The Silent Service gallery

[HeyJoe]

090623-N-1126G-005 SAN DIEGO, Calif. (June 23, 2009) The attack submarine USS Topeka (SSN 754) departs San Diego harbor for a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. Topeka, commanded by Cmdr. Marc Stern, was commissioned on Oct. 21, 1989 and is one of seven Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines assigned to Submarine Squadron 11. Topeka was showcased in the recently released movie, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." (U.S. Navy photo by Command Master Chief Charles Grandin/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

090623-N-1126G-001 SAN DIEGO, Calif. (June 23, 2009) Family members wave good-bye as the attack submarine USS Topeka (SSN 754) departs San Diego harbor for a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. Topeka, commanded by Cmdr. Marc Stern, was commissioned on Oct. 21, 1989 and is one of seven Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines assigned to Submarine Squadron 11. Topeka was showcased in the recently released movie, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." (U.S. Navy photo by Command Master Chief Charles Grandin/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

090617-N-4879G-517 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 17, 2009) A surfaced Peruvian submarine is underway with the guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59) during a multi-national group sail involving the Peruvian and U.S. navies. Kauffman is deployed with Southern Seas 2009, part of the U.S. Southern Command-led Partnership of the Americas mission focusing on strengthening relationship in the Southern Command area of Focus. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Patrick Grieco/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

090617-N-8607B-006 EASTERN PACIFIC (June 17, 2009) The Peruvian submarines BAP Pisagua (SS-33), BAP Chipana (SS-34), and BAP Islay (SS-35) ride on the surface in a column during this of the 2009 Peruvian PASSEX. For several days the units conducted integrated anit-submarine warare excercises off the coast of Lima, Peru. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Chris Brown/Released)

 

[picklesuit]

09TODAY-C-1158G-003 SOMEWHERE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN (Present Day) The Attack Submarine USS Des Moines (SSN 666) tracks two Russian Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines, the Arkhangelsk(TK 17) and the Severstal (TK 20) as part of Operation Boomer Sooner.

 

[pilot_man]

093627-C-1158G-003 SOMEWHERE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN (Present Day) The Attack Submarine USS Des Moines (SSN 666) tracks two Russian Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines, the Arkhangelsk(TK 17) and the Severstal (TK 20) as part of Operation Boomer Sooner.

Nice, but what day is 36 27?

 

[phrogpilot73]

No sub picture gallery is complete without:

 

[KBayDog]

093627-C-1158G-003 SOMEWHERE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN (Present Day) The Attack Submarine USS Des Moines (SSN 666) tracks two Russian Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines, the Arkhangelsk(TK 17) and the Severstal (TK 20) as part of Operation Boomer Sooner...

...while our brave P-3C crews endlessly train in the proper use of LPUs and Easy Bake ovens in a 1g environment at the low, low altitude of 2500' above Lake Chelan, WA.

 

[picklesuit]

...while our brave P-3C crews endlessly train in the proper use of LPUs and Easy Bake ovens in a 1g environment at the low, low altitude of 2500' above Lake Chelan, WA.

It's a rough life, but someone has to live it!

 

[webmaster]

No sub picture gallery is complete without:

On watch as planesman during an emergency blow, angles and dangles, quick dive, euchre on the mess decks, the midwatch baker bringing food to control even though the CO's standing orders say no food, and standing lookout with the OOD while running silent on the surface at night are some of the "few" good memories I have of the Fast Attack community. I try and forget the sparkle teams, section tracking party, TDU loadouts, port and starboard watch section while in port..... on the whole, yeah, I am definitely happier being on the other side of the equation hunting the sub!

Good pics!

 

[Sinatra]

09TODAY-C-1158G-003 SOMEWHERE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN (Present Day) The Attack Submarine USS Des Moines (SSN 666) tracks two Russian Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines, the Arkhangelsk(TK 17) and the Severstal (TK 20) as part of Operation Boomer Sooner.

Did you make up the caption for this?

 

[HAL Pilot]

Did you make up the caption for this?

Wanna buy a bridge?

 

[picklesuit]

Did you make up the caption for this?

No man, that was totally legit. I actually had a cousin in the Coast Guard take that picture. Unfortunately the position was classified, so they had to mask some identities.

If you look real close you can see the thermal scarring left by the CIS nuke.

 

[bubblehead]

Hey... A pic thread for us bubblehead's... here are some from my days... credit given where I remember... I was a ship's photographer, so I had the pleasure of developing film and slides

pic 1: at PD during SEAL training ops (credit SDVT-1)

pic 2: P-3's (anonymous)

pic 3: at PD (anonymous)

pic 4: DSRV Mystic on my boat (anonymous)

pic 5: at PD during SEAL training ops (credit SDVT-1)

 

[A4sForever]

Old school ...

USS BOWFIN (SS-287) ... launched one year after Pearl Harbor. Today ... she's a memorial in Pearl, the main fixture of the USS BOWFIN Museum & Park ... side by side w/ the visitor center @ the USS Arizona Memorial.

photos by A4sForever