Navy ship lingo meaning12/28/2023 ![]() You need permission just to cross the conn. This term now refers to the raised area where the scope and various sonar and other tactical displays are located for use by the Officer of the Deck. My wife went on a Tiger Cruise (when we invite our families and close ones on board for a day at sea) early in my career, and she swears that the worst coffee in the world is to be found on submarines.Ĭonn: Originally short for the “Conning Tower” from which the submarine was controlled. Another way is to drop a bit of the Auto-dog (soft serve ice cream) in the bottom of your cup and pour hot black coffee over it. We drink it either black and bitter-no sugar, no cream or blond and sweet-sugar and cream, or some variation of those. There is always coffee being drunk, and woe to the shitbird who takes the last cup and doesn’t start a new pot. It comes in giant square cans that get stored under the main engines. Our coffee is not Starbucks or something frou-frou like that. This up angle at periscope depth accomplishes several things: it keeps the screw from broaching in case you suddenly pitch down (the screw can’t do its job if it’s in the air and not the water), it keeps the scope clear, and it keeps the expanse of the ship aft of the sail lower, thereby lessening suction upward by wave action (because of the Bernoulli Effect).Ĭoffee: The military runs on coffee, and I know for a fact that the submarine force does, specifically. Rarely do you have a zero bubble right around a ½ degree up is fine and at periscope depth you actually want an up angle of 1, 1.5 degrees or so depending on sea state. The Diving Officer of the Watch is responsible for keeping the ship in trim. The ship could also be out of trim fore to aft, not only heavy or light overall. For example, if the ship is getting heavier as it’s making water, or lighter due to pumping sanitaries or any other myriad evolutions, you may have to pitch the ship’s nose down to stop from rising or pitch it up to stop the boat from sinking. The bubble may have to be changed to maintain depth. The nerve center of all things nuclear.īubble: The up or down angle of the boat, with a “zero bubble” being an even keel. The Box: Maneuvering Room located in the engine room. Except maybe the Doc, who would have to cordon off the head, have it cleaned up, and then disinfect it. Not fun for you, but hilarious for everyone else. If an A-ganger failed to put up the warning sign or if you failed to heed a posted warning sign while sanitary tanks (waste) were being blown and opened the ball valve, you would receive a face full of shit and waste water. I am not a fan of this type of thing (which caused me lots of grief at times later in my career) and I wouldn’t do it now, but at the time it seemed important to get my bluenose certificate and be a part of things.īall Valve: Used in many applications in various submarine mechanical systems but most commonly refers to the ball valve in the ship’s toilets (head, shitter, etc.). ![]() I went through it because I was 19 and it’s what you did. The ceremony involved lots of ice, ice cold water, eating ice cream out of our fattest cook’s bellybutton and generally being subjected to hazing involving coldness. Somewhat humiliating, funny in a kinda-sorta way, and something I did on my first boat. After retiring from the Navy her got his bachelor’s degree in History, went to grad school and now works in college administration at his alma mater.īluenose Ceremony: An initiation for anyone entering the Arctic Circle for the first time. During his service in the Navy, which ran from late 1986 to mid 2009, he was a Chief Yeoman and qualified and stood topside watch, below-decks watch, duty chief, basic sonar operator, chief of the watch, diving officer of the watch, pilot/co-pilot. Noe also served shore tours in Washington DC and Naples, Italy. So an old school Los Angeles-class boat with fairwater planes and no vertical launch system for Tomahawk cruise missiles, a newer Los Angeles-class boat with bow-planes and a vertical launch system, and an ultra-modern Virginia Class, on which he was a plankowner (part of the first crew to launch and operate the boat). Noe served on three nuclear fast attack boats, the USS Phoenix (SSN 702), the USS Montpelier (SSN 765), and the USS North Carolina (SSN 777). Marty Noe, a veteran submariner, is here to give us a taste of this unique language. ![]()
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