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echo: barktopus
to: Tony Ingenoso
from: Bill Lucy
date: 2005-01-31 08:12:32
subject: Re: When a submarine hit a mountain

From: Bill Lucy 

In article , aingenoso{at}hotmail.com says...
> When its not moving a Kilo can be silent as a crypt.
> At minimum, all the nuke boats need to keep their reactor cooling pumps
> running
> so they'll make some noise even standing still.

Reactor coolant pumps are actually one of the quieter components, at least
in my experience. A generator, with its various parts, makes a lot more
noise. And that piece is required to run except in very special
circumstances.



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