Submarine down

[xsubsailor]

As someone who has gone through a few ( "tense situations ? " )  I would like to ask for prayers and hope for my brothers below.  

https://www.foxnews.com/world/missing-indonesia-submarine-oxygen

Edited April 24, 2021 by xsubsailor

[Defender]

Got a few friends who were submariners.  Some great stories.  I have respect for those they can do that.  I couldn’t. Prayers.

[Guest]

Spent 20 years working on them, at NSSF/NLON, NWS Charleston (Site 4), back to NSSF/NLON, Charleston Naval Base (we were last major platform out the door, 95-96 or so), Guam, LaMaddalena, Italy, finishing out at an Aegis facility as a 3MC??

I only road them a couple times at sea, usually on the surface, where it's pretty crappy, to do some antenna work and stuff...

They were good folk, odd, for sure, but good folk...

Seen some cool stuff, ate some GOOD chow (IMA guys, if they're at all smart, show up at around 10:15 to do an arrival inspection for broke stuff), Their ships force support guy, they want to eat, but they want you to stick around, hence they feed you so they can tell their LPO that "IMA's here, working, working working!" LPOs love to go tell their DOs that the IMA is doing stuff (probably 'cause it's so damn RARE!!!)

[Defender]

A close friend of mine was a USN Corpsman and other than one tour at Paris Island, spent the rest of his 20 on a variety of both attack and missile subs.  

[btq96r]

Lots of risk, even in "standard operations".  Hoping against odds we get some good news.

[dralarms]

2 hours ago, btq96r said:

Lots of risk, even in "standard operations".  Hoping against odds we get some good news.

They have announced there was a event and all hands were lost. 

[xsubsailor]

They found it   RIP

https://www.foxnews.com/world/submarine-that-vanished-in-indonesia-with-53-crew-on-board-is-found

[hipower]

Very sad, but not totally unexpected news. Prayers for the families and loved ones of these sailors.

Edited April 26, 2021 by hipower

[Quavodus]

Very sad. Prayers.

[tnhawk]

On 4/23/2021 at 9:51 PM, Defender said:

Got a few friends who were submariners.  Some great stories.  I have respect for those they can do that.  I couldn’t. Prayers.

Several of the coworkers I worked with at General Electric were submariners.  Most would not have been able to endure the conditions they worked in.

Edited May 1, 2021 by tnhawk