European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Daily 1agazine to be Tun to Fiu Creter Arr nod submarines won t be heard Navy about tic spec Mats ashore Monitor to Fanfa ska this Hany m. Jackam Frey sat out from Pujol sound tar 70-Day patrols in Ota Pacific. Boomer on silent patrol in the Pacific by Richard Mallohan new York times he sound of the Maxon was grating but Tho Chiel of the Walch was Crisp dive the Henry a Jackson a Black Trident submarine which sailors Call a Boomer Slid into Tho cold dark Waters of Pugel sound. The Walers Are deep enough to hide even this 18,700-Lon Monsler armed Wilh Long Range missiles lipped with nuclear was hearer the officer Al Iho deck set the course depth and Speed As the vessel settled Inlo slow rung past a submerged buoy Laden with acoustic instruments listened in make sure the submarine would no to heard is she set out Ona 7oday Patral in the Pacific. That patrol is part of the nation s nuclear deterrent of missile carrying submarines land based missiles and bombers armed Wilh cruise missiles and bombs that the Navy and air Force maintain on constant Alert to threaten retaliation Lor attack. The Success of Iho Jackson s patrol like thai of 20 other american missile submarines Al sea on any Given Day depends on her Crew s ability to evade soviet delo Clion Wilh quiet and gute. On Iho Tang voyage the Crew must keep 24 miss Iloa Safe but ready the nuclear reactor thai propels the ship in working order and themselves on a keen Edge As they be Wilh the equivalent of Mora than 1 go million tons of int the ship under in command of capt. James r. Turner will receive by radio Stream of intelligence reports Salher forecasts news and weekly messages lion the Home base in bang Wash. But the submarine win transmit nothing when the submarine leaves port Tho Captain assumes hat a soviet satellite has seen her and Hal soviet submarine and trawlers will to waiting outside american territorial Walers trying to Pic up her Trail to evade Hal surveillance ills submarine named for the longtime democratic senator from the state of Washington dives in the Strait of Juan de Fuca Between the United slates and Canada before reaching the open Ocean Aller that the Caplain could Wail for merchant ships to pass overhead and move out under them id escape detection by Sovil sonar operators. Or to could Circle for a White then slip out to sea with the ship in its Ultra quiet Mode turning off All machinery not absolutely needed including the ice Cream dispenser and having lha Crew except Lor those on watch crawl into bunks when we Rig for Turner said in really gels Quial in to it clap detection submarine captains work at deciding lha vessel s course and dolls Wilhour betraying a pallem in what appears to to a contradiction they make a routine of being random. Sometimes they ask the computer to Eho Osa a course a other limes they Roll Dice a third Way is to ask Tho Cook on duly or the youngest member of the Crow to pick a number. Then Hera s the White rat Turner said who hears a sees All and tells every move of the ship is recorded on tape or the while rat after each patrol lha Lapes Are sent to specialists outside the Navy who scrutinize them to see in the ship has alien into patterns. To select other submarines before being selected themselves Trident submarines have been equipped with the world s most advanced sonar. How far and Well they can hear is classified but their purpose is dear to help hem Lade away before being discovered. White on patrol the Jackson will be informed about american submarines thai might Cross her path and Wil be Given intelligence on soviet submarines. But re one inc Udog those aboard other american submarines will tuesday january 1988 be advised of her presence periodically he officer of he deck with Clear the Ballog ordering a Lurn so Hal sonar can listen Lor a rafting submarine thai May have been mashed by the Jackson s own engine. The submarine s missiles Are prepared to fee Only alter an elaborate sequence o chocks. Only technicians May go into he missile decks to Maln lain Ihm and Ihen at least two at a Lime Only with specified tools and alter signing in no a watch so Alan. Armed guards Rove through it missile compartment they make sure no one 13 hero who is rial supposed to be the Captain said and that people there Are not doing hings they re not supposed to be doing " in port or Al sea tech scans in Tho missile Contro xxx work around the clock monitoring Insl Nimons lha Register temperature pressure and other vital information lion the missile tubes. To lire the or Ilei a message lion lha pros Ideal must coma Over one Al several channels of communication and be by no Frost two officers. Then it Musl be Lur Ihor authenticated by the executive officer and the Captain Aller he Caplain orders the Crew to begin preparing missiles far firing a must Talam launching keys from a Sale to which to docs not have the combination. Two More officers Musl open Hal. One the outside door my the other the inside door. Launching lha missiles takes tour keys turned by tour different officers two in Iho missile control room another Al he Gas Generator two decks a cow that propels the four Story High missile Oul of Tho lube and the last by Tho Caplain in Iho command Center to stay in training Iho Crew runs through periodic drills in which computers simulate the launching sequence which takes Only a Low Minuk a the Ollices said from the initial of Dei through the firing of All missiles. Occasionally the Navy orders an operational lost in which disarmed missiles Are launched a submarine is called Back to Shore and two or four missiles Are Solc cled Al random to preclude no Crew from sprucing up lubes Lor the test. The nuclear warheads Are replaced by Inspru Donled re entry vehicles Hal record Iho trajectory of Dummy warheads. Tho ship is Send Back id sea to launch the missiles whose solid fuel rockets ignite after they pop Oul of the water. For the Crew Patral Means More than two months away from Home. Sometimes Crews gel a in Days of Liberty in Hawaii in the Middle of a patrol. Al sea. Duly is strenuous with the Day divided Mlo 18 instead of 24 hours. Each Sailor islands Walch to Ope Ialo the submarine Lor six hours trams or does maintenance Lor so. Hours and sleeps for in hours. Master Chiel Pelty a Ticer j t. Braasch who is chill of the vessel and Iho senior non commissioned olt Teer aboard said i hebrew Falls Inlo routine in three or Lour Days. Wilh Iha intensity of the work he said boredom Al sea is Noi a the Crew members appear to Lako in slide their responsibilities Lor operating a $1.2 billion submarine living with nuclear missiles and understanding thai they could be involved in nuclear War. Turner who was Selling Oul on his 20th patrol said he thinks most sailors understand Hal heir service is intended to proven War and that he bad seen Only one Man a Young Olliver quit because of the nuclear Mission. To said to just could t do Turner said. Tho sailors asked Why they volunteered of this duty were alter Ohall. When Petty Olicer 2.c. Angolo s. Lococo. Who stands watch in Ine navigation Center that is vital to accurate missile launching was queried a said Well. I Don i know. Sometimes when we re tailing under Wales in this 18,000-Lon Shin i wonder Why but then sometimes people show hey appreciate what we do " Petty officer 1 a. James e Hosford is a watch Section chief in the sonar room Hal is the ears of lha Blind submarine. He said he served because i gel paid to honestly. It s my fib i signed up to do it and it s necessary to be Turner who is responsible Lor lha submarine the misses and the lives of 172 Ollices. Dials and sailors said his main Reward was working Wilh the Crow i like what i a said with a shrug and i like to think that i m Good Al the stars and stripes Page 13
