From: "Steve Ewing" 

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:16:18 -0500, George Sherwood
 wrote:

> Saw these pictures of the USS San Francisco in dry dock.  The hi-res
> pictures are pretty impressive.  Hard to believe they did lost the sub or
> at the least sustain more casualties.

There's quite the crumple zone on a 688-- the sonar dome takes up a lot of
space, then the ballast tanks, and so forth.  If your'e going to hit
something, hit it dead-on; a sub is weakest in a side collision.

Although I wouldn't want to try it myself.  You can't walk through a sub
without banging into *something*-- I was just the max height at 5-11.5: I
just brushed a lot of piping back aft.  You learn to walk in a crouch; and
there are all sorts of sharp corners and equipment, as you'd imagine.  The
helmsman and planesman have seatbelts, as do the diving officer and Chief
of the Watch.  I forget if you only have to put them on at high speeds.

--
Steve 
http://www.qmss.com/sewing

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