1)
In the relatively large, well-lit control room are the controls for nearly all
the sub's vital operations.
2) False: Sound can’t travel in space at all because space is a vacuum, with essentially no molecules.
3) The control room is the brain of any submarine.
4)
Whales living in shallower waters, like the humpback whale, make sounds that
are melodic.
5) There is a lot of camaraderie and tradition in the submarine force and there are hardships to share. It's like a brotherhood on the boat, on all naval vessels really, but submariners are closer fraternally because of their utter dependence on one another professionally, and because their living space is tighter.
6)
"Dolphins" is a pin like a pilot's wings that qualified submariners
proudly wear.
7) The USS Springfield has the greater speed of 25 knots or 29 miles per hour. Its speed is relatively slow compared to that of a car.
8)
Once they signed you off, you were qualified, you received your coveted
Dolphins, and immediately after you were dismissed from quarters, somebody
would grab you, and you'd be duly tossed overboard as a rite of passage. You
were now a Submariner.
9) False. If submarine life not suited for you, you'll find out long before you
go to sea on a submarine.
10) Sound travels at about 4,347 feet (close to a mile) per second in water in 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
1)
The lowest ranking of the enlisted men are traditionally assigned the duty of
planesman and helmsman.
2) The bill to overhaul a Sturgeon-class sub for civilian science has been estimated at $50 to $200 million, with annual operating costs of perhaps $10 million.
3) Many sounds underwater animals make are for: 1) sending
a defensive or attack warning signal, 2) helping the animal determine its
location (echolocation), 3) communicating with other members of its kind, or 4)
issuing a mating call.
4) Sturgeon-class subs can travel at over twenty-five mph and are not impeded
by sea ice, storms, or the need to refuel often. As long as the ocean is deep
enough, they can go anywhere they want. They are quiet, which is good for sonar
work, and extremely stable, which aids gravity and bathymetry studies. And
they're a lot more comfortable than a research camp out on the ice.
5) GPS stands for Global Positioning System.
6)
A hydrophone is an underwater microphone that scientists use to listen to the
sounds of the deep.
7) True
8) A Weapons Control Panel is the aft-most console and it
houses the "fire" button. This ominous red button will launch a
torpedo or Tomahawk missile from the sub.
9) Whale sounds have been heard thousands of miles away from where the sound
originated.
10) “Snorkeling” is when you come up to 58 to 60 feet, and you raise two masts,
the induction and exhaust masts. The induction mast comes up about 18 inches
above the surface and allows you to start your main engines and charge your
batteries and take in fresh air.
1) What you're really hearing when you hold a seashell to
your ear is sound around you vibrating in resonance in the air within the
shell.
2) The Navy has learned more about the polar region and what equipment they
require to work there efficiently. They've earned good publicity by showing
themselves as willing partners with science. Finally, they've maintained their
training and operability in this distant corner of the planet.
3)
4) The helmsman uses the aircraft-style controls to adjust the rudder while the
planesman adjusts the diving planes.
5)
It means that humans can't hear sounds above 20,000 vibrations per second.
6) In 1958, the USS Nautilus became the first submarine to travel under the Arctic
icecap.
7) The
Navy paid operational costs, while most scientific costs were shouldered by the
National Science Foundation.
8)
9)
A “deterrent patrol” was a politically sensitive term for war patrols.
10) The Chief of the Watch sits outboard and uses the ballast control to adjust
the trim of the submarine by adding or removing water from the variable ballast
tanks, thereby adjusting the sub's buoyancy.