The US Navy's most advanced submarine tied up two years for upgrades.

[seaman hornsby]

The wait will be worth it.

PEE-YOU-------what's that smell?
Don't worry, you'll get used to it.

http://pugetsoundblogs.com/bremertonbeat/2015/10/21/inside-the-seawolf-9-reasons-shes-the-navys-most-capable-submarine/

[Covert Shores]

nice boat but they meant the Jimmy Carter surely?

[tom dougherty]

Nope, it's SSN21. About right timing for an upgrade, since it has been in service since the late 1990's. Not sure why it got the "Most advanced" moniker. It is certainly a step up from the LA class, but does not have the advanced computer suite of the Virginia's. Seawolf is deeper diving and carries more weapons than the Virginias.
The Carter was christened on a very cold day in February 2005. I was lucky enough to be present. I think her mid life overhaul is a good 5-7 years away.

[JWLaRue]

Didn't the Seawolf have her builders trials during the Summer of 2001? During the 2001 SubRegatta I recall getting a multi-hour tour of her after the trials and before she went back to EB for the application of her anechoic covering......

-Jeff

[tom dougherty]

Seawolf was commissioned on 19 July 1997 with Commander David M. McCall in command.

[sam reichart]

it was 97 when we toured her. I still have vivid recall of standing in the forward torpedo room, with the sense that I was in the chamber of a very large, very deadly gun.

[JWLaRue]

Okay....definitely appreciate the correction. Hmmm.....now I'm wondering what boat we toured in 2001?

I too recall the sheer *size* of the forward torpedo room. One could almost play basketball there! Somewhere in my photo archive I have a very nice photo of me standing on deck in front of the sail.

It's an understatement, but.....nice boat!

-Jeff

[thor]

Connecticut?

[JWLaRue]

...no, that wasn't it......

Maybe it was the USS Trepang......?

-Jeff

[sam reichart]

I missed the 637 boat tour, I saw SSN-21 Seawolf and the USS Toledo...I'm thinking the Seawolf might have been 96, not 97?
Jimmy Carter was getting a tour of the base the one year we were there, and I want to say that was '97...?
Getting too old to remember these dates. The USS Maine trip was '96, I think...

[wlambing]

Guys,

Seawolf was 97. Capt McCall is an old shipmate of mine. I believe Trepang was another tour later on. Connecticut, too. The spin is the PR Bull$h%# the Navy spouted about
Seaslug almost 20 years ago. Nothing they do in overhaul will catch her up to the newest VA hull. SW and CT are nothing but floating parts bins for the Peanutfish.

B^)

[tom dougherty]

...no, that wasn't it......
Maybe it was the USS Trepang......?

-Jeff

Nope. Trepang was decommed in 99 and scrapped (sorry, "recycled") the next year, 2000. I think Trepang was mid 1990's (96, 98??). Trepang ended up as part of the early 2000's Smithsonian exhibit on Cold War submarines. Bill, Trepang was your boat, no?

I just missed getting on that tour, so I never got on a 637. Some guy who regularly showed up at the Regattas always was very aggressive about getting boat tours. He would show up early, get a tour time and then leave. I distinctly remember he harassed the person handling the tours and got the last tour slot for himself and his kids, turned to the kids and said, "Let's get out of here until tour time. I'm not interested in watching the toy submarines".

[JWLaRue]

I remember that guy....really pissed a bunch of us off.

-Jeff

[Deano7246]

The Virginia Class is also a amazing sub, My son is just graduating Nuke Engineering program and just received his orders for Pearl Harbor. USS Mississippi Virginia Class. Cant wait to go Visit!!

[seaman hornsby]

USS TREPANG (SSN-674) tour was July 25, 1998.

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