Life on nuclear submarine USS Mississippi, partly built at Quonset 

Jesse Padilla, I actually live in Mississippi and took my mother and four of my co workers to watched the commissioning of the USS Mississippi in Pascagoula. I do not serve but thought that it would be a special day and what an awesome day we shared. Thank you for your service and in Gods speed. Please pass a high five to your fellow crew members from myself and family as we are with you in spirit and prayers. Take care of that whale of sub. Hows the Tacos?

@Who's got the time? I would like to see the submarine come out of the water and show up on his doorstep to help him on that one!😂😂😂

I'm 6ft7 270 It makes me hurt

Acah2 patriotic😂

I'm supposed to be a machinists mate and I leave for boot camp in about a month. I know this question could have a lot of answers, but is there anything I should know? Or is there anything interesting you can tell me about submarines and what life is like aboard a sub?

Garrett Ritter hello Garrett, Machine Mate = diesel generator, oils, plumbing, gauges and fuels and log keeping, AC and refrigeration, valves & reading, hydraulics mechanical systems, water systems, submarine drivers (helms and planes), etc. Life on submarine = smell of refrigeration all over (constantly) gets on your clothes and skin. Always Cool, not warm unless broken down AC. Narrow passages. Heavy lifting work. Metal is surrounding you. very few walls a lot of plastor walls around. Pipes, valves, systems, gauges, all around in every place. So nothing looks straight forward or pretty. Getting your dolphins (fish) give you 6 months = you need to learn the whole submarine, Gauges, systems, fire drills and emergencies, locations, and a lot more. At sea = 18 hour days underway = 12 hours up (work and study) and 6 hours sleep, and then over and over and over and over...etc. until you get back to home port. Sometimes you may not even sleep due to drills or in battle situation. Guard Duty (sleep on sub while stationed on port) = once every 3 days rotation (highest in the armed forces) BAD. Surface ships once every 7 days big comparison. Weapons to learn and get qualified = start with handgun, shotgun, m16, m60, and then grenade launcher. Submariners = Pros: - we have a home/room with a single roommate which is great. - we have the best food - we are well known special forces all over the armed forces. - Surface navy envy us. - we get more perks and $ than everyone else. - we get bigger college fund - we get better training than everyone else - we see a lot of ports Cons: - high stress - lots of training and work - feels like Neverending - one text message (paragraph) to your loved ones per week. And a reply a couple days back with the same size. - you are not able to call your loved ones until you get to a port and speak for a short time. - don't get married until done it puts much weight on wife. Hope this helped you. But once you compete your time you will have one of the greatest achievements you ever done in your life. It will make you stronger. A submariner is a class of its own and should always be taken with great pride! Stress factor = high

wolffame Thanks, I'm also leaving as an MM for submarines in a month. This is really nice information!

Hello Logan, Prepare yourself with this journey and yes you will have good days and bad ones. But at the end of the journey it is going to be great! Submariners are an elite class (special forces) in the Navy.

what did you guys do in your downtime?

the ISS do have windows (2 cupolas and a few viewports) and plenty of HD cameras . However underwater is just eternal darkness..nothing to see ..wich is good as windows underwater would be unaceptable structural risk

They've got plenty of screens --- they can just loop some tropical beach scenes :)

MY IDEA OF BEING STUCK ON A SPACE STATION WAS MY 45 TREATMENTS FOR MY PROSTRATE CANCER. MY LIFE DREAM WAS TO BE QUALIFIED ON A US NUCLEAR SUBMARINE, IT NEVER HAPPENED. IN MY 67 TH YEAR OF LIFE I WAS DIAGNOSED AS BEING A PERSON WITH PROSTRATE CANCER WITH GLEASON SCORES OF 3/4. THIS TOTALS A SUM OF 7. IT TELLS ME IM LUCKY BEING LESS THAN 8. IN MY MIND OF FOLLY AS IT IS I SEE THE CONTROL ROOM OF THE USS ENTERPRISE, BEING THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE ALWAYS BEING POPULATED BY TWO OR MORE PEOPLE HIGHLY TRAINED IN THEIR TRADE. THE SEATING OF MYSELF IN THE GURNEY OF RADIATION ALL DEPENDS ON MY THREE TATOOS AND THE LOCATION OF TWO PIECES OF GOLD EMBEDDED INTO MY PROSTRATE. THE CONTROL ROOM SETS ME UP IN A PLASTIC MOLD THAT INSURES MY CONTINUOUS REPEAT OF MY HEELS OF MY FEET AND THE TATOOS ON MY HIPS ALONG WITH MY CENTER TATOO . THEY ALL AGREE WITH MY GOLD POSITIONS . ANY DISCREPANCY S SOLVED BY A JOG OF THE TABLE . IT COULD BE UP/ DOWN LEFT/ RIGHT. THEN THE OPERATION COMMENCES. AFTER ALL PARAMETERS ARE SATISFIED THE RED LIGHT COMES ON. HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T MOVE A MICROMETER. THE USUAL TIME INVOLVED WITH THIS TREATMENT IS 10 MINUTES FROM ENTER TO EXIT. THE DOORS THAT I ENTER AND EXIT ARE LIKE THE REAR DOORS TO THE BRIDGE TO THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE. I ASK YOU TO THINK OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE DECADES IN MEDICINE, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY. WE MUST ALL KEEP AN OPEN EYE AND EAR TO OUR FUTURE. MAY GOD KEEP US IN HIS MERCY

@@238ED my husband 65 yrs old, has stage 4 prostate cancer too and I'm praying that he holds on to living as long as possible. He was never told about the type of treatment you're getting, instead they have given him hormone therapy drugs and pain pills. But we don't have health insurance in Arizona and so we are paying as we go, which is unbelievable harsh. But at this point I only care about is holding on to him as long as I can. Sorry for long reply, it's just your comment made me cry realizing what some people go through just to survive this awful disease. It doesn't get as much funding as breast cancer. But I hope they find a cure for all cancers period. I wish you strength and peace going through this.

EMMA, YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND ARE IN MY PRAYERS. BOTH MY FATHER AND HIS BROTHER HAD PROSTATE CANCER. HIS BROTHER DID DIE FROM THIS WHILE MY FATHER DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK. BOTH OF THEM WERE IN THEIR 70'S AND LOWER 80'S. NOW I THINK WAS I EXPOSED TO CHEMICALS IN THE AIR, WORKING IN BUILDINGS SURROUNDING THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. MY PERSONAL THOUGHT IS THAT THESE CHEMICALS OF DESTRUCTION ARE STILL STUCK TO THE INSIDE OF ALL AIR CONDITIONING DUCTWORK ALONG WITH ASBESTOS FIBERS. DECADES MAY PASS BEFORE THE TRUTH COMES OUT. YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN!

If there's any such thing as a God why are there still Wars till this day? Why are there innocent people still being killed?

@@Angry.General1461 because freedom of choice

@@john.t645 forget peace on Earth! Half of this country can't even get along with each other! When one war ends another one mysteriously begins!

Joseph Stalin That was me laughing in the video. I picked the movie. Classic!

Fuck you carl? What are you? An 80 years old?

No one likes a vintage film Carl!

MrOrdgar still have that same energy after leaving the boat? Lol

I remember that. Damn did we play a lot of spades. That, and poker. Underway it was more poker than spades.

@@ssmt2 Yep Spades, Hearts, Cribbage and any other Game we could play with cards

Art Trivia Thanks! I picked it, lol

+Chris Mars Older servicemen who already got their uniforms before the uniform changes aren't required to buy the new NWUs. But the newer guys can only buy NWUs to wear. At least that's what I think it is. I'm not 100% sure.

The navy has a deadline for when all service members must be in a new uniform. There is always a period when some have the old and some have the new. Az of this comment, the navy is switching from the blue camo to the green camo so you will see sailors in both uniforms around a navy base.

D3X | Editor *diver 1* Hey man you seeing this *diver 2* seeing what *diver 1* THAT BIG ASS SUBMARINE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US *diver 2* What submarine? *diver 1* HOW IN THE HELL ARE YOU NOT SEEING THIS *diver 2* don't worry that's just D3X | Editors mom

In the ole days [60s ??], Ivan had some subs 740' long.

@@ferdgreenblatt6011 Are you referring two the Typhoon class ?

How's it going? Everything you thought it would be?

You'll find out in a year and a half if you will like it from now.

Liam O Connor you didn't sign a contract to be on a sub. You signed a contract to get a rating that can be stationed on a sub. You have to earn the privilege via schooling before you go to a sub.

So did you make it on a Sub? How you like it?

so hows your journey liam

free da guys His Five Years Cleaning Toilets.

Thanks for your service and that info. Would you say getting to a position in one of those boats is more difficult than the ships? Do they pay more for volunteering?

Leah - can you tell me what the maximum depth of the subs are? And what is it like when a nuclear sub gets to maximum depth? Is it really cold in the sub and can you hear the boat creak? Thanks so much for any input.

You aren't supposed to know that number. Anyone that tells you that number is disclosing classified information.

Leah Ceecee the most important question ever, how were the bed/sleeping quarter in a sub?

A modern sub at depth say 1000ft does not make any noise. The sub makes its own air which is dry, not moist.bThe food is the best in the navy.

Nice Wargame quote

Miminite - Never been on an operational sub but I saw a guy on another video say it still smells the same.

I went that day as well. Thank you for your years of service.

Adonis Guy Can you really consider yourself to be in the navy if you are not on water? 🤔

Yeah, it was. On a boomer back in the 70's, once fully qualified, the biggest enemy was boredom.

Three men two a bed, no smoking area, you can use chewing tobacco though

What

Nothing. It really is interesting. I spent six years on a boat (1980-1986). It is still the most challenging thing that I have ever done in my life.

Lol