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Fair Winds And Following Seas

It's been almost 10 years, but it's time for me to say "farewell" to The Stupid Shall Be Punished and hang up my blogger's hat. Basically, I've run out of UNCLAS sea stories. Thanks to all the readers and commenters who have...

Published Tue, Apr 01 2014 6:19 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Submarine Force Loses Two, Much Too Soon

Yesterday marked the formal decommissioning of USS Miami (SSN 755), destroyed by an arsonist in 2012 . Past and present crew members, their families and other invited guests attended the event. "Admiral, the watch is secured," reported Miami's...

Published Sat, Mar 29 2014 2:09 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

International Submarine Open Thread

While I'm mourning the booting of my beloved Jaywalks from the Tournament, I'll post an open thread for whatever you guys want to talk about, with a couple of international submarine news items: 1) HMS Tireless (S88) was denied permission by the...

Published Sun, Mar 23 2014 11:48 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

USS Connecticut XO Relieved

From the Navy website : PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- The executive officer of the Bremerton, Wash.-based fast attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) was relieved of his duties March 8 due to a loss of confidence in his ability to serve as executive...

Published Sun, Mar 09 2014 3:06 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Friday Facepalms

Some news items about submarines (and those who wish they could be Submariners) from around the globe: 1) In which a non-technical British "Defence" Minister attempts to explain to a bunch of non-technical MPs why a FEF in a prototype reactor...

Published Fri, Mar 07 2014 8:35 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

The Crimea Crisis

Russia escalated the Crimea crisis today by scuttling an old Kara -class cruiser in a chokepoint outside Novoozerne as the Crimean parliament scheduled a plebiscite to decide if the region would stay in the Ukraine or join Russia. The Ukrainian MoD published...

Published Thu, Mar 06 2014 10:54 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Good Official Submarine Video

Got a half hour? Here's a good video from The Pentagon Channel that I somehow missed when it first came out. Has some good Virginia-class action shots in the middle third.

Published Sun, Mar 02 2014 2:16 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Another Indian Submarine Suffers Mishap

Only 6 months after the tragic explosion and fire aboard INS Sindhurakshak (S63), another Indian Kilo, INS Sindhuratna (S 59) suffered a mishap , this one at sea; the Indian CNO resigned as a result: The submarine, Sindhuratna, was forced to surface after...

Published Wed, Feb 26 2014 7:07 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

This Is A Ridiculous Reason To Fire Someone

I'm kinda speechless over this one. From the Navy website : WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Director, Strategic Systems Programs Vice Adm. Terry Benedict relieved Capt. John P. Heatherington, commanding officer of Naval Ordnance Test Unit (NOTU), Cape Canaveral...

Published Tue, Feb 18 2014 3:13 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

150 Years Ago

Today marks the 150th anniversary of CSS Hunley's sinking of USS Housatonic, the first successful submarine attack in history. Hunley was lost with all hands shortly after the attack, but her raised hull is providing a trove of information to historians...

Published Mon, Feb 17 2014 6:10 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Controversial Topics

I ended up closing comments on the previous thread because people mentioned names of people who weren't in the news in a negative light, which is one of the very few commenting rules we have here on TSSBP. In addition, there was one commenter who...

Published Mon, Feb 10 2014 4:01 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

USS Seawolf COB Relieved

The Chief of the Boat of USS Seawolf (SSN 21) was relieved today, according to this Navy press release : The chief of the boat (COB) of the fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) was relieved of his duties Feb. 6 due to unsatisfactory performance...

Published Thu, Feb 06 2014 8:38 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Uh-Oh

Well, it's not just the Air Force that's freaking out the media with an alleged cheating scandal involving the word "nuclear". From Navy Times : The Navy’s top admiral says the service is investigating alleged cheating among senior sailors...

Published Tue, Feb 04 2014 2:03 PM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Missile Launches

I was never assigned to a boomer, and got underway on one only once -- as a rider on Alpha Trials for USS Louisiana (SSBN 743). However, a lot of TSSBP readers are boomer guys, so I figure I should have a post for them to tell some of their favorite boomer...

Published Thu, Jan 23 2014 8:44 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

Beginning Of Year News And Videos

-- To send off 2013, here's the official SUBFOR propaganda video looking back at the last year: -- And here's a link to a fairly long (33 minute) video that seems to be mostly raw interviews from the sea trials of USS Minnesota (SSN 783) that...

Published Sun, Jan 12 2014 3:38 AM by The Stupid Shall Be Punished

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