Navy News has a list of this year's ships to be decommissioned. Among the targets is the venerable NR-1. When I was a student at Admiral Rickover's School for Wayward Boys, we used to hear all kinds of tales about this mysterious sub that was soooo secret, it didn't even have a name.
Well, the little lady is headed for retirement. Coincidentally, I just started reading "Dark Waters" a little tale by a former Nuke ICman. (I had forgot all about the Nuke IC rate.) So far, its good.
I wonder what will take the place of the indispensable little boat? And what will they do with the hull after they D-nuke it?
On NR-1, when they say, "Take her deep," they mean it!
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When I was at SubSchool in '76, it was just parked at the pier. I never heard it was that secret.
There were a lot of neat stories about it floating around and I thought it was very cool.
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