The ceremonial first kiss upon return to homeport was awarded to Sonar Technician (Submarines) 2nd Class Noah Nelson and his girlfriend. Returning home to our families in time for the holidays is a perfect ending to this seven month deployment. “To our families – we missed you and cannot thank you enough – we could not have achieved our successes without their unwavering support, patience, and sacrifices. ![]() Jeff Fassbender, Seawolf’s commanding officer. They faced every challenge of this deployment with energy and enthusiasm and absolutely crushed it,” said Cmdr. I don't believe any of the 688's had them, ever.“I could not be more proud of this amazing crew. I'm just now realizing how much has faded from memory.Įdit: There were also no vertical stabilizers on the stern planes. The sad part is how long it's been since I've used any of the terminology in conversation. The lower hull was red however that color did not extend to the stern planes, which were the same semigloss black as the upper hull. Same with the nonskid, it often had a gray look to it as well. The entire sonar dome and the sonar mount on the sail were a flat black, but they always looked gray. Those were always on the command murals hung from the brow.Īs for color, I'm not much ahead of warshipguy but last drydock I was with the command, the boat was still semi-gloss black over the sail, fairwater planes, and the upper hull. I'm certain Corpus Christi, Miami, and Dallas all hung their names as well but again, I don't ever recall seeing hull numbers. I was on Albuquerque and we had a brown sign with gold lettering that read 'USS Albuquerque', never 706. ![]() Anyway, I'm getting off point.ĭuring my adventures on lower base I don't believe I ever saw hull numbers hung on the boats, I only ever saw their names. I believe Trepang was a few months out from her decom run. Seems I got there right around when you were leaving. It's interesting, I was in Groton for my entire enlistment - by choice - mind you, almost got assigned to the crashville in Norfolk. I served on six boats in my career, including three 688's. I paint the propeller a mix of bronze and copper, about 25% bronze to 75% copper. When I paint lower hulls red, I simply use Flat Red. I usuall mix Engine Gray with Flat Black to tone it down a little in a 50-50 mix. Nor are the names of the boat painted on the hull.įlat black paints usually end up too dark, especially in these scales. They are not painted anywhere on either the hull or sail except for builder's trials. Hull numbers are hung from the top of the sail on placards when in port. At some point between my retiring in late 1996 and today, they are painted overall dark gray. Masts and antennae also vary during my service in submarines, these were painted light gray with dark gray/black splotches. Some boats also have draft marks on both sides of the rudder as well. Your model should include draft marks forward, midships, aft and on the forward edge of the rudder. Also, those rescue markings that the manufacturers provide around the hatches should only be there if modeling the boat on builder's trials, not when in commission. ![]() In fact, I have seen two basic color schemes aboard real boats some are painted overall flat black while others are painted red from bow to stern on the lower half of the hull. They are fictions of someone's imaginations. I have yet to see any of the model companys' suggested painting scheme for modern American submarines on actual submarines. Above waterline I was going to 50:50 nato black and rubber black, then add a couple drops of white and paint the non-skid that color - any insights (corrections) anyone could offer would be much appreciated. I was thinking 3:1 flat red to red brown to try and get as close to the hull red as possible. Virginia? class subs have a medium gray non-skid above the waterline) but I'm confused as to which is correct.Īlso, I know Tamiya Hull Red is way off base, and Model Master Hull Red seems to be closer to a WWII era color. I know that nuclear subs are now all black (all though I've seen the new. Anyway, the 700th scale shows the lower hull and nose in hull red (A), and the 350th scale shows the hull red up to the waterline, with most of the nose (2/3rds) in hull red (B). I tried to exchange it but instead they refunded me the 14 bucks and told me to keep the item, so I promptly ordered one from hobbytown and am going to stash the 700th scale for a later diorama of a 700th scale carrier group. Actually I have two kits - a 1/700 and a 1/350 amazon sent me a 700th scale when I ordered the 350th scale. I'm building the Los Angeles out of sentimentality towards my city of origin and have seen two different schemes. Trying a new subject type - a modern (cold war era, at least) fast attack sub.
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