Kim sent us this photo of a submarine, sail boats and a Coast Guard vessel heading north yesterday afternoon.
She says, “We were just about to turn into Shilshole during the lunch hour today and caught this submarine, its Coast Guard escort and a couple of sailors, all in one frame.” We spoke with the Coast Guard this morning who confirmed that they were responsible for the escort. They declined to elaborate.
Submarine passes Shilshole Bay Marina
Wow! Seeing a sub in motion seems like quite a rare occurrence– catching one on camera seems even more special.
Great photo, Kim. Thanks for sharing!
I do not see a number on the fin, but that's on purpose. From the shape of the boat and the fact the fins are on the island this is a Los Angeles class fast attack submarine (SSN 688-SSN 718) and not an improved Los Angeles class (688I, SSN 719- SSN 773). Checking the Navy's web page shows that no boats of either class are homeported in the Puget Sound, though the Navy has transfered all of its Seawolf class boats (all three of them) to Bangor. Bangor now possesses these as well as eight SSBNs and two SSGNs. So this boat is either from Pearl Harbor, Groton, Guam, or Norfolk. Have a god time in Seattle guys!
Nice Shot!
Oh fun! Sorry I missed seeing that. I got to see two submarines “in the wild” in San Diego a few years ago … pretty exciting! Nice capture on camera!
Coool!
All this picture needs is Sean Connery standing up top looking somber.
are you sure it is not an Ohio class SSBN? it sure is long enough, you can tell Seawolf easily because the island shape is unique.
take your george bush war machines somewhere else.
hopefully obama called it out to sink it.
@Captain Bligh – correct on the type of sub. As a former reactor operator on a 688-class sub (SSN 701, Uss La Jolla, Jewel of the Pacific), that's a shot of a first-gen 688.
i think this would go back long before GWB.
Yes, the Ohio-class submarines have their sail proportionately closer to the bow, and the hull starts sloping down forward right in front of the sail. Here's a photo of an Ohio-class that shows that nicely: http://xpda.com/junkmail/junk163/030628-N-2903K…
Here's a photo of a Los Angeles-class: http://www.military-today.com/navy/los_angeles_class.jpg
You can clearly see the raised starboard-side “ridge” that holds a towed array and the prominent bulge just forward of that (not sure what the bulge is).
Reminds me of taking the Cross-Sound Ferry from New London to Orient Point on Long Island. The ferry goes right past the Electric Boat Company which makes many of these submarines. With EBC there and the sub base just upriver, it wasn't unusual to see a number of subs tied up and/or transiting the mouth of the Thames River there.
Thanks, Kim!
Obama? You must not realize that he's a moderate, not a wack job leftist.
The Hunt for Red Norwegians.
It's the USS Bremerton, which was in Bremerton for a port call last week. See this story from the Kitsap Sun: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/26/uss-b…. KING 5 aired live video of the Los Angeles-class fast attack sub as it was leaving town yesterday, headed for its home port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: http://www.king5.com/video/index.html?nvid=394383.
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We can't afford him. ;-(
that 'war machine' is what's keeping this country and YOU safe, you ungrateful person.
That “war machine” is carrying my husband and 149 other Sailors back to me in Hawai'i after being gone on deployment, thank you very much!! We have to go without our men for people like YOU to bitch about them.. Aren't you glad you have the freedom to do so???