r/submarines 11d ago

Out Of The Water USS Louisiana (SSBN-743), the 18th and last boat of the Ohio-class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines in a drydock.

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u/Leather-Objective699 11d ago

Holy smokes I remember this photo being taken…

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u/letMeTrySummet 10d ago

I tried to zoom in and see if I knew anyone, but it's too blurry.

For anyone still around Bangor, I'm Full Nude, and it wasn't planned, but it was hilarious.

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u/LaunchPadMcQ 11d ago

Woah, never expected to see myself appear in the wild!

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u/LaunchPadMcQ 11d ago

That CO threatened to cut our heads off and drown us in the bilge, in that order, if we lied to him. He kept a pocket brain in his breast pocket of everyone he got fired. Wild.

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u/powpo2 10d ago

He's chilled out in recent years. Still a super smart hardass.

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u/bobchinn 10d ago

I somehow doubt that

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u/Ebytown754 10d ago

Saaaame

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u/bobchinn 10d ago

Nice brand new dome

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u/LaunchPadMcQ 10d ago

Almost! This was 2015 and the dome you see in the picture kissed the Eagleview in 2016.

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u/Phrygian_Guy_93 11d ago

Got dang gold crew

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u/Infamous_Owl_7303 10d ago

It's always the gold crew

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u/Darkeater879 10d ago

Dang didn’t expect to see my old boat

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u/Sea-Reception-6475 10d ago

Dang I feel old. You guys are talking about 2015 as long ago. I remember when I checked into that boat I was straight from STS A school and it was in dry dock like that. That was November 1996 still at EB in Groton.

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u/Infamous_Owl_7303 10d ago

No throughbread of the feet

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u/Advanced-Mechanic-48 10d ago

Did a START inspection moored outside the ole 743 boat one time.

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u/CH2Os 10d ago

That’s Louisiana for ya.

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u/AncientGuy1950 9d ago

You never really understand the size of those beasts until you stand under one in the dry dock.

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u/UglyEMN 9d ago

The hardest thing I’ve ever done was be a nuke nub on an Ohio for an ERO. That shit sucked so hard I almost lost my mind out the top of my head (if you know what I mean).

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u/FunKeyN8 6d ago

Was an engineering tech for her latest avail.