European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. June 25. 19b6 the stars and stripes Page 3 As the american flair flutters in the Brecar crewmen tie up hit1 submarine try Fonkin Brt my Rhaum Germany at Rij or the Archt fish in Wilhelms Linvin Germany. Deep Down there s no sub for life on a sub  Uri Merli Auti Hureau Bremerhaven Germany Dodis scramble Down the ladder As inc Klaxon blares aaa oooo gah  Crew members Brace them selves inside the Iii s conning lower As the dive commences and the task Man Down is deluged by a Sheel of icy Ocean water As he slams the Hatch shut. Navy chief warrant officer David Ferrin grinned in wry amusement As he listened 10 the movie script description of submarine life. Sealed in the control room of the nuclear powered attack submarine tre Pang. Ferrin offered in version. When the to Chang dips beneath the surface we do it much More organised and  Ferrin said the Only Lime Walcer pours in Rouglin Here is when we re in a bad  ones by Neal the surface the sub May stay Down for two months at a Lime while cruising such Oul of Lac Way places As the Polar Icecap. There arc few places inside the to Chang s Black Cigar shaped Hull that to not resemble a plumber s Nightmare. Pipes and steam valves arc visible almost everywhere except the main Memling room the stainless steel Crew mess area. Space is cramped on he submarine which is Aboul As Long As a football held and carries a 120-Man Crew. The Tregang was in port recently in Bremerhaven while another Sturgeon class sub inc Archt fish was berthed at nearby . In Hay the Archer fish took part in the first rendezvous of three . Submarines at the North pole. The attack subs do not carry missiles torpedoes Are their Mam armament. The nuclear reactor Hal provides the to Chang s main Power has wrought changes in the lives of those who Wear the Dolphin insignia of the submarine service. Among the differences Are he Pear shape plastic sensors attached to the Bells of Tregang Crew Mem Bers. The sensors Are designed to Register unsafe Leve s of radiation. Fingering the one on ins Belt la. Mal Colm Shuey said the devices Are checked regularly isl to be  nuclear Power Here is no need to surface to recharge Bali eries thai drive a diesel powered submarine when it is underwater. Sis photo by a Mapoli chief warrant officer David Ferrin aboard Tregang. Tic Trapans Captain. It. Cmdr. Raymond Woolrich. Said the sub can inverse 25,000 Miles or More on a peace Lime deploy men of three la five Mon Lis. Periods of f Days underwater at a stretch Are common said Woolrich. Who has been on or near submarines for the 20 years since he graduated from the naval Academy in 1966. On a inn deployment each Crew member is allowed five family rain of p words each transmitted through Low frequency radio and a Bellile. Woolrich estimated Aboul half the Crew is married. The Crew can expect to be deployed slightly More than six months a year. The life of single sailors can be Ever More nomadic. Petty officer 1c. James Walker a sonar technician who firs joined the Navy in 177, said lie cleans out his Harr Aclis room when the ship leaves on deployment and drops his belongings at the properly room. Walker collects Aboul s175 per month in submarine pay when he is at sea. Duty at sea for Walker and most of the Crew is based on six hour shifts followed by 12 hours off. Then it s six More hours of duly. Broken Down Inlo a 24-hour Day. That Means 12 hours on 12 hours Oft Wilh no change in the scenery. When the clock reads 7 a. M., the Crew can assume the Sun has risen. To sweeten life below the sea. A wide Vanclay of video tapes Are available. Music can be piped to most areas of i he ship. Swe Chesl of All an ice Cream machine stands ready to Crank out the flavor of the Day. Because Llie sub operates on constant Crew shifts food is served four limes a Day. Short on fresh vegetables and fruit submarine cooking has a tradition of High Quality which Woolrich said is intentional to make life aboard a Little easier. Despite the Long hours and weeks. Woolrich could recall Only two instances during his career when men under his command came to him with Job stress problems. The sub Captain credited Lough screening the elite status of the submarine service and a feeling of interdependence among the Crew fur the Low number of work related complaints. Submarine service is voluntary and initial training can last More than a year depending on the Job classification Woolrich said. This is an cd remely Complex  the Tregang Captain said. Every known discipline i can think of from Medicine o physics is employed