers rarely use the Panama Canal, but when they do is a show. Often they get PBR boats flown in in advance, to escort them and fighter cover from F 16s. I have seen Arleigh Burkes, Oliver Hazzard Perrys and Zumwalts crossing the Canal. Subs are mostly fast attack subs.
A couple of years ago, my son’s boat (sub) traveled through on their way to Hawaii. They got to grill hamburgers and brats while going through. Pretty awesome memory for them.
Good video sailor, thanks. Makes me reminisce about my days as an engineer at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton ('79 - '91). I was on the SSN (e.g. 688 Class) team and spent most of my days working on these guys.
Dumb question: aren't the sailors afraid of falling off? Subs are round, and I see that the top has a flattish area, but it doesn't look very wide and looks like it could be slippery.
A submariner told me this was one of the scariest parts of the job was to pass through the Panama canal. He said they were essentially sitting ducks at that point.
I got to visit Panama in December 1989. Interesting excursion, they made us jump in with parachutes at 2:00 AM instead of landing like normal people. Baggage pick-up what was what we carried, didn't get to go inside the terminal. We did get to see the capital and countryside. We saw the locks. We got the chance to visit all kinds of their military units, as well as tour the different towns nearby. We even got a chance to eat at a Panamanian McDonalds....I passed. A month later the hole in the wall rotisserie place was stupendous and all 8 of my buddies enjoyed a good meal. The older men at the other table were so nice they didn't let me pay and picked up the tab. They thanked us for visiting their country. A week later we came back to the US where it was a bit cooler. Panama is Hot!
These things are very sinister. I used to watch the UK's Trident subs come in to Faslane in Scotland. Even close up they were totally silent and virtually no wake. These were (and still are obviously) SSBNs and very much larger than this one but there was almost no indication that they were moving. Being all matt black as well just added to the sinister nature and fascination of them.
Always good to see pics & vids from home. The house where I was raised is 1.67 mi on a heading of 92.37 deg from where you were standing when you shot this video. (Bet you don't have any listings there :) ) Nice video, thanks for posting.
The Los Angeles? A total of 62 were built, with the newest being launched in the early 90's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Los_Angeles-class_submarines Most of the first flight have been either scrapped or are stricken and awaiting scrapping. Of the 4 remaining, two are in reserve and two as used moored training vessels. Sadly, the Dallas (SSN-700), of Tom Clancy fame, has been stricken and is awaiting scrapping. Most of the second and third flights (each "flight" is an upgrade to it's predecessor) are still in service.
Served in Panama (Colon, Atlantic side, Gatun Locks) as an MP. To get to Fort Randolph, a concrete road comes out from under the lock walls and allows you to travel over the canal. And yes, tons of tourists even for large tourist ships/tankers/ore ships, etc drew people to watch. That was 1969-71, so a lot has changed.
I met a guy who was a helmsman on a Brit nuke sub that went through the Suez Canal. He said it was INCREDIBLY challenging for both him and for the ship's navigator. It doesn't look like it, but I am sure its the same for that LA class sub crew.
As a young man, I attended the JOTC in February of 77, at Ft. Sherman. I was on light duty due to an injury. I remember sitting on the beach drinking ice cold PBR's from a vending machine that only cost .25 cents back then. Even visited the pleasures of Colon. Great memories I have from my youth in such a beautiful country.
Was stationed over at Howard in the mid 90's, watched a sub coming into port with a BBQ grill and couple of sailors barbequing...coolest thing I'd ever seen at the time.
The numbers on the sail have been painted over, to conceal her identity (ship name), but it is a Los Angeles class 688i. No flags on the masts, either, but we all know what country that sub belongs to.
The numbers, when they are on, are just magnetic decals. They almost never use them. I lived across Hood Canal from the base at Bangor for 15 years, and the only identifying information was the shapes of the hulls - the Parche was one of a kind. All of the Tridents looked the same. The Carter is also a one of a kind. I never saw a number on any sub in Hood Canal.
I Loved The Canal Zone, Panama when I lived there in 73-76. Township of Diablo Heights and Worked in The Township of Ancon!.. " Beautiful " memories!!!Rg 70549
I heard the Panama Canal is the only place in the world where the captain of any ship has to give up command of their ship, not by force of course, to allow a specialized captain, who works for the lcosk, to guide the ship into the locks. So does the USN allow them to take over and guide them in??
*It is not the only place like that in the world.* *Military vessels may be an exception. Though it wouldn't matter anyway, the type of command given up is extremely limited.*
This sub was built here in my hometown of Groton,Connecticut by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics...one of many boats built by the good men and women of EB
@Dana Gouette Newport News Shipbuilding A Division of Huntington Ingallis Industries en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding from Romania 13.V.2019
That's pretty cool to see. A bit of a scary thought to me is how vulnerable the ship is then. Not much a handful of armed marines could do, especially with no cover.
I went through on the SSBN-617 in 1986 in daylight hours.. But it was not a spectator sport back in those days.. And yes this is a 688 LA Class attack sub in the video.
Tyler jameson it's a fast attack Los Angeles class sub not the much larger Ohio class subs. The Ohio class subs basically go out into the ocean and hide. They would never go through any waterway that restricted their movement unless going into or out of port.
I think 4 or 5 LA-class subs carry tactical cruise missiles but other than those the LA-class are hunters of other subs and ships, it's the mammoths like the Ohio-class that play hide and seek with continents.
Ken, perhaps you haven't noticed that within the past century it hasn't been the USA unleashing terror in the rest of the world as much as the rest of the world unleashing terror wherever. WWI, WWII terror was certainly not unleashed by the USA; since then, while arguments can be made against this country relating to southeast Asia and the middle east, the terror was not unleashed by the USA. The USA has retaliated, perhaps too strongly in some cases; but without our military and our nuclear submarines, the world political system would be a lot worse than it is. Ken, as of the time you wrote your comment, the terror is coming from criminal groups such as ISIS and other "religion" based groups (which are actually godless and politically oriented), and certain ideological governments which seek to export their way of life at the end of a machine gun. That is something the USA has not had to do (so far). You might also note that there are a lot more people trying to get into the USA, legally or otherwise, than there are those trying to get into such places as North Korea.
Oh! It's a simple. Because the submarine could be cut the cord which Panama is attached to the substrate. It would be very bad - Panama could drifted out from the Costa Rica and Colombia, and even could reach up to Japan!
PikPobedy Los Angeles class boats are still all male crews and will not be integrated. Ohio class boats have female crew members already and Virginia class boats will soon if not already. so the crew on the boat in the video is all male
Captain : you see the people Sailor : yes , sir Captain: i dont want it Sailor : yes , sir Sailor : misile tomahawk ready to launch , sir Captain : fire People: hey yo wtf
Nuclear ARMED submarines are much larger than this, and they would never use a public port like the Panama Canal. Their whole goal is to stay submerged at all times only surfacing to do crew change and maintenance. This is one of the smaller class submarines that’s nuclear POWERED
Do you realized HOW MANY ships over the many years passed by that Miraflores Locks canal building??? Thousands !!! Image having a little apartment and living in that building??? It would be SO cool. I would put a time-lasped camera on the building and record every ship that passes though.
SSGN are converted SSBNs they switched the nuclear tips missles for tomahawk missles and also able to launch seal teams from the first two missles tubs...
memories.... US Navy Submarine Force, 20 years of service, 1987-2008....
Luis, what boats were you on? I was on the USS Drum (SSN 677) and AGSS (555) Dolphin 93-2001
@Cory, I served on the USS Henry M. Jackson SSBN-730 (Blue Crew), USS San Francisco SSN-711, then USS Simon Lake AS-33, and USS Emory S, Land AS-39.
This is me (video link below) at 2:32 into the video over 25 years ago, back in 1993, my fifteen seconds of fame... I was 27 years old.
th-cam.com/video/Yn9mCBVbm3Y/w-d-xo.html
@@MrJedi5150 it is true the Drum did get decommissioned in 1995 in Pearl Harbor. I was one of the last people to leave her once they gutted her. Not sure about the Hunt for Red October rumor. I don't think I heard that.
@Guero, yep... I was there before the hit in the mid 1990's... and on the Jackson from 1990 to 1994. That is me at 2:32 into the video when K5 News went to our boat for a day trip.
th-cam.com/video/Yn9mCBVbm3Y/w-d-xo.html
@Guero, yep, MM2/SS at the time of that video... memories...
For anyone that may be misunderstanding, the nuclear aspect of this one is how it is powered.
Nuclear armed submarines do not pass through the canal and are larger
Thats a drug cartel sub 😂😂😂... The Los Angeles class is 175 mts long That must be a diesel eletric...
Just to correct my mistake the Los Angeles is 110 meter long and it is indeed nuclear... My mistake in the Last coment
Yes they do, I was on USSDace SSN607 and went thru the canal, and thats another Fast Attack in this video, I dont know if any Boomers have ever gone thru, but Fast Attacks do and are capable of carrying tactical nukes. "tactical nukes" kind of a misnomer isn't it!
Why pass via canal? Do subs need to be secretive about their locations
@@yortroei Its a hell of along way around South America. As far as secret, all subs leave their ports on the surface and stay on the surface until a certain fathom curve (depth of the sea), that changes big time as the east coast has a huge continental shelf especially up North by New London, Connecticut which was my subs base/port. So you can be tracked and are tracked all the time by satellite or spies outside the bases and many other ways. Once you submerge is where the fun and cat and mouse games begin. We use to go to the North Atlantic and sit between Ice and England or evne go to the North Sea and sit directly out over the coast of Finland/Russia and wait to pick up boomers or fast attacks coming out of Polyarny. I use to see lots of Russian boats (subs) on Google Earth there but not so many now, if you look in Polyarny, Koala Bay at 69.202972, 33.470872 you'll see 3 Russian subs tied up there now. But its not the port it use to be in the Cold War when I served. We traveled thru the canal to go to ship yards in Vallejo California so they could track us as much as they want we where there for over a year
Never knew watching ships go through the canal was a tourist attraction.
Locks anywhere are a tourist attraction. The Hiram Chittendon Locks in Seattle, for example.
Yup. Been there, they serve beer too, but seriously one of the most boring places I’ve been!
It's really one of those things that's best appreciated in person. After all, how often do most people get that close to a ship?
Dangerous for the sub.
I imagine this is a message to someone, "here we come,!".
They should have stayed submerged, and snuck through without paying.
El Diablo you don't sound to bright. How in the hell will they get past the locks?
Robert Moore Oh yea huh. And I forgot all those guys on deck would drown too. You better warn them not to try that.
El Diablo LoL!
Sarcasm for the win!
fireson23 That´s why in a sub, you need to stay real close behind a big ship, then when they open the gates ( Their called locks.) you just go through with the ship. It´s easy. I´ve done it a bunch of times. I never pay.
I worked on cruise ships, passed through the Panama canal many times, good memories.
Passed through the canal twice on an SSBN in 1973 and 1975. In 73, we had another FBM pass us going the other way. We were both changing fleet assignments. I remember all the cruise ship passengers looking down on us.
Thank you for your service!!! Please tell us of some of the underwater cat and mouse games!!!
Thank you
I thought boomers never went near the canal, nice!
I am wanting to install a nuclear reactor on my aluminum basstracker. I could go fishing for like 20 years and not have to worry about buying gas.
.... or lightbulbs.
07:54 - "Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave..."
Cute and cuddly🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Penguins🤣
But don't throw any pennies!
Cute and cuddly boys. Cute and cuddly
If people wave to you from somewhere when you are on boat you should wave back ✓
Still sad to hear about Manfrede and Johnson.
Arrepiante ver um submarino passar pelo canal...
Obrigada por ter postado o vídeo e nos dar a oportunidade de ver isso.
submarines always look so tiny. its mad to think that those guys live in them for so long
Gotta remember, the other 90% of it is hidden beneath the water line. :)
richardfld look up the use pennsylvania it's probably triple the size of this one
richardfld
is that the fullest it could surface while moving?
richardfld ...even more crazy to think that one can wipe out a country.
Dmitri Kozlowsky So can these
I was onboard the USS George Washington SSBN 598 while passing through the Panama Canal in the early 70s. The most notable thing was the severe sunburns our crew members suffered after being on patrol and not exposed to sun light for months.
craig wix i wss on the carver ssbn 656 when it went thru in '91
craig wix
Sad that on her last departure back to the Atlantic in 83?
Boomers rarely use the Panama Canal, but when they do is a show. Often they get PBR boats flown in in advance, to escort them and fighter cover from F 16s. I have seen Arleigh Burkes, Oliver Hazzard Perrys and Zumwalts crossing the Canal. Subs are mostly fast attack subs.
Thanks for your service. What an experience.
A couple of years ago, my son’s boat (sub) traveled through on their way to Hawaii. They got to grill hamburgers and brats while going through. Pretty awesome memory for them.
Steel beach...
Good video sailor, thanks. Makes me reminisce about my days as an engineer at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton ('79 - '91). I was on the SSN (e.g. 688 Class) team and spent most of my days working on these guys.
Hello from Groton, Connecticut
Submarines are too damn cool!
Dumb question: aren't the sailors afraid of falling off? Subs are round, and I see that the top has a flattish area, but it doesn't look very wide and looks like it could be slippery.
The top of the sub has a non-skid coating and the submariners wear special shoes that have rubber soles to give them traction.
Alex Rodriguez cant you swim?
What does him able to swim or not got to do anything with those submariners..? :p
Slipping to death vs getting some fresh air after many weeks ....you choose
Alex Rodriguez it actually is wide enough and the surface is rough to prevent slipping.
A submariner told me this was one of the scariest parts of the job was to pass through the Panama canal. He said they were essentially sitting ducks at that point.
Then they shouldn't stand on the top side!
They do their best work when submerged. . .
I got to visit Panama in December 1989. Interesting excursion, they made us jump in with parachutes at 2:00 AM instead of landing like normal people. Baggage pick-up what was what we carried, didn't get to go inside the terminal. We did get to see the capital and countryside. We saw the locks. We got the chance to visit all kinds of their military units, as well as tour the different towns nearby. We even got a chance to eat at a Panamanian McDonalds....I passed. A month later the hole in the wall rotisserie place was stupendous and all 8 of my buddies enjoyed a good meal. The older men at the other table were so nice they didn't let me pay and picked up the tab. They thanked us for visiting their country. A week later we came back to the US where it was a bit cooler. Panama is Hot!
I was driving my car near the Pedro Miguel Locks and saw one of those passing throught. They are spooky. Low, black and silent. With little wake.
Mark Prowatzke you too
These things are very sinister. I used to watch the UK's Trident subs come in to Faslane in Scotland. Even close up they were totally silent and virtually no wake. These were (and still are obviously) SSBNs and very much larger than this one but there was almost no indication that they were moving. Being all matt black as well just added to the sinister nature and fascination of them.
Always good to see pics & vids from home. The house where I was raised is 1.67 mi on a heading of 92.37 deg from where you were standing when you shot this video. (Bet you don't have any listings there :) ) Nice video, thanks for posting.
It's impressive how a submarine class created in 70s and in the 80s is still in service now a days
it’s that old??
The Los Angeles? A total of 62 were built, with the newest being launched in the early 90's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Los_Angeles-class_submarines
Most of the first flight have been either scrapped or are stricken and awaiting scrapping. Of the 4 remaining, two are in reserve and two as used moored training vessels. Sadly, the Dallas (SSN-700), of Tom Clancy fame, has been stricken and is awaiting scrapping. Most of the second and third flights (each "flight" is an upgrade to it's predecessor) are still in service.
I saw the Queen Elizabeth 2 go through the canal one time. That whole country is amazing.
Served in Panama (Colon, Atlantic side, Gatun Locks) as an MP. To get to Fort Randolph, a concrete road comes out from under the lock walls and allows you to travel over the canal. And yes, tons of tourists even for large tourist ships/tankers/ore ships, etc drew people to watch. That was 1969-71, so a lot has changed.
I met a guy who was a helmsman on a Brit nuke sub that went through the Suez Canal. He said it was INCREDIBLY challenging for both him and for the ship's navigator. It doesn't look like it, but I am sure its the same for that LA class sub crew.
"You're about as useful as a screen door on a submarine."
or tits on a man
Deck chairs
While at dry dock, a screen door would be useful.
Or cornrows on Rapunzel
Or about as useless as a screen door on a hot air balloon.
As a young man, I attended the JOTC in February of 77, at Ft. Sherman. I was on light duty due to an injury. I remember sitting on the beach drinking ice cold PBR's from a vending machine that only cost .25 cents back then. Even visited the pleasures of Colon. Great memories I have from my youth in such a beautiful country.
Watching so many people together so close is not so familiar now, hope everything gets better now!
One ping only.
My favorite movie!
But, Captain, I just...
CRAZY IVAN!
3 1 5
Very subtle
USS Scamp (SSN 588) UNITAS 1979. From Point Loma through the canal once around the continent and through again to New London. Great trip!
Loyal Order of the Ditch. I did the transit thing brought the Panama Canal in 1982 on board USS La Jolla (SSN 701).
Superb it's a rare sight to see passing a nuclear Sub
Back when I lived on the shores of the Thames River in New London CT I would occasionally see Subs. It was always quite the sight. It Never got old.
May the people of Panama always be our brothers!
We used to escort subs through the Panama Canal while I was in the Coast Guard (USCGC Venturous).
Is that the Coast Guard on the submarine? I’m confused as to who those men would be.
@@kilowhiskey7973 crew ...they deploy security forces
Was stationed over at Howard in the mid 90's, watched a sub coming into port with a BBQ grill and couple of sailors barbequing...coolest thing I'd ever seen at the time.
Steel Beach is what we called it! The good old days.
The numbers on the sail have been painted over, to conceal her identity (ship name), but it is a Los Angeles class 688i. No flags on the masts, either, but we all know what country that sub belongs to.
The numbers, when they are on, are just magnetic decals. They almost never use them. I lived across Hood Canal from the base at Bangor for 15 years, and the only identifying information was the shapes of the hulls - the Parche was one of a kind. All of the Tridents looked the same. The Carter is also a one of a kind. I never saw a number on any sub in Hood Canal.
North Korea right?
There is a flag on the mast, look at 7:53 buddy.
Damn, if you didn't catch that! Sure was. I never did see that when I originally watched it, but nice catch, bro.
Thanks, bro. lol
Surprising this is being done in daylight, that's a dangerous submarine. Awesome sight to behold in those locks. Wow
why the fuck is the description in 3rd person
because he wants you to know that he is a former navy submariner. something like a humblebrag
It's not. He's talking about a different Cory Kamierdiener.
Tough duty being under water for sometimes months. I was stationed at a sub base and i can tell you these guys are nuts.
Not much to sea
"SEA"
so much seamen.
Seariously. It was quite diseapointing.
As jokes go.. these are fairly 'sub' standard guys
there may be a lack of depth
impressive. love these guys. they keep us free and safe.
Thanks for sharing! And thank you for your service to our country.
@maniac9565 The US isn't a criminal empire.
Run silent, run shallow, (while traversing the canal) ⚓️🇺🇸
Recommended after 5 years.....
I Loved The Canal Zone, Panama when I lived there in 73-76. Township of Diablo Heights and Worked in The Township of Ancon!.. " Beautiful " memories!!!Rg 70549
I heard the Panama Canal is the only place in the world where the captain of any ship has to give up command of their ship, not by force of course, to allow a specialized captain, who works for the lcosk, to guide the ship into the locks. So does the USN allow them to take over and guide them in??
The US Navy has pilots stationed there for that exact purpose.
ChaoChromeMessor no they dont have any there
Yoshikaku Shokaku
*It is not the only place like that in the world.*
*Military vessels may be an exception. Though it wouldn't matter anyway, the type of command given up is extremely limited.*
I'm getting this all from a documentary I watched on the works and operations of the Panama Canal. I think it was Modern Marvels.
I remember doing this on the 705.
I could never work in a submarine. I fart too much.
They power the sub with Fart turbo power , not problem !!!!!!!
BuuurrRRP!
Lucky, it's not always a burp!
littleteethkeith We breathe in recycled farts daily lol You'd fit right in ;)
Rick Nelson lol. Thank you for your service. God bless you.
littleteethkeith My pleasure! Thanks. God Bless.
In 1976 the first nuclear submarine to pass through the Panama canal was the USS Gato SSN 615
I did this as ANAV back in the mid 90's. It was an experience that I'll never forget but it wasn't fun.
That’s nice how some of them waved back
They should of dived while in the Lock when the guy with the invoice showed up
I understood they had built new locks. Are they in parallel with the old ones?
This sub was built here in my hometown of Groton,Connecticut by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics...one of many boats built by the good men and women of EB
@Dana Gouette
Newport News Shipbuilding
A Division of Huntington Ingallis Industries
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding
from Romania
13.V.2019
Dana Gouette new London ct. right ?
Is the Fulton still there? Called the USS Neversail.
@@xreconusmc3156 Actually EB is in Groton across the Thames from New London.
All in all, this is just a really neat thing to see- even if a lot of the sub is still under water...
Rare video. Thanks. I added it to my submarine section. Nice to see Americans are waved at from the shore. GO NAVY!
Went thru the Panama Canal twice onboard USS Skipjack SSN-585. MMC(SS) USN Ret.
Spent 2-1/2 years under water in one of those, MT-2 (SS), best duty and food great
AWESOME !!!
Thanks for sharing !!!
We did that on the Greenling SSN-614 on Unitas 1990
God Bless America!! If it wasn't for this Great Nation nothing in this video would be possible!!! Americans love the World!!
There would be some significant security for that passage. Probably some shore security details and fighter cover for the entire trip.
A guy I worked with, who was a little bird pilot for the 160th, has pictures in his office of him escorting nuclear subs from the air.
I saw a sub in the Suez canal from the train back in 2000. Always a thrill.
That's pretty cool to see. A bit of a scary thought to me is how vulnerable the ship is then. Not much a handful of armed marines could do, especially with no cover.
+Gary Stewart Its crazy how they just get locked in there for awhile
If the crew dogs down the hatches from the inside nobody is getting in an time soon, and there are weapons below to repel boarders.
Amazing when you think what’s going on inside that little tube. Like a bee hive.
Yep...a bunch of dudes working around the ⏰. Barely getting sleep. The good old days!
I went through on the SSBN-617 in 1986 in daylight hours.. But it was not a spectator sport back in those days.. And yes this is a 688 LA Class attack sub in the video.
No fairwater planes?
@@alohakamanawanaleiu4996 starting with San Juan SSN 751, improved LA Class had bow planes in order to s allow for under ice operations.
There should have been a BBQ grill on top of that submarine. Burgers for everyone...
There was when I went through!
Nice that some crew stood up on the outside - kind of a formal greeting from USA.
We were not hiding after all.
MIGHT MAKES RIGHT - 🇺🇸 🌎 ✌️ ☮️
The sub must be somewhat vulnerable going through the Panama Canal....I would think.
A Sunday afternoon in Miraflores - nothing to do so let's go down to the locks and watch the action....complete with commentary. :)
Weird to think that little machine has enough firepower to destroy a continent
Tyler jameson it's a fast attack Los Angeles class sub not the much larger Ohio class subs. The Ohio class subs basically go out into the ocean and hide. They would never go through any waterway that restricted their movement unless going into or out of port.
Ovidiu Palade 3-9 nukes can ruin an entire continent. It's not the blast but the years of fallout and decay that causes the real destruction
Tyler jameson, this submarine doesn't carry nuclear weapons. At all.
James Weldon cool
I think 4 or 5 LA-class subs carry tactical cruise missiles but other than those the LA-class are hunters of other subs and ships, it's the mammoths like the Ohio-class that play hide and seek with continents.
You gotta admit, that is pretty badass.
Did the same on USS Guardfish SSN 612 in 71
Alternate title: US Nuclear Submarine passes through Panama Canal... _to unleash terror on the other side!_
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J. Midnite good
Ivan Magaña 😆😆😆😗😆😆😆
Ken, perhaps you haven't noticed that within the past century it hasn't been the USA unleashing terror in the rest of the world as much as the rest of the world unleashing terror wherever. WWI, WWII terror was certainly not unleashed by the USA; since then, while arguments can be made against this country relating to southeast Asia and the middle east, the terror was not unleashed by the USA. The USA has retaliated, perhaps too strongly in some cases; but without our military and our nuclear submarines, the world political system would be a lot worse than it is. Ken, as of the time you wrote your comment, the terror is coming from criminal groups such as ISIS and other "religion" based groups (which are actually godless and politically oriented), and certain ideological governments which seek to export their way of life at the end of a machine gun. That is something the USA has not had to do (so far).
You might also note that there are a lot more people trying to get into the USA, legally or otherwise, than there are those trying to get into such places as North Korea.
That’s cool that the public has access...
why couldn't the submarine just go under Panama?
I laughed out loud
+Mega.Johnhammond A few rocks were in the way .
Bulletguy07 - That's made me laugh out loud. Thanks
Oh! It's a simple. Because the submarine could be cut the cord which Panama is attached to the substrate. It would be very bad - Panama could drifted out from the Costa Rica and Colombia, and even could reach up to Japan!
Fuck this comment section.
I did this in 1983 on board the USS Florida SSBN728-728
I don't see how they do it being underwater. I can't even imagine being on a ship for a week straight haha
PikPobedy oh shit. That doesn't sound that bad then aha
PikPobedy Los Angeles class boats are still all male crews and will not be integrated. Ohio class boats have female crew members already and Virginia class boats will soon if not already. so the crew on the boat in the video is all male
michael hellwinkle my dad switch from an 88 class which is a Los angeles-class to a virginia-class submarine.
This ia amazing technology
OMG I just realized that that wasn’t my ship!!!! I wasn’t there!!!
Been there. Done that. USS Archerfish SSN678 1992.
AND IM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN 💪🇺🇸🗡☠
Yes sir!
Great footage!
Panamal canal, brought to you by the USA. You're welcome world
Run Silent..Run Deep..Yes we can..
Captain : you see the people
Sailor : yes , sir
Captain: i dont want it
Sailor : yes , sir
Sailor : misile tomahawk ready to launch , sir
Captain : fire
People: hey yo wtf
Nuclear ARMED submarines are much larger than this, and they would never use a public port like the Panama Canal. Their whole goal is to stay submerged at all times only surfacing to do crew change and maintenance. This is one of the smaller class submarines that’s nuclear POWERED
very nice video, thank you for sharing it
everyship gangsta until summer comes and Gatun lake dries up
We're here to take our canal back!!
I went through and back the canal in 93. Fukn awesome
They did a poor job of staying hidden. There was a whole ass crowd there watchin em
Show of power! #HuntersOfTheSea #SubmarineService #AlwaysStandingWatch
That’s a sight you don’t see every day!👍🏻
Now 0bozo said if you have something, someone gave it to you.
Do you realized HOW MANY ships over the many years passed by that Miraflores Locks canal building??? Thousands !!! Image having a little apartment and living in that building??? It would be SO cool. I would put a time-lasped camera on the building and record every ship that passes though.
Don't know how the Submariners do it, glad Iam in the Surface Navy haha.
Down since Day One
If people wave to you from somewhere when you are on boat you should wave back ✓
Too busy looking for snipers in the crowd!
with the new super lock channel ,a aircraft carrier can pass through Panama
This is an ssgn it doesnt carry nuclear missiles just tomahawks and seals
Jarrett the Great it's a 688i, all 4 gn's have fairwater planes and are much larger.
SSGN are converted SSBNs they switched the nuclear tips missles for tomahawk missles and also able to launch seal teams from the first two missles tubs...
She’s an SSN. With either an SSBN or SSGN you could see the missile hatches behind the sail and she would be much bigger.
Saw one like this go through same Miraflores Locks 11/2017 escorted by gunship
Panamanian gunships?
What are the gray carts running in front the Boat.
Good question! Not sure.