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Comment by elizabeth77(USS SAN FRANCISCO) on January 20, 2011 at 1:05am

Connie Foaling, I'm with you.  Every time I hear that there are holds I think, yeah that's longer he will be on dry land and in the states safe on a base.

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on January 19, 2011 at 11:28pm

Thank you, Mark. I'll sleep a little better tonight, although with a prayer first for the young woman and her family. Worry can make a mom crazy ... while most people are wishing for a speedy trip thru the nuke school process, I'm hoping it drags out a bit between A/power/prototype, because at least in school my sailor will be safe
(relatively speaking, there are still cars to worry about)..

Comment by Mark on January 19, 2011 at 9:59pm

You're right LLove, there is a rescue swimmer assigned on the maneuvering watch bill. "Maneuvering watch" refers to the special watch assignments made on a submarine entering and leaving port on the surface, one of the trickier times on board, actually. Everybody in the crew (except the skipper) has an assignment, similar to manning battle stations. And yes, the safety rails and chains are not as robust as you would find on a cruise ship, but still - man overboard incidents are not very common, and the accidental ones are usually because the sailor blew off a safety rule, or wasn't wearing a required harness, even in the rough weather that LLove mentioned. Your sailors are still safer deployed than they are driving a California freeway, statistically speaking.

Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on January 19, 2011 at 9:59pm

So far my son is planning to be on a sub.  I hope that's the case; I'll feel a little better then.

 

He sent me a picture today of his crows.  He got them today.  I'm excited for him.  Does anyone know why they are called crows?  He said that's just what they called them a long time ago.

Comment by elizabeth77(USS SAN FRANCISCO) on January 19, 2011 at 8:49pm

Mary, As far as I know the mailing address changes to T-track.

Comment by nvmomma on January 19, 2011 at 8:46pm

my3sons, wow! What a gorgeous hotel - what fun it would be to stay there! Thanks for the link - I hope you have a wonderful time. :)

Comment by LLovesmysailor on January 19, 2011 at 7:29pm

I didn't mean to say there were no safety rails, just that they are not like the solid railings on cruise ships. When my husband was in there were two incidents and both were the result of wet decks and bad (very bad) weather. In both cases the sailors were found. I imagine that was because everyone was watching out for each other do to the conditions.

Aren't there also rescue swimmers topside when the subs come in. I thought my son mentioned something about that??? He, of course, is always down in engineering when they come into port.

Comment by Mark on January 19, 2011 at 7:17pm

Navy surface ships do have safety rails or chains on the outer decks. They are very safety conscious in this respect. On submarines coming in and out of port, personnel topside will all be in life jackets, and many will be wearing a deck harness that hooks into a rail running most of the length of the boat; sort of like a dog run. Many, if not most, of the Navy's man overboard incidents are unfortunately a depressed sailor jumping.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on January 19, 2011 at 6:54pm

Unfortunately it does happen. Although usually in high seas with slippery wet decks It does not normally happen in good weather. These are not cruise ships with safety railings. I am always amazed at how many times the sailors are found alive. But if it happens at night it can take hours before anyone notices a sailor is missing.

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on January 19, 2011 at 5:13pm

This is news to me, the sailor overboard. She died? Every Navy mom's nightmare ... like Sherry, I'm wondering, what happened?? Does this occur often?

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