Surprised that at around 1:00 minute in, they say it goes to 5,200 feet. that's deep and I thought classified. There are some other things I question, but it's been a while since I was at sea.
Surprised that at around 1:00 minute in, they say it goes to 5,200 feet. that's deep and I thought classified. There are some other things I question, but it's been a while since I was at sea.
I believe it's pronounced "Saabmarine."
But does it pass the moosefish test?
Yes, they do.
As well as manipulators, those little arms that pick up stuff.
The video says it's their hyperbaric chamber that can test to pressures up to 5,200 feet.
Looks like Saab bought sub company Kockums from ThyssennKrupp in 2014:
https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2020/10/12/saab-started-manufacturing-a26-disruptor-submarines/
In reply to 914Driver :
Well, anything is possible on the innerwebs! What they test components for and what actually happens in the real world are two very different things. I would take that reference with a large grain of salt.
That video is whole lot of stock footage of US Virginia class production at Newport News with some SAAB snippets, footage from the drydock they put the USS Constitution in (Charlestown MA), Subase NLON (Thames River in CT), etc. etc. There's also some SSN 688i (i for improved, later in the production boats) and Ohio class converted to SSGN footage towards the end. Non classified information approved by the Navy for publication similar to what I've seen in the past on PBS "NOVA" program for example. Cool to see the Virginia up close, I was long gone from EB by the time they started building those. Thanks for posting.
There are a whole bunch of military-oriented YouTube channels that use tons of stock footage - pretty haphazardly, and sometimes irresponsibly, in my view - for stories like this. The narration often sounds authoritative, but is sometimes poorly edited, vague, or misleading. If you know what you're looking at and have some prior knowledge it's pretty easy to parse, but most viewers don't and end up with perceptions that are significantly detached from reality. They get tons of views too, which is...concerning.
When the first VA class boat came to work we were not allowed to talk about it outside of work, and still aren't. BUT, you can see a documentary on Netflix that tells you all about the damn things. Crazy.
I don't know about 5000', but if you watch 37 Pings you will see where the poor folk on the boat were still communicating at >7000'. Scary and sad.
02Pilot said:There are a whole bunch of military-oriented YouTube channels that use tons of stock footage - pretty haphazardly, and sometimes irresponsibly, in my view - for stories like this. The narration often sounds authoritative, but is sometimes poorly edited, vague, or misleading. If you know what you're looking at and have some prior knowledge it's pretty easy to parse, but most viewers don't and end up with perceptions that are significantly detached from reality. They get tons of views too, which is...concerning.
Yes, there were some glaring oddities in this video, like the weather isobar map being used as "something on a computer screen" while the narrator is blathering on about team cohesiveness forging new paradigm breaks in sub design...
Also the odd focus on the sub's "sponsors" being required to attend the launch ceremony...
The boat I was on,(SSN-679) was brand new when I checked in so I lived through sea trials etc.
At the deepest we could be an old timer (he was 27) brought me down a deck and penciled a line on a pipe. Every 100ft. closer to surface, he drew another line. When we surfaced the pipe which slipped inside its mate, had lines covering over 1.5" of pipe!
without the slip fit bad things happen.
In reply to 11GTCS :
Now I want to see a BMW 688i. 540ci BBC engine in an E24, keep stock appearance. There's your attack sub.
914Driver said:The boat I was on,(SSN-679) was brand new when I checked in so I lived through sea trials etc.
At the deepest we could be an old timer (he was 27) brought me down a deck and penciled a line on a pipe. Every 100ft. closer to surface, he drew another line. When we surfaced the pipe which slipped inside its mate, had lines covering over 1.5" of pipe!
without the slip fit bad things happen.
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