Binkov’s research focuses on the advancements in quieting submarines, including the ultra-quiet mode of operation and acoustic quieting techniques. Silent running is a stealth mode of operation for submarines, where propellers have a characteristic RPM band without cavitation noise. Acoustic quieting involves reducing the noise emitted by a submarine, making it harder for adversaries to detect. Techniques such as sound isolation and improved transformer placement are used to achieve this.
To reduce noise radiated from the transformer, sound insulating walls or indoor transformer placement are necessary, but these countermeasures are high-cost. The research aims to better understand the formation of submarine wakes and improve the ambient noise level aboard any current submarine. Acoustic sensor technology uses underwater submarine sensors to detect sound “pings” to determine the contours, speed, and range of an enemy ship, submarine, or other vessel.
Traditional submarines are intrinsically noisy due to their construction and large machinery. In undersea warfare, quietness is crucial, allowing submarines to sneak up on targets and slink away after attacks. The U.S. Navy covers its submarines with anechoic air, which is continuously recirculated using centralized fans with electrostatic precipitators to filter out particulates and aerosols. Submarines are built with specialized materials and techniques to isolate noise from inside the ship from radiating outside.
The propeller is one of the main sources of underwater noise generated by ships, so it is important to predict and control it. Sound isolators are connected to the decks to deaden sound, while blower louvers are used to recirculate air during submergence.
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My husband served in the navy 22 years and all of those years he was either under the water or talking about going under the water. While we were dating he joined the Navy Submarine Reserve to keep from being drafted into the Army. He was called to active duty during the Cuban Missle Crisis. He went on a diesel boat in Florida. He then was recommended to go to Nuclear Power School so that he could be on the newer subs. He graduated from the schools required and was assigned to a fast attack sub. When his time was up on that and was given the opportunity to go to a FBM, he refused. He loved his fast attack subs. It made him feel special, I guess, I don’t know. We got married in between all of this and had children. As I said he retired after 22 years and then worked at the shipyard repairing them. Until he retired again. I went on two Dependents’ Cruises. Submarines are not meant to ride the surface of the water. I was dreading when they dived the first time. When the horn sounded and the words, “Dive! Dive! Dive!,” we spoken my heart stopped. They shut the hatches, and we started down, but when we breathed the air that the ship generated, it was wonderful. It was like going down on a smooth elevator and the air was the cleanest air I had ever breathed. It was great! Of course all the men that served on the ship were not on board. Only the crew needed to conduct business. We never really left our waters. My only complaint was the bathroom. It didn’t operate like a regular bathroom.
10 years Navy. 6 1/2 years on two fast attack subs. Shhhhh. Be vewy, vewy quiet. We’re hunting wabbits. This article got a lot wrong. Three 6 hour watches. The whole crew was only up at the same time for drills or battle stations. The only communications with the outside world was by receiving satcom messages. We never transmitted. Most of the time our own military didn’t know where we were.
I’m claustrophobic just perusal this article. My grandpa, dad, brother and father-in-law were all Navy men. My dad was a medic and my brother was a fighter pilot. My grandpa served in WWI in the Army and WWII in the Navy. He received two Purple Hearts. Anyhow, I’m a new subscriber and I’m enjoying your website. ❤️👍🏻
My brother and myself joined the US navy after graduating in 2008. We both had dreams to be pilots and to fly together, UNTIL he met some bubbleheads and was instantly hooked. He was never the same and now calls me a airedale for choosing the sky over crushing depths. All good fun though! Takes a special kind of person to do what these men/women do on the daily! o7!
Retired USN submariner. Not all of this upload was submarines. Some of the segments were skimmer vessels. Some of it was accurate. Not all of it. How it’s changed. In my day, we never had a single female onboard when on deployment. I wouldn’t recognize the submarine force today from what it was when I was active duty.
I guess this is life on a Fast Attack Sub, as I had to say what to “the day starts early with the crew rising before dawn”. My 6 “Boomer” (Ballistic Missile Sub) patrols on a US submarine was different from the workday described in this article as an A-Ganger. Did have 3 section watches, but the 12 hours between your watches you were off unless there were drills or equipment needed repair/maintenance. Food was good with milk and fresh vegies lasting the first 2-3 weeks into the patrol cycle. Claustrophobic feeling – never crossed my mind. It never felt confining and if you needed more “openness” space just go to the Torpedo Rm or Missile Compartment.
“Crew rising before dawn?” “Morning routines?” One minute in, and I am already laughing. There is no dawn or morning on a submarine. You speak as if it is a 9-5 job. Submarines don’t even operate on a 24 hour “day.” 18 hour days, pal. For what is dawn or morning when you never see the sun? As a former STS2 (SS) aboard the USS Henry M Jackson SSBN 730 Gold, I always click on a sub article I haven’t seen. Some are very knowledgeable. Some are ridiculous… Your tag says Navy Productions. Not US Navy Productions. I have to laugh at such pretense when you display such ignorance about the subject of your article in just the first 70 seconds
This article was poorly made. It includes the galley, mess decks and food storage areas on a surface ship. Why would you do that? The info about the Navigator is almost completely wrong. And where the hell did you come up with that Library photo? Very little of this article describes sub duty correctly. There are so many mistakes I had to stop perusal. P.S. I spent several years as a crew member onboard a sub and worked on dozens for over 20 years.
I spent almost 10 years in the US Navy….you need some consulting… Lots of your article footage not only isn’t on a sub… It’s not even the Navy. You have so many inaccuracies in what you’re saying it makes no sense sometimes such as “the cooks work closely with the supply department”…. The CS are part of the supply department. It’s not a mess hall, it’s the mess decks…. Like come on… Do some more research or get a consultant.
I was on a British Diesel/electric sub and the area to move around was so small. The coning tower was the only place for a sailor taller than 6’2″ to stand upright. Food was stored everywhere throughout the sub. If you had even a smidgen of claustrophobia it would be a cruel event. The nuclear subs are void of a window to the outside but still have a healthier area to get around.
Well I was prepared to sit back and enjoy this as it was suppose to be a “Navy Production” I’m 3:14 into this and half the footage was shot on an Air Craft Carrier!!!! Plus a good portion of this footage has been seen in other YouTube articles. And it is Sub Ma Reen Er not Sub Mar In Er. If it was good enough for the WW II guys I sailed with it is good enough for me. Submarines 1964 to 1970!
There’s no set schedule for a regular 24 hr schedule. What an ignorant beginning to this article . The schedule is set around an 18 hr day . That means it revolves around a 3 watch, 6hr rotation . Continuous while at sea ! . . . It’s different while in port . The specific meals are always set @ the same time ( ie breakfast 6am, lunch 12 noon, dinner 6pm, midrats 12 midnight ) Also, we call them ” boats “, not ships ! . . . And, ” get qualified ” is something that you’ll hear from day 1 until the day you leave ! . . .
There are so many things wrong with this article. I rode 2 submarines. This is so loose with the facts. Sailors don’t get up in the morning to work when underway. The crew splits into 3 six hour shifts. So only 1/3 of the crew is getting up fir breakfast another 1/3 then gets off watch and they eat as well. I’ll stop there, this article is again so inaccurate.
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11:54 “Quiet hours are strictly enforced.” Pfft, I wish. We hot-racked on pretty much every underway and deployment, so you’ll always get that random dickhead trying to wake up the guy he’s sharing racks with so he can get his Switch, phone, or pack of twinkies from the rack pan. Not only does this piss off the guy in the rack for being awoken for a dumb reason, but it wakes up nearby sleepers as well. There are also many times when you’ll be racked out. Most of the time, it’s because you fucked up on something and the chief/lpo wants to grill your ass, or one of the guys screwed up in their watch station and got disqualified. You think, just because you’re an LS3, you’re safe from the sonar watches? Oh wait, you’re qualified as a classification watch stander? Well too bad, because now you’ll be standing that watch when you should be sleeping because the other shower-techs decided not to do their damn jobs.
The library is a antiquated waste of valuable space and a fire hazard. Instead of a few hundred books, a small server can be set up with millions of books, music and articles. Access can be through a Wi-Fi. Yes, Wi-Fi in a metal compartmentalized tube will be a challenge. Expect lots of dead spots. Use the library for storage or a gym. Or expand it and use it as a aero garden.
I think the soldiers were the submarines are the best soldiers they’re underwater not knowing if there could be a failure something on this submarine no way to get out if it stays in the water but they should create a pop-out door on the submarine that go hatch the papa or emergencies when everybody’s p trapped in the submarine p to press a latch or or or switch to pop up I must injectable door when there’s no power on disabled that way everybody can escape and be safe
I’d love to turn one of those submarines into a customized luxury yacht style submarine, just take all those torpedoes and other weapons out because I’m not with anything war related or killing, then customize it like a luxury yacht, probably would cost about a hundred million dollars, then staff it with a crew . Of course I know that wouldn’t ever happen but I like seeing the potential for repurposing of instruments of war for peaceful purposes .
Talking about Submarines shouldn’t include article of surface fleet galleys & food storage areas . It detracts from the reality of what it’s actually like living on a boat 🤫 Also, there is a watch rotation that happens as well . When I served on the boats, we had a 3 watch section, 6hr rotation during a 24 hr period . With meals served every 6 hrs, breakfast, lunch, dinner & midrats 🫡
Served 20 years ago on a sub and without going into detail I had to chuckle seeing a woman onboard. In my day women were rare on the ship. Often she would charge money and give head to many men onboard. Not even the Capt or any officer high ranking said anything because she was blowing them too and often made more money than they did and kept moral at a high level so it was all good lol