How to build a submarine

[mrt]

Boy have we come a long way since the 40s

 

[TopHook]

Nothing compares to this bad boy

 

[TJHall1]

 

[mrt]

Nothing compares to this bad boy

You needed exceptional leg strength and arm strength because the small crew was the engine. One thing I notice on this photo is that center tower has what appears to be a large weld around it. It had to be a blacksmith type weld since there was no welding back then. I doubt it would be a soft packing of any type, it does stand out tho. I like the old wooden ship of England, the Mary Rose. My brother was a reader and he told me about the history of the Mary Rose, it left the mooring and raced out into the harbor to engage the enemy then promptly capsized drowning everyone onboard. It was said the enemy was taunting the English from their ships shooting them the bird and laughing which is what made the Mary Rose grossly overweight with a large number of men and weapons, it was top heavy. She too was raised and housed to be saved recently. It was quite a story ;0) Everyone was whupping the Brits ass back then.

 

[AgEngDawg]

Back in the day, you would just ask this dude if you wanted a nuclear one.

 

[mrt]

He was in charge of building our Nuclear powered Navy. He did a pretty good job of it, only one sub has been lost which was the Thresher but it was not due to power plant problems.

The Loss of USS THRESHER (SSN-593) - Submarine Force Library & Association

Fifty-one years ago today, on the morning of 10 April 1963, USS THRESHER (SSN-593), less than two years old and the lead boat in a new class of nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarines, began deep-diving tests about 200 miles to the east of Cape Cod, MA. The submarine-rescue ship USS SKYLARK...

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