USS Sante Fe/ Pics at North pole

[Nick R]

The sub my dad worked on for a couple years, the USS Sante Fe, SSN 763 of the Los Angeles Class or 688(I) class of Nuclear powered submarines.

 

[Nick R]

And the north pole pics

Look! They met santa and taught him how to shoot an M16

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[Herz]

that is pretty cool!

 

[Shagger]

OK - How did the sub come up through the ice? I recall in "Ice Station Zebra" they used torpedoes and pushed up the ice with the conning tower? How did the sub get through?

 

[Nick R]

On many Los Angeles class submarines, the conning tower (or sail) is reinforced. They basically stop under the ice, and do a low pressure blow of the ballast tanks and the bouyancy pushes the sub up through the ice.

 

[Nick R]

 

[chet2]

great pics!

 

[Steve S]

COOL!!!Years ago when the sub base was at S.F bay I was stopped in traffic on the Golden Gate bridge and was looking at the bay and What I though I saw was an offshore racing boat at W.O.T heading toward the ocean . As it came closer I saw it was a sub heading out, one of the cooler things I have experienced.

 

[Steve S]

Actually the pics are awesome!!! Thanks .

 

[postjeeprcr]

Awesome pics

 

[ls1mike]

Good stuff. Was your dad in the Navy? I see you live in Saratoga near Prototype. I have a but ton of submarine pictures from days in the Navy. Someday I will scan them into my computer.

 

[demarpaint]

Thanks for posting, and thank your dad for serving this great country! My son is in the Navy and loves it, you have a lot to be proud of.

 

[lewdwig]

No sail planes, eh? The first 688s with bow planes were being commissioned about the time I was getting out. I was on a Sturgeon(637)-class boat. Never went to the pole, but we did go ~30 miles under the ice once.

 

[OVERKILL]

Fantastic pictures!!!!

 

[Colt45ws]

Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Fantastic pictures!!!!

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