USS Seawolf: The Legendary Nuclear Sub Of The US Navy | Superstructures | Spark 

Job well done! I'm former navy as well, USS John F. Kennedy. I was an engineer.

To the best of my knowledge that is true of any branch of our military. And our government.

Yep facts

That's true for every military I suppose. I've seen recently a long video on the russian "hornets nest" and it seems to be pretty similar in the way what and how they allow to present to the public.

@@burkanov problem for Russia is that they might have certain technologies, but they can't afford to implement them. They can't even mass produce the SU57. And that thing still has engine problems.

@@bass305-HCCA I thought that was rather common for all countries. Zumwalt, A400, "Iris", etc... Those tecs mostly serve as a technology demo, just a stage higher, while 99% is done by what's called "legacy gear". There's a gap, of course, in both quality and quantity, but the delta is not as large as it seems.

The Sturgeon class fast attack sub was our primary defense to Soviet boomers throughout the 70's and 80's. Her claimed test depth of 1320 feet and 90 deg rotating sailfins were impressive in her day. Thank you for your service to our country.

Wait what? 1 year later and nobody has asked you what you're talking about? Why would a military sub need to switch hydraulic pumps with a civilian boat? Assuming you're a random civilian, that is. If you even see this could you throw some more details our way?

@@mrwrong369 my boat USS Pollack (SSN 603).

@@bfg1836 how did that situation come about though? Why did y'all need to swap pumps? If you don't mind me asking.

@@mrwrong369 Thresher needed to go on sea trials. Hydraulic pump was broke. Pollack was in new construction. Same class, same pump. Thresher took Pollack’s pump and went on sea trials. Pollack took Thresher’s pump. When Thresher didn’t come back, Pollack kept her pump, repaired it, and kept the nameplate on it.

@@bfg1836 wow man that's so interesting. What a cool little piece of history to have in your personal possession. Two final questions if you dont mind, did you get rid of Pollack? And if so, did you keep the pump, or at least the nameplate? Thank you for taking the time to respond.

thank you for your service !!!

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generally speaking, i do not encounter Submariners either. Are Submariners that rare?

@@PostUp_Time You would think not considering the amount of Subs we've built over the last 50 years & the fact that ballistic missile subs have two crews. I have always been proud of my service on my Sub & when the subject ever comes up I've found most people are really impressed with it also. I also feel that there was a different attitude amoung submariners when I served back then. There was more of a camaraderie & less of an intelligence, whereas today there is more intelligence & less camaraderie. I've never experienced that kind of camaraderie amoung any other group of people men or woman that I've worked with since my time aboard that Sub. In fact most to the people I've worked with since were selfish, deceitful & far from trustworthy. I look back at my time in the Navy as the most interesting & exciting time of my life especially because of my time on my Sub & the incredible places I've visted while aboard. I often wish I could have done it again & still do.

Thank you for sharing such a great experience with everyone. I've been told theirs been less than 10k submariner. So your experiences are literally one in a million. Thank you for your service to the country.

Long live Navy!

I thank you for your service protecting this nation,however things have changed. we live in a world that has7 nations with weapons of mass destruction,sooner or later some idiot will push the button.When this happens and trust me it will,all nations will launch weapons of mass destruction. Putin believes he was put on earth to destroy the world with nuclear weapons,whether or not he is bluffing is not open for debate, the potential is still real. Someone has made the decision for the rest of us to give ours up,the process has already started by using Biden . He is setting the stage for what's to come,he is putting us in a crippling position by destroying our economy,my suggestion is learn to speak chinese,it might help in the near future,i saw this coming 6 years ago,Trump got in the way. This plan they have will take place ,they have the media on board the DOJ FBI and other key agencies , never thought i would live long enough to see this take place but i was wrong.

I worked in the ESTG group on fast attack ECM systems at the Newport News Shipyard for a few months. Didn’t care much for being a Shipyard employee. Much preferred being a Navy contractor. Don’t remember the boats I worked on. We had two or three at the time (can’t remember) and one aircraft carrier. I only worked on the carrier one day to help that crew. The rest of the time I worked on the attack boats. The work was OK but there wasn’t much room for promotion; limited career path. So I left.

Mast and antenna systems? Funny story. We always hydro-tested the ECM mast after shop work before reinstalling it on the boat. The mast went into the the hydro tank upside down. We disconnected a coax cable from the arena and connected a leak detector to it to monitor for leakage during the hydro test. After the hydro test, the antenna mast section was reinstalled on the boat. We were doing other testing in preparation for sea trials and I was on swing shift. It was mid-winter and a freezing rain was coming down, coating everything with a thick layer of ice. We get the word that day shift had left the leak detector in the antenna section and we needed to retrieve it and reconnect the antenna. We walked down to the boat. They had a fifty foot wooden ladder leaning against the ECM mast and my supervisor told me to go up and retrieve the leak detector. To get to the leak detector there is a round access plate on the front of the mast. It’s about eighteen inches in diameter and two inches thick made out of solid steel (HY80?). It has an o-ring seal and was held in place by about a dozen socket-head bolts. This thing weighs around fifty pounds or so and has no handles. To take it off you have to use a couple of jack screws to back it out. There was no work platform; just that rickety ice-covered ladder and a fifty foot drop to the deck. I told him that if he wanted that leak detector bad enough to risk his life for it he was welcome to try but I wasn’t going up that ladder. Next morning they sent a portable crane with a work platform and two guys to do that job. After that I looked at my supervisor differently. If he would’ve literally let me try to do that job, he had no consideration for my safety. He obviously wouldn’t do it himself. I’m a combat vet and that job was probably almost as dangerous as a combat Recon patrol.

ThNk you for your service ! Cold War never ended Now we will be fighting the Chinese in the Pacific and the South China Sea

I served in the Army Reserve as a Religion Specialist. I served in the Navy as a Storekeeper. When l joined the Navy l wanted the Nuclear Power Program. I passed the the test by one point. Didn't get in. I had a traffic ticket and couldn't get top secret clearance.

Another way uncle Sam likes to remind us that we are special

Yeah... *if* you consider the _Navy_ to be military.

On point: Exemplary respectful comment.

They are gods walking amongst 8 Billion, slack jawed, mouth breathing, dim wits.

That must be an amazing feeling that you were a part of building one of the most advanced machines on earth. I was an iron worker and I get to see my work all over the city of Chicago I set beams on trump tower I installed vertical lifts at the museum of science and industry and the art museum and I constructed rigging for the movers that relocated the u505. It's the coolest feeling

Brisk Airborne salute to you and your work! Thank you!

Thanks for your craftsmanship. Go USA!

I guess you'd be called Master Shaft.

How big was that lathe that made the shafts?

No u didnt

@@joemanthei3251 Yes I did. I’ve got more time at sea on subs than most sub sailors.

@@joemanthei3251 What did you except jacking-off on You Tube ?

Did they call them boomers when you were on them the (SSBM)? And the crew was nicknamed bubble heads>

@@josephwonderless1258 SSB(N), actually. Boomers? Yes. Bubbleheads? I think I’ve heard that term but it wasn’t common in my office. I was a civilian tech rep; field engineer on test instrumentation systems. We occasionally had reason to interface with enlisted crew but for us it was mostly with officers; say Lt. Commander or above, so terms like bubblehead wouldn’t have been used much. It sounds like a name that would’ve been used by surface skimmers to refer to submariners. Just a guess.

When did this come out?

It is a tradition for submariners to know every system aboard the sub. It takes about a year of onboard study to qualify as a submariner and that is just the beginning. I credit my submarine training for my life’s work and attention to detail in all that I do. It was a great experience.

@@michaeldobson8859 Congratulations on your dolphins 🐬 👏!!!

@@michaeldobson8859 What he^^ said.

I was scrolling forever trying to find somebody else that realised this! Hi5 :D

We’re you in a coma for the last three decades?

@@blingbling574 ⁸⁸⁸

Well done them. The worst thing with RU-vid adverts is as soon as you press play it goes straight to 1 or 2 adverts & my brain immediately sinks. It does affect your mental health. Why not press play & you first get 10% of the video & then 2 adverts & thereafter every 20% of video. It's how we do TV in Britain but in America its adverts that get interrupted by main program. In the eastern world you can switch ads off, this is due to countries religious govts who stipulate internet can't enforce adverts as their religion dictates. Ohhh Christianity can we please have 11 Commandments..

@@seltaeb3302 youtube Premium is your friend here😉

You couldn't possibly have commanded any such thing.

The only sub you've ever commanded was a $5 footlong from subway. Gtfo

Yeah, as soon as they used 1.4 MB disks and the World Trade Center as a reference, I had to check the actual origin date. Old but still interesting

@@m.dwaynesteckley4832 I still think Das Boot is high tech LOL

Russell Tuckett My fellow Submariner served on theSeawol and it kicked ____!!!!!

Just to kill each other

@@williamweir2744 I served for six years on Fast Attack US submarines during the Vietnam War in the warzone. The purpose of having these subs and their dedicated crews is to keep Americans who do not enter the military or who cannot due to health, out of harm's way and to ensure that they continue to live and prosper in the style they have become accustomed to. A style that is much higher than most people on earth enjoy no matter how poor or wealthy an American is. Many of our submarines and their crews have perished in an effort to provide this protection. Most people respect that because they enjoy freedom here in America.

@@williamweir2744 ~~~~~~ Hi, Really? It is to keep from being killed. No person psychologically speaking, who has personality disorder has ever or could ever be reasoned with. Instead through lies and manipulations they get what they want control over all others. These subs and other weapons allow the non-mentally ill, to defend themselves and, and at times correct the devastating world damage of personality disorder types. LOVE, ~~~~~~

@@michaeldavis4746 .* I just want to share my submarine before that i served . with the uss barbero ssg 317 ussn seadragon ussn sargo fbm submarine uss teodore roosevelt . fbm submarine uss Abraham lincoln .very happy to say that I was able to served on those wonderful ships including the uss hornet CVS 12 .hello to all my former shipmates.

New Port News VA.built a number of missle boats too.

that would be admiral Rickhover. the sub was the Nautilus

And she’s called a boat not a ship!

What about all the Japanese that died in eternal patrol

Izza Bizza Whizza xo

the boats I was on are all razor blades you shave with, Bubble head

Virginia-class is a newer submarine class. But it’s still not better than the Seawolf. Newer, yes. Better, no. Columbia is a missile sub. Different role.

Seawolf is still the most advanced sub USA has. Its too expensive hence why they don't build them anymore.

You're right and the latters are the ones baby trump gave the secrets away to Mr.Pratt, an Australian business man. What a traitor. In old day he would of been executed for treason. Jail trump 2024

Yeah “ god “ would be so happy about a machine devised to destroy the world.SMH

@@Slowhand871 When I was 22 years old I was stationed on Seawolf and took her on her first and second deployments. I'm proud to have served on that boat. As far as destroying the world goes, Seawolf does not carry nuclear weapons. So the world, no. Be thankful things like this exist so that they can protect your freedoms. Like the freedom to criticise the very things that help secure your freedom....

Let go Fwd, let go Aft. Forever on patrol. Golden Dolphins on are chest makes us Britains best.

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My Father felt the same way because he served in the Silent Service in the Pacific during WW2, I have long forgot the name of the Boat he served in, just know he was in communications...he always said they were on eternal patrol...

@@USARMYvietnamVET1969 That is correct. Some say still on patrol or extended patrol. Salute to those brave souls! This Vietnam vet salutes you also for your service. I had 42 months in that combat zone and was there for the fall in May '75 on board the USS Kirk. See the video, "The Lucky Few". I rode one of those old ships overloaded with refugees into Subic Bay after several days steaming in circles waiting for permission to enter the Philippine port.

The Seawolf Class submarine is actually 25 year old technology. America's modern subs are the Columbia Class and Virginia Class.

Yeah the old CRT screens were pretty heavy😉

I think the steelweight dwarfs empty vacuum bottles (crts)

Actually it is bit of everything and nothing, but overall this is like to get look&feel what US submarine service is about.

Factual, lol! I guess both you and the film maker forgot about Russia. They have had the fastest and deeper diving subs since the 70's. I would say as far as ww2 but that's my own opinion there. we stole designs from the russian with howard huge. so if we are getting knowlage from another country how does that make us the most advanced ?!. so this is propaganda at its best......

ive had personal exp with military equipment that's suppose to be the most advanced but yet couldn't do its designed job well.... Welcome to the real world!

@@josephspruill1212 PenTaGon IS CoRRuPT bUT KReMlin Is NOt! shut the hell up lmao if you think our stuff is worse then you should know what prefix comes before "Kursk"

@@josephspruill1212 you say “we stole” the designs, meaning we picked a wrecked Soviet sub off the bottom of the ocean? Yeah we “stole” that design that was decades ahead of anything we had, this why it was at the bottom of the ocean.

Do you feel it down your throat

It is luke skywalker isnt it?? I really recognize the voice

@@gustavlindberg6900 yes young one. Voice of Luke it is.

@@freehhhh2086 Well, I am your father...

You must "unlearn what you have learned"

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do not believe everything they tell you here

@@outlawedTV88 Study your lessons, you must.

@@iamhuman7045 you don't say!

Thank you for sharing this incredible technology !! Long live America and may God Bless her accordingly !!

Yes, along with any upgrade, repair, modification , new equipment installed, the Navy has to try it out during trials to see if it works right, then come back in for correction if necessary.

Thank you! I love all the comments about the Seawolf 'class'! There is one active boat and the other two are parts bins!

What a wast of time, thats all we have time and you wasted underwater

@@MrManny075 troll, drink more kool-aid

Thanks for your service, i like to hear from vets. 👍

how would you compare this to the russian's alfa class sub? is than an equivalent to that particular sub?

@@josecalderon9487 the alpha was our most feared platform in the 80s when I served .built with titanium the navy had to develop a new torpedo as this sub could outrun and out dive anything we had .my boat was a boomer and not built for attack ( shoot and scoot) was the boomer motto

The alpha as I remember and it's been a few decades since I served was very loud.they sacrificed shielding of radioactivity for speed.

@@Thadude701 was that "new" torpedo capable of chasing down the alfa in moderate range? It seems like the alfa was designed to run circles around a boomer and position itself in such a way it will almost always have the first strike on the boomer.

@@josecalderon9487 I feel that's a good analogy jose.

HD would look better but uses more wide band, hence more damageable to the environment, so yes but ... actually no.

@@philippechevereau9818 wtf

In 1998?!

I came here to comment this! I find this awesome submarine documentary, and the dude narrating it sounds oddly familiar. I head over to IMDb to see who narrated this masterpiece, and it’s none other than the man himself. Super diverse body of work!

Surprised you were to hear that, hmmm?

Omg glad wasn’t me… I was half way though chopping up dinner and was like “that’s mark hamill”

@@x.y.8581 much information there is, voice over you did.

It's not weird to me. Many actors do narratiion for documentaries. It's an easy gig! Also, Hamill's father was a US naval officer. Yes, he was a Navy brat growing up.

A Navy friend told me years ago after it was declassified that the Los Angeles class attack subs could exceed 50 knots. The Sea Wolf is known to be much faster. Ultimately, using AI, submarines will be unmanned and perpetually on patrol . . . a fraction their current size, several times their speed, and devastating in their lethality. Our species would not survive a war fought using AI.

The Submarines they declassify are 10 years ago, the Submarines of today are better built, faster, don’t cavitate, and can ruin an enemies day.

@@Pooh68 About the: "Silent Service" > USS Seawolf (SSN-575) = 34 years ago in 1987 was decommissioned and still Top Secret! Submarine Duty Clarification Yes... on the sub I was on, we did some of the stuff we did, and we didn't do some of the other stuff we did, because if we DID do it, it was SECRET... so we didn't really do it. Even though we really did. But not really. Those medals that my shipmates and I got that we didn't get for doing what we didn't do that we did... I really got those. Except not. But yeah. That's because we never went where we were, so we weren't there where we were. And even though we weren't where we were, we did do the stuff we didn't do while we weren't there, not doing it. As far as what boat we were on when we didn't go there on it, and didn't do the stuff we did while not doing that either... I'm not supposed to refer to that either. So the bottom line is that while we weren't on the boat I won't mention not doing what we were doing where we weren't... We didn't do THAT either. I hope this clarifies things. I really was a submariner.

stuff like this makes me wounder, why smaler countrys even bother to build their own. its race about tech and money, and not every country has both.

@@iamhuman7045Perfect😜

It's looked profound be fit with a solid portfolio that is behind a decent vibe study of the anchor tele market to be shared and implied to be able to get things done in order for cruze denero, the official blueprint just looks renewable.

My brother manages the engineering team responsible for propulsion on these, beginning with the 688s, the Seawolf, and now Virginia class attack boats. I don't know a whole lot about what he does because it's classified and also he's a dick so I don't talk to him much.

Kim Jong-un do you have one?

LOL I guess that you would like to get your Hands on one of those....

Kim Jong-un fuck you kim jong-in they are no longer in production go duck yourself. They will breach onto North Korea like whales u just wait

I was stationed on the Frank Cable (sub tender) in Charleston Sc. and repaired the Sea Wolf. My older brother has been under way on Sea Wolf.

I have seen it

@@johndoe6859 lLpp

Virginia-Class. Basically Seawolf, but cheaper. They're specialized in littoral combat, they don't need to dive so deep. They leave that to Seawolf but there's only 3, of which one is down, I believe? Not much competition out there anyway.

This is shown...imagine what isn't...not just US but others such as Russia,China etc

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Soon LOS ANGELES Class Submarine well be replaced by a SEAWOLF Class Submarine

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Good spot. For some reason I too can nearly always spot disembodied famous narrators.

I would have gone full Leonardo DiCaprio on the conning tower! 😁

Few people have led a life like Dr. Ballard has.

U were fighting against guys with exosuits on?

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Weird comment but interesting lol

@@herbiefpv1637 I was thinking the same thing

I couldn't find anything that says Mark Hamill's father was a submariner, but he was a Capt. in the Navy, yes. (For the uninitiated: the narrator is Mark Hamill... he's done a TON of voice work before getting reintroduced in Star Wars, and he's fabulous at it)

I think this comment was actually a Star Wars joke

Yeah every bit of space is taken up by pipes,panels,electronic equipment, etc,etc.Theres barely enough space to walk down the halls.Turning your body sideways is necessary when passing another crew member in the hall. Eventhough theres not a huge amount of size difference on the inside between the two (except for the additional space needed for the nuclear weapons,tubes,fire control panels,etc) an ohio class (boomer) sub has a little bit more room,which was the type of sub I was on in the 90's (USS Nebraska) partly because it has 24 missile tubes to house the Trident ll D5 missles which I also dealt with due to my rate ( MT- missile tech) Now if one is looking for more space on a sub,check out the Russians Typhoon class subs.They've even got a small swimming pool inside.When you're a crew member of a sub,you can't think about space and how deep you are below the surface or it'll literally drive you mad.

@@wbrockstar9550 What he^^ said!

LOL, I get it even though I wasn't driving back then.

Hahahaha

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I would see submarines every day and I was on a submarine twice. Once I was dropping something off that they needed. Actually I did that twice. 1 delivery was a supply delivery and the second one was a bubblehead that I found on the side of the road drunk, I told my Army friend that I would not even leave an Army guy on the side of the road like that. So I am holding this bubblehead up asking OOD for permission to come aboard. The sub crew offered to let me go on a cruise but I really did not think what I did was a big deal. I just thought that is how a human being is supposed to behave. But I was 18 and 19 years old and really did not even care about the subs. I was in Scotland from 1981 to 1982 on a subtender.

yeah it would be a lot cooler if he did it with the joker voice.

Is that luke?...I saw the name at the beginning but wasn't sure if it was him...

Afraid so...a true Commi.

@@billallen3696 cant be perfect like you schmuck!

And who told him he could do voice over

Yes - the new klaxon sucks… I used to ride diesels… now there’s a klaxon!