U.S. NAVY NUCLEAR SUBMARINES MISSIONS, CHARACTERISTICS AND BACKGROUND 74802
This outstanding U.S. Navy film from 1971 -- "The Submarine Part II: Backgrounds, Characteristics and Missions of Nuclear Powered Submarines" focuses on the nuclear submarines of the 1970s. The film shows how the nuclear attack submarine and the fleet ballistic missile submarines, with their sophisticated technologies and nuclear weapons capability, can provide enormous deterrent power for the United States and its allies. Both SSN nuclear attack submarines and SSBN nuclear missile submarines are shown, including Polaris missile submarines firing the A-3 missile and Poseidon. The film also traces the history of the nuclear submarine in the U.S. Navy starting in the 1950s, including the USS Nautilus and the USS George Washington (see 18 minute mark). The USS Albacore is shown at the 5 minute mark, a boat with a unique hull design that ended up becoming standard for the Navy, including with the USS Skipjack. Some of the submarines featured include the USS Sturgeon, SSN-637, USS Greenling SSN-614, fleet ballistic missile submarines, and more. The Polaris A-1 and Polaris A-2 are also shown, as well as the Polaris A-3.
The SUBROC submarine rocket is shown at the 14 minute mark -- predecessor to the submarine-launched Tomahawk cruise missile.
Also shown in this film is the DSRV-1 (27 minute mark) deep submergence rescue vehicle and the Alvin (27:30) miniature submarine and AUTEC 1 and 2, as well as the Dolphin and NR-1 research vehicle.
The Polaris missile was a two-stage Solid-fuel rocket nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) built during the Cold War by Lockheed Corporation of California for the United States Navy.
It was designed to be used for second strike countervalue (CEP not good enough for first strike counterforce) as part of the Navy's contribution to the United States arsenal of nuclear weapons, replacing the Regulus cruise missile. Known as a Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM), the Polaris was first launched from the Cape Canaveral, Florida, missile test base on January 7, 1960.
Following the Polaris Sales Agreement in 1963, Polaris missiles were also carried on British Royal Navy submarines between 1968 and the mid-1990s.
Plans to equip the Italian Navy with the missile ended in the mid-60s, after several successful test launches carried out on board the Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi. Despite the successful launching tests, the US never provided the missiles, due to political convenience. Instead the Italian Government set to develop an indigenous missile, called Alfa, with a successful program, officially halted by Italian Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ratification and failure of the NATO Multilateral Force.
The Polaris missile was gradually replaced on 31 of the 41 original SSBNs in the US Navy by the MIRV-capable Poseidon missile beginning in 1972. During the 1980s, these missiles were replaced on twelve of these submarines by the Trident I missile. The ten George Washington- and Ethan Allen-class SSBNs retained Polaris A-3 until 1980 because their missile tubes were not large enough to accommodate Poseidon. With USS Ohio commencing sea trials in 1980, these submarines were disarmed and redesignated as attack submarines to avoid exceeding the SALT II strategic arms treaty limits.
Many new project management techniques were introduced during the development of the Polaris missile program, to deal with the inherent system complexity. This includes the use of the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT). This technique replaced the simpler Gantt chart methodology which was largely employed prior to this program.
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I love old documentaries. Simple animations make it so easy to understand. Nowadays it’s just people talking to the camera and giving opinions instead of information.
Dedicated to the crew of USS Bluefish.....you so impressed me at 10 years old that I retired from a 688 III flight. Thank you boys! Harry V, Thank you for all those hot rolls on the mid watch!
I was Decomm engineer officer for Sturgeon. What a great ship.👍
I just love the music in these old videos; so carefree and happy!
@_moffett
3 жыл бұрын
ik the music is amazing
@EditGuy6610
3 жыл бұрын
It was a simpler time...
@jamesbugbee6812
2 жыл бұрын
Nuclear joy.
At 25:50, the gentleman on the left is Stanley W Burriss, the director of the Polaris Missile Program, as well as a key player in the development/direction of multiple US nuclear weapons programs.
@PeriscopeFilm
8 жыл бұрын
+64curarine Thank you! You are welcome to comment on our channel!
@life_with_bernie
4 жыл бұрын
The guy on the right looks a little like one of my old Navy buddy's dad, who was one of the engineers that worked on developing Polaris. Hard to say if it is or it isn't though since my last memory of him was in Norwich, England around Christmas of 1975. Our ship was in Palma, Mallorca for Christmas and my buddy's' family had moved to England when his dad got a job with a shipbuilding company in Belgium. The family was originally from New Orleans. We took leave and flew to England to have Christmas with them.
@richardfranklin5405
2 жыл бұрын
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@richardfranklin5405
2 жыл бұрын
@@life_with_bernie PPpPPpp
Such nice cheerful background music for arguably THE MOST LETHAL WEAPON ever developed....
Served aboard the USS Queenfish SSN-651 back during the cold war (75-79) Best time of my life!
@PeriscopeFilm
8 жыл бұрын
+flyinhawaiian49 Thanks for your service to our great nation in defense of freedom!
@vinnydaq13
4 жыл бұрын
I served on the USS New York City (SSN 696) from 1984 - 88 as a sonar man. Good times!
@Chris_at_Home
3 жыл бұрын
My older brother was an STC on the 650 in the early 70s. The VP Squadron I was in did some ops with them in the Med and then we got together in Rota about a year later when I was there. Drank some beers out in town and had a 2am breakfast in the Chiefs mess. A few years later I worked at EB and did some work on the same boat when it was in dry dock.
@Chris_at_Home
3 жыл бұрын
@@vinnydaq13 I put connections for a lot of the Sonar on the 694 Groton when I worked at EB.
@mdb831
Жыл бұрын
@@vinnydaq13 FIRST TO BEAR THE NAME!
Served on a 637 Class, some good scenes.
@Chris_at_Home
3 жыл бұрын
My older brother was an STC on the 650 in the early 70s.
@BeryJensen
3 жыл бұрын
So You guys had GPS back than but wasnt a big thing?
@michaelward9880
2 жыл бұрын
Me too. USS Ray (SSN-653).
@hpbear101
2 жыл бұрын
@@BeryJensen GPS didn't start showing up until the early to mid 80's, prior to that it was a doppler based satellite navigation system with fewer sat's so there were specific windows of time where you could get a satellite fix.
@larryzigler6812
2 жыл бұрын
@@hpbear101 NAVSAT
I pass the USS albacore on my way to work, no joke.
@uralbob1
2 жыл бұрын
Albacore had twin, vertical crankshaft, radial diesels, mounted side by side. She had electric drive. This boat was a test bed for hull, plane, and screw designs, and carried no weapons or torpedo tubes. The Albacore museum has pics of her different iterations. She went to sea from Electric Boat in Portsmouth only, I believe.
@uralbob1
2 жыл бұрын
Stop by and see her Zac! Hopefully you can still tour her!
Happy that I didn't hear "nuke-you-ler" either! Commander at &t=3:25 looks like Chris Kattan.
1971 film pretty cool. I will be born the next year.
@whirledpeas3477
3 жыл бұрын
WOW, that's amazing
@danield679
3 жыл бұрын
Richard Longshaft 😆😀
@whirledpeas3477
3 жыл бұрын
@@danield679 🙂🙂
You could always tell when a Submarine crew had just returned from a deployment, They all had that pudgy, over-fed couch potato look, and couldn't walk a straight line because they were so use to focusing their eyes no farther than four feet away.
@ssmt2
4 жыл бұрын
That, and the smell. We didn't realize how bad all of our clothes stunk until we got back from patrol and got off the boat. Driving was a bitch for the first couple of days after a 70 day patrol because of the problem with focusing my eyes for a long distance.
@consubandon
4 жыл бұрын
...plus no tolerance for alcohol and lots of money saved up, and no practice driving, so... LET'S ALL GET IN THE CAR AND HIT THE BARS!
@dannywilliamson3340
3 жыл бұрын
I made the mistake of going to Key West on a dive trip after a winter patrol out of Holy Loch......I was peeling skin off in sheets.
@peterparker9286
Жыл бұрын
@@consubandon Post Malone.
scary stuff, I hope those toys won't be used and probably one day will be abandoned.
Nice video. I served on the USS Seadragon, which was still pretty old compared to the newer class of submarine.
The Polaris submarine was so prolific and abundant that, I remember as a kid, seeing them for sale in the back of Comic books.
the first missle subs were actually fast attack subs cut in two and the missle compartment welded into place
@robertrinaldi8748
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a big job that requires outstanding welding skills.
@uralbob1
2 жыл бұрын
Yup. I served on Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN 600).
@jamesbugbee6812
2 жыл бұрын
Actually the film is more accurate; the cutting was on the blueprint, w/ only some keel material being carried over to the new design.
Just 2 sentences about Rickover's personal toy. NR-1.
She's a beauty.
Don't force me to make you peaceful.
24:40 The man on the right was just hit with the "hat trick". He will not be going for "updating".
I saw this movie in PNPS when the program began in Mare Island ... it was the first - and last - last "fun movie" I would ever see while in the program!
Is there a part one
These films are so cool! I love how the map of north america USA looks huge Canada and mexico look hella small and lame! LOL
The last earthly frontier will B the Earth's core.
The up/down movement of the screen every 1.5 seconds is driving me batty.
3:26 I sure am glad he didn't say "turbynes".
@mikefromflorida8357
3 жыл бұрын
You notice that also. I want to hear them say "turban."
A hull designed to withstand depths below 400 ft. Seriously?
@crankychris2
2 жыл бұрын
The USN always quoted SSN performance as 'greater tha 20 kts, and test depth greater than 400 feet' during the cold war. In fact, the 637 class could dive as deep as 1300 feet and sustain 26 kts, although it's 'silent speed' was much less.
@ScottHirschman
2 жыл бұрын
@@crankychris2 oh I know, I just thought it was funny the "specs" were started at 400ft. I've read cavitation is less the deeper you go due to the sea pressure, as a result a submarine can maintain silent speed art a higher rate of speed that wouldn't be possible at a shallower depth. Any info on this?
@michaellong6605
2 жыл бұрын
No.
I want to join the navy.
@oc999567834
4 жыл бұрын
Your an idiot and probably voted for the a$$ hat. Stay in school looser
@consubandon
4 жыл бұрын
Stay in school AND joint the Navy. Not a bad combination. But fer Pete's sake TALK TO SOMEONE WHO'S DOING THE JOB before you get anywhere near a recruiter!
@waterheaterservices
4 жыл бұрын
@@oc999567834 He didn't vote for Imam Obama.
@carrotninja6597
3 жыл бұрын
@@oc999567834 you didn't even spell loser correctly lmao. You act like the military is filled with stupid people. Who works on Nuclear reactors? Who deals with all the IT duties in the military? Who flies the aircrafts for the military? Educated people, that's who.
@BlackPill-pu4vi
Жыл бұрын
I would NOT join today's woke Navy. I was in during the Cold War and it was still the Navy, warts and all. But, at least we had two legit boogeymen to worry about: the USSR and Red China. Kept us centered. Now it's all too obvious that the U.S.A. was the Evil Empire all along AND we vomit our filth around the world while calling it Free-Dumb and Muh Democracy. You don't want to support that.
Does this video have the hiccups? Why does it keeps bouncing?
@PeriscopeFilm
4 жыл бұрын
The original film element is shrunken.
@Swervin309
3 жыл бұрын
Because you touch yourself at night.
Doesn't look good that you did not at least try to stabilize the film?
@PeriscopeFilm
4 жыл бұрын
We believe in showing these films as they appeared originally. (That being said, our scanner does do a nominal amount of stabilization).
@incredulousd9408
3 жыл бұрын
@@PeriscopeFilm this is history you're preserving, and I absolutely love the state that is in
I find this to be a bogus attempt to underestimate the importance of the USS Albacore. The first bottlenose submarine. Albeit, still a diesel powered boat in the fleet. This video shows both the Nautilus, first among nuclear powered boats; shows some boatyard somewhere while mentioning Albacore, then shows ’ proof of hull design among other advances in submarine warfare.your bias is showing! Noted!!!
Fed up with the watermark the whole way through these videos... Unsubscibed
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3 жыл бұрын
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@crankychris2
2 жыл бұрын
@@PeriscopeFilm Sadly, stealing another person's material and reposting it as your own is indeed a common problem on the internet. Thanks for posting your explanation.
@peterparker9286
Жыл бұрын
Million dollar babies. Toys in the Attic. Where the river flows. Lotus Flower. cabbage patch kids. Garbage pail kids. Orphaned. He Gave his life so You also may have life. RE Spect.