My first thought. The guys up high are watching for sharks. They do get some fun time though.
RookFett on
We did that once off a carrier in the Caribbean-
once my eyes adjusted to looking deep under water, and I saw all the dark shapes moving down there, I crawled up the cargo net and said “nope” and never went in deep ocean again for swimming again.
HounDawg99 on
Did that off a sub several miles south of Bermuda back in the sixties. The water was 24,000 ft deep.
PrincessVioletBun on
omg that looks so fun! i wish i could do that :3
Frequent_Avocado5282 on
oceanic white tips.
rjm1775 on
After being locked up in that sub, this must have been fantastic.
cmparkerson on
On my first boat one of the things we did for Shellback involved swimming over the equator. Different class than this one though. The boat in the picture is a Skipjack class.
Plastic_Mess_1875 on
Sausage pod
Redfish680 on
I still remember the warmth of the black hull on my bare feet…
Dumb question but the outside of the submarine in the sun doesn’t get too hot to sit on like that?
whatyoucallmetoday on
I did this once. I dove in and swam under the water until I realized I could look along my body, see my feet and seem under the boat (a boomer). I looked up and saw the tiny feet of the people above me. I swam up, found my way back to the Jacob’s ladder, got back up and never jumped in again. That water was f*ck deep. The other two time there was swim call I was annoyed the sudden O2 increase woke me up.
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My first thought. The guys up high are watching for sharks. They do get some fun time though.
We did that once off a carrier in the Caribbean-
once my eyes adjusted to looking deep under water, and I saw all the dark shapes moving down there, I crawled up the cargo net and said “nope” and never went in deep ocean again for swimming again.
Did that off a sub several miles south of Bermuda back in the sixties. The water was 24,000 ft deep.
omg that looks so fun! i wish i could do that :3
oceanic white tips.
After being locked up in that sub, this must have been fantastic.
On my first boat one of the things we did for Shellback involved swimming over the equator. Different class than this one though. The boat in the picture is a Skipjack class.
Sausage pod
I still remember the warmth of the black hull on my bare feet…
https://preview.redd.it/r0rxaf034lyg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c62a2d7563c980916d6855d0acecb607334b048
Alright guys this seems like a good spot. We’re in 9,000 feet of water so go ahead and dive in off the tower it’s plenty deep.
Never got to swim call off the ship, but many open water SAR jumps in the Mediterranean and Red Sea.
https://preview.redd.it/kf63vzua5lyg1.jpeg?width=685&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1bc9475f509b9931c0f3d8f37ea80d704f32b4fc
Where’s the volleyball net?
Dumb question but the outside of the submarine in the sun doesn’t get too hot to sit on like that?
I did this once. I dove in and swam under the water until I realized I could look along my body, see my feet and seem under the boat (a boomer). I looked up and saw the tiny feet of the people above me. I swam up, found my way back to the Jacob’s ladder, got back up and never jumped in again. That water was f*ck deep. The other two time there was swim call I was annoyed the sudden O2 increase woke me up.