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For Members & Friends Fall 2017 Issue 17.3 For Members & Friends SAOC West 2 Argentinean S u b m a r i n e Missing since Nov 15th Large Scale Multi-National Search As we go to press [a bit of a highfalutin term for the creation of this PDF newsletter] a massive search is un- derway for the missing ARA San Juan and her crew of forty-four, that includes Argentina’s first female submarine officer, Eliana Maria Krawczyk. The San Juan was reported returning to base south of Buenos Aires from stop in Ushuaia, near the tip of South America, when communications were lost. The search is being concentrated around her last known position, about 230 miles southeast of San Jorge Gulf. In addition to its own contingent of ships and aircraft, Argentina is being assisted by Britain, Chile and the US, including NASA and Orion and Poseidon aircraft with magnetometer and gravime- replacement of engines, batteries and sonar in ter equipment, with offers from numerous other 2013. countries. Searching ships and aircraft are being pummelled by strong winds and high seas. She is equipped for Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle compatibility, and the USN is The 220 foot, 2,300 ton TR-1700 submarine flying two rescue systems to the area. was one of two built in Germany and commis- sioned in 1985. The SRC McCann is rated for 850 feet and can bring up six at a time. It was designed during The other four of an original order for six of WWII but is still in use today. these four engine boats, rated at 25 knots sub- merged with a test The newer, Pressurized Rescue Module depth of +/- 1,000 (PRM) can bring up feet, were to have 16 personnel at a time been built in Argen- from 2,000 feet. It can dock, by sealing over tina but were never a downed submarine’s completed. hatch even when it is The San Juan, resting at a forty-five completed a moderni- degree angle, pitch zation refit, including and/or roll. Fall 2017 SAOC West 3 Highlights In this issue • Fall 2017 Issue 17.3 • Inside this issue Your Executive …. .…………...……...……... 6 The Cover Story …..……...………………..… 7 Idaho’s Submarine Base .....……………….. 8 Honorary Member ……………......……….… 12 Hunley ▪ Still Revealing Secrets ………….. 13 Incoming ▪ New Tilt Wing Tested …….…... 20 Change of Command ▪ A New GG ….…...... 26 Seppuku Avoided ..…....……………………... 33 Book Suggestions ………......………………. 37 Thought of the day …..……………...……..... 39 Odds ’n Sods ▪ The AstonTriton………....… 40 Gertrude Check’s ‘The Back Page’ ……….. 47 Odds ’n Sods ▪ Old Ironsides ……..……….. 51 2018 ▪ A Year Of Gatherings .……………..... 55 The Reminder Board ……..….……………... 58 Fall 2017 SAOC West 4 When preparing TheUpdate, the most important function in the Publisher Program is ‘Undo’ which shows on the toolbar as a . TheUpdate‘s entire staff agree with that assessment because it gets used quite a bit. It is usually clicked right after utter- ing the phrase … “Oh, Sh… shoot!” On the other hand, likely the most important tools for the reader, are the page down arrow and the scroll bar. The scroll bar is that little grey square in the long white line on the right side of the screen on which you can click and drag down past the current page and as many pages as you’d like. A third tool that accomplishes the same thing is the wheel on your mouse, if it has one. All of that is to say if you are not enjoying a par- ticular article, skip it. If it really exasperates you, send us a note with all of the details at theupdate- [email protected] so that we’ll be aware and able to file your input appropriately. On the other hand, if you find that you really en- joy an article or even a whole edition please send a note to the editor at [email protected] who will inform the whole group at the next staff meeting. Yes TheUpdate has of late gotten rather lengthy and the content is basically at the whim of the Man- aging Editor, but if that is really frustrating, nominate yourself for election as the next Managing Editor. We can pretty well assure you that you will be able to run unopposed and you will have free reign to hire your own staff and pay them whatever you deem to be appropriate as long as it doesn’t exceed the cur- rent guidelines. So remember, you have options. Fall 2017 SAOC West 5 Planning is now West Pacific where she is contributing significantly underway for our to Canada’s presence in the area. From all re- Gathering of Sub- ports, the boat is doing an outstanding job. She mariners in Victo- will remain in that area until next spring when she ria in 2018 to will return to Esquimalt. commemorate We have awarded Robyn Jutras an Honor- th the 50 anniver- ary Membership in our Association for her out- saries of the com- standing effort in producing the March of the Dol- missioning of phins. I shall be presenting Robyn with her mem- HMCS Okanagan bership certificate and special Association ball cap and HMCS Rainbow. in the presence of her Commanding Officer later The event will take place in Victoria at the this month. Hotel Grand Pacific from November 2 -4, 2018. I welcome new member Commander (Ret’d) This hotel was selected because it has excellent Mitch Ewan to our Association. Mitch is a former th facilities and successfully hosted our 100 Anniver- O Boat captain. Currently, he is the Hydrogen Sys- sary celebrations in 2014. It is also very conven- tems Program Manager at the School of Ocean iently located on the Victoria waterfront. In order to and Earth Science and Technology in Honolulu, secure this location, we had to change the dates of Hawaii. Welcome aboard Mitch! the event from October 19 – 21 to November 2 – 4. Please attend our November 29 meeting when I apologize if this inconveniences anyone. John Webber will brief us on the Battle of the Atlan- Thirty rooms are being held for us at this hotel at a tic. Pizza will be served - see you there. special rate of $139 per night. Further details on the Gathering including application form and how to book your hotel room will be promulgated in early December. Our next social event will be our Christmas Luncheon at the Four Mile Pub on Sunday, De- cember 3 at 1 PM. This has always been a most successful party. Kathy and I very much look for- ward to seeing everyone. I am still concerned about the low numbers attending our monthly meetings. On October 25, we had only 12 members in attendance. Our next meeting will be on November 29 when John Web- ber will be making another presentation. The sub- ject this time will be The Battle of The Atlantic. I thank John for his excellent work in adding these presentations to our meetings. I hope to see a good turnout. Paraphrasing Jackie Chan’s Father HMCS Chicoutimi is currently deployed to the Fall 2017 SAOC West 6 Depending on what you call hard. President Member-At-Large Lloyd Barnes Larry Skaalrud 250-658-4746 403-948-9314 [email protected] [email protected] Vice-President Historian George O’Keefe John Webber 250-360-2245 250-920-4159 [email protected] [email protected] (Note: monitored rarely) Navy Liaison Secretary Currently Vacant Jim Scott The new Commander of the Sub Squadron promises to 250-370-2359 appoint someone soon. [email protected] Social Media Treasurer/Membership Paul Cumberland J. Paul Lang 250-382-8588 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Entertainment Web & eMail Ken Capron Bob Emery 250-478-3930 250-727-0927 [email protected] [email protected] Slops Newsletter & Chris Parkes Past President (Ex-Officio) 250-658-2249 christopher- Paul Hansen [email protected] 250-812-1840 [email protected] Fall 2017 SAOC West 7 The Cover Story The Winter 2017 Edition in- cludes quite a mix of interesting arti- Photo by Mark Turney cles, with titles such as, Mixed real- This photo was spotted on the ity for submarine applications net and after a series of clicks the (click), combining virtual reality with, source turned out to be The Annual well, real reality is enhancing experi- Undersea Warfare Magazine Photo ences and promises to take applica- Contest for 2016. tions to places old duffers could The contest was established in never have imagined. 1999 and is co-sponsored by the Naval Titles also included: The coming Submarine League and the Director, revolution in cognitive autonomous Submarine Warfare. undersea vehicles (click); The next Photographer Mark Turney won big thing in undersea warfare may be silver in this contest with his picture of micro (click); Driving R&D success in “The Coming Storm: USS West a complex engineering environ- Virginia (SSBN 736)” ment (click); ANTX (Annual Naval Technology Exercise) lowers barri- TheUpdate contacted Mr. Turney ers to the undersea domain (click); to ask permission to use his photo as and iLab opening boosts subma- a cover for an upcoming issue, which rine innovation (click). he gave. However, when we tried following up to get more information The iLab is an unclassified about him and the circumstance of space created by the Commander, the photo he did not get back to us. Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CSP) to allow Submariners to What made this photo interesting prototype virtual reality and aug- for our purposes versus, say, the mented reality technologies to gen- first place winner of the USS Alex- erate ideas for low-cost solutions to andria SSN-757 ‘Sunset in the Bahamas’ fleet training and operational challenges.
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