How Eggs Give Away the Location of Nuclear Submarines

Here's why submarines are frightened by eggs. Nuclear submarines carry on board hundreds of dozens of eggs. And a very well known fact among submariners is you don't mess with The Egg.
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[@Militaryalltheway]

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[@Irobert1115HD]

have to report it to the controll room... isnt the sonar room usually directly under the controll room or part of it?

[@markharris1342]

@@Irobert1115HD On a 617 and 640 class sub the sonar shack is forward of control across from the Radio shack.

[@bashkillszombies]

Dude, you're getting such levels of views, get a narrator. These text to speech / bot channels are pure cancer.

[@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat]

Ｓｏｕｒｃｅ？The vetrants below disprove the point in the video.

[@stevendevonside4647]

I served in the Royal Navy as a Sonar operator. Out of all the sounds we were taught to identify, I was never taught how to identify the proximity of a submarine by the cracking of eggs. There are a lot louder things than eggs imploding on a Nuke Boat. Maybe this vid should only be shown on April 1st. 😂😂😂

[@senianns9522]

I agree total bullshit!!

[@sichere]

Indeed. What a load of waffle

[@mikestrohm3271]

Me too, 22 years, mostly Swiftsure and Trafalgar class. Not sure if it the same today but back then we discharged all our waste overboard with the infamous gash gun and the skin ripping finger amputating gash containers made of razor sharp steel that had to be rolled and assembled

[@Erdbeerschorsch2011]

Also, why would the eggs be imploding in a trash compactor? That makes no sense.

[@jBKht931]

US Sonarman here. The only sounds we had with trash disposal out the bottom of the Boat into the ocean was all the bio's (dolphins) coming from way far off to rip open the wet garbage nylon bags to eat. What a feeding frinzy. The rare times we would hear a bottle with a tight lid put in a wet bag and not a TDU can (those were metal cans with holes every 2 inches, they were put in the 2,000 psi compactor where the dry tash went) the bottle would go "pop" as it went down and we would tell the conn there were bottles in the load. This then required the mess cooks to hand feel the wet garbage bags for hard objects. We only held trash on board if we were inside the 100 fathom curve.

[@onebridge7231]

As a submarine veteran, I can attest the eggs never lasted long enough to spoil. Plus, the U.S. Navy does not store our trash. We deep six it through the TDU while underway.

[@toastnjam7384]

I found that hard to believe too. I served aboard the USS Kitty Hawk and we got a unrep every 5/6 days and we ran out of fresh milk and eggs after about 3/4 days.

[@robertdewar1752]

That used to be the case in the RN also, until about 10 years ago. All gash is now to be retained onboard due to international maritime law. I would imagine all Western navies now fulfill obligations iaw this legislation.

[@robertdewar1752]

​@@magicstix0r Do you have first hand experience of this, i.e. can you be more specific?

[@jdavis2609]

​@robertdewar1752 I have first hand knowledge. I served 10 years in the US Navy on Subs. We seperate the plastic to the best of our ability and keep it onboard until we pull into port. The rest get compacted and put in metal cans that are designed to sink. We absolutely drop our trash in the ocean.

[@keith32482]

Served for 10 years. We pumped food waste directly overboard and metal and all other trash besides plastic was dumped in certain areas. Plastic was turned into pucks and offloaded in port.

[@maj0072]

Great story. Urban mith, I'm afraid. The sound of a cracking egg isn't going to escape the soundproofing of a modern submarine 😅. Think about it . Over a hundred men and women talking operating machinery, dropping tools, and such . Yet an egg can give away its location 🤔. I don't think so.

[@armcchargues8623]

Dropping tools, slamming doors, dropping the toilet seats - those are all transients that sonar can detect. We are trained not to do those things. Spent 8 years of my life submerged on four different submarines. Still walk softly and close doors very gently. A single egg probably won't get picked up. A few dozen imploding sounds like an alka seltzer in the water and will get picked up if someone is close enough.

[@warrenpuckett4203]

Hell I thought it would be because some chief ripped big khaki splitter from pickled eggs and beer.

[@stupitdog9686]

Total bollocks !!

[@OG_BiggusDickus]

Yea, I'm afraid nobody on a nuclear submarines is doing things like talking, dropping tools or other noisy things when they're suppose to be quiet... those are all things that can be transmitted to the outside of the sub, you're both giving soundproofing too much credit, and in the same breath discounting how incredibly sensitive modern sonar can be.

[@OG_BiggusDickus]

Spend a little time doing any research and you will find how devastatingly incorrect you and a couple of these other people are, the belief we have moved passed sound discipline in a combat environment on a submarine is exceedingly foolish... it's not your great grandfather's submarine, with modern instruments not even designed to detect submarines you can hear noises in the ocean for thousands of miles. This is just ignorance, from someone who doesn't "think so." Good thing you're not an officer in the navy...

[@rcsontag]

This was not an issue during the cold war. Eggs were preserved by irradiation, a wax coating, and refrigeration. We always ran out of eggs long before any could go bad.

[@Mike_Hughes]

"Would you like your Eggs Boiled, Fried, Poached or Irradiated?" Mmmmmmm Nice.

[@kevintaylor791]

Hold up.. So the hydraulic pump that that drives the trash compactor on a sub is QUIETER than eggs breaking???

[@davidfrick383]

They don't have hydraulic pumps. They use accumulators. 1000% less noise.

[@meowmur302]

@@davidfrick383say you don’t know how an accumulator accumulates hydraulic fluid without saying you don’t know. An accumulator is a storage device for high pressure hydraulic fluids. How does it become high pressure? Magic I guess

[@kevintaylor791]

@@davidfrick383 That makes some sense I guess... store the pressure when you can make the noise... but how do they maintain that quiet when the pressure bleeds down? Where did the pressure come from? My engineering brain is spinning on how to do this... multiple accumulators cycling though, charged with steam?

[@meowmur302]

@@kevintaylor791 hydraulic pumps are used. If it was steam then it would be a continuously operated auxiliary component when hydraulics are not used at all times. Accumulators cannot charge themselves, they are simply a high pressure storage device for when large demands are required.

[@robertkarp2070]

They wouldn't use them if total silence was necessary. On a Boomer, it's necessary, especially if they know there are foreign shipping in the area. Also, even if they were known to be down there, it wouldn't be known what type of submarine it was, as long as the screws were running at quiet speed. Sonar Techs would identify a vessel by their signature and each ship or submarine has a signature screw noise of their own. During running silent evolutions, all unnecessary equipment would be kept silent.

[@javiercastro8466]

It has been some years since I served onboard a submarine as a sonar tech, and this is a first, so don't know how much faith I can put in this video. We had a number of things going that were much louder from air compressors to steam turbines and more without issue. Aside from a sound short, I have to wonder. I did notice in the video that trash is separated and wonder if the disposal procedure has also changed.

[@Markevans36301]

I wandered the same , back in the day everything just went in the TDU.

[@robertkarp2070]

Were you on Boomers or Attack? That might be the difference. I wasn't on submarines but I was stationed at Trident Refit Facility in Bangor, Wa. It was well known that if a Trident had to surface while deployed for any reason, they were considered compromised and had to return to port. They didn't get to make port visits to foreign countries. Unlike the attack subs that were part of our carrier battle groups, that got to make port visits like the rest of the battle group on WestPac.

[@javiercastro8466]

@@robertkarp2070 Attack sub out of Pearl Harbor. Either type sub would be considered compromised if detected. WESTPACS were typically a solid 3 months of non-surface undetected activities, followed by 3 months of various other operations from various other ports. Attack subs during peace time conduct intelligence gathering as one of their roles. We were only part of a surface group once, as attack subs are typically independent. Being independent also allowed hitting ports without an entire surface fleet group.

[@robertkarp2070]

@@javiercastro8466 I agree. I've been on two westpacs and we've had accompanying subs surface, and had them pull into ports for port visits. I was in the Kitty Hawk Battle Group on the USS Long Beach (CGN-9) when the Kitty Hawk hit the Soviet Submarine. I don't doubt subs would do solid 90 days underwater. When on westpac, the surface ships would all be in total emcon and all Sonar on passive. For awhile I was stationed at Subase, Bangor, Wa, at the Trident Refit Facility, and they couldn't make port visits anywhere. They'd leave Bangor, deployed only 90 days, and have to return, change crews and head back out again. I'm only familiar with the Boomers, not the Attack as far as deployment scheduling routines.

[@javiercastro8466]

@@robertkarp2070 Yeah, we went out for 6 months during a WESTPAC, which could be extended depending on the needs of the navy before returning to our home port. We only had one crew. I have no regrets in my decision to serve on subs.

[@markharnitchek9205]

spent lots of time in submarines ... we didn't have enough reefer/freezer space, so we stored all the eggs in the bilges of the torpedo room ... they stayed cool throughout the deployment and i recall having fresh eggs for 2-3 months.

[@largol33t12]

I've been told submariners are experts at hunting for storage space in all kinds of crazy places. I still think they're the best branch of the military at squirreling away just about anything. And I mean ANYthing!

[@martystrasinger3801]

Works well in the North Atlantic, no so much further south. However eggs are actually edible for longer than you expect, we called them “EAB eggs” when the mess cooks wore EABs when cooking them. Vent fans on high… Anyway this “sounds like” (see what I did there?) BS to me.

[@doubleT84]

@@martystrasinger3801 Eggs can stay good for a long time, when they are not washed and keep their natural surface. But supermarkets often want to sell clean, good looking eggs and wash them, making it necessary to keep them cool, but these still have reduced shelf life.

[@jimfrazier8611]

@@martystrasinger3801 the bilge eggs would keep for a good three months in the Gulf of Alaska, which was about the limit of a strategic detergent patrol anyway. I know they could stretch things further in the event of war by rationing meals, but WTF was the COB gonna do when we run out of Kim-wipes and Simple Green?

[@markteaney8381]

I was on the M.G. Vallejo from 76 to 80 we stored eggs in the torpedo rm bilge to keep them cool patrols lasted about 70 days we started getting rotten eggs about 50 days into the patrol we went to powdered eggs. Nothing like the smell of rotten eggs in the morning in a closed in sub 😮

[@AmsterdamHeavy]

If a sub was worried about running silent, they wouldnt be running the gd trash compactor.

[@CP-012]

This shows just how important and dangerous navy cooks can be. Never underestimate a navy cook, remember Casey Ryback, lead cook on the USS Missouri.

[@clearcreek69]

He's just a cook! A pain in the ass cook.

[@morganpowell2999]

Haha yes!

[@thejohnbeck]

and his grateful rescuee, Erika Eleniak

[@clearcreek69]

@@thejohnbeck Is she dating musicians now?

[@RCAvhstape]

Wasn't it also a cook on the Red October who almost scuttled the boat by attacking things which don't react well to bulletsh??

[@radamus210]

I gotta ask my buddy about this. He spent some time underwater. When they were hunting, there's a lot of things they couldn't do.

[@kennethdavis9732]

True but eggs is never a consideration, 20 year retiree here and the egg things is about as stupid as they come. In my 20 years we never had any eggs to go bad

[@jackfrost2146]

After reading comments from so many submariners, I think this video has imploded loudly!

[@ssmt2]

I did six patrols and one DASO on a FBM in the early eighties. I don’t know who wrote the script for this video but they don’t have a clue what they’re talking about.

[@masturcheef105]

For the experts- is there ever a scenario where an explosive fart would compromise your location and everyone's safety?

[@zahirkhan4576]

Depends how long the fart was.

[@radicalrick9587]

*Depending on what your fart was loaded with, say strong beans and some other fart Ammunition, then yeah it is possible.* 🙃💥 🤣

[@timothydonlan9112]

Why does this question make me think of "Down Perisocpe"?

[@christinebonner2210]

"Somebody find Buckmann & launch him out of a torpedo tube!"

[@applejacks971]

@@christinebonner2210 "Cool, did we hit an iceberg?"... 'Off the coast of Virginia?' lol!!! Heeelarious movie!!!

[@Markevans36301]

This is intriguing in that back in my day we never saw an egg go bad. We had fresh eggs for 3 - 4 weeks and it was on to powered eggs.

[@Wrathlon]

Can we just appreciate that in the entirety of the earths ocean in all 3 dimensions and the 2 submarines still managed to hit each other.

[@joshf-o6696]

In the fourth dimension

[@williamthomas6106]

Compared to the depth of the oceans, the operational limits of submarines are so limited that it is essentially a two dimensional space. Aircraft must maintain 1000 ft of separation when flying through the air. By contrast, 1000-2000 ft is basically the operational limits of most modern submarines. (give or take based on submarine class). Most submarines routinely operate under 1000ft of depth.

[@alkh3myst]

Eggs that haven't had their protective wax layer washed off with hot water can keep for weeks unrefrigerated. Eggs aren't refrigerated in Europe, where eggs are processed naturally. My Grandma had chickens at her home in Virginia, and the eggs I ate there were never refrigerated. I think the USDA should reevaluate egg processing standards.

[@nunya3163]

Even when washed, they can be coated with a mineral oil to replenish that protective layer.

[@AuxiliaryPanther]

I eat eggs like this too. The problem isn't that unwashed eggs can't be safe, it's what companies will do to skate by the rules if allowed to.

[@alkh3myst]

@@nunya3163 I didn't know that.

[@nunya3163]

@@borderlineiq When eggs are laid, there is a natural wax that helps preserve them for months, even without refrigeration. When they are washed, this wax is stripped off, allowing for air to permeate the shell, and cause spoilage. But yes, even a washed egg will remain edible if kept refrigerated, for over a year. They just just have that much refrigerated space onboard a ship or sub.

[@alkh3myst]

@@borderlineiq My comment SPECIFICALLY said "unrefrigerated". 🧐🧐

[@DannyB-cs9vx]

On surface ships, after about a week we were out of fresh eggs. From then on the joke was how do you want your eggs. They would be scrambled made from powdered eggs.

[@justsayingforafriend7010]

Bread eggs and Milk is gone after 2 weeks. How do you want your eggs? Ok no problem, here is a ham and cheese omelette, NEXT!!!

[@Inkling777]

Spoiling isn't the issue. I have eggs that are still OK after several months in my refrigerator. I suspect those doing the cooking on surface ships just don't want to bother to stock enough fresh eggs.

[@radamus210]

I called my buddy, he laughed an said well, I guess I could see that. He was in propulsion/nuke/ electrical engineer. Asked him about the trash compactor, "Oh yeah, used the hell out of it but shot it out most of the time unless they were on a mission or maneuvers then they stowed it. Told me a fun story sitting in a port where a civil war was going on gathering intel. So yeah, quiet is a big deal. I looked at the port, and that's balls to sit there, really narrow.

[@haroldmedalen6757]

I am happy to see that many of the submariners are wearing camouflage clothing. I am sure that this helps with the stealth.

[@richardhowe5583]

I think it has something to do with mind morale 😮😊

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

Good point. If they were deployed in or went swimming in a kelp forest, then good ole green camo could have some use.

[@michaelb.8953]

It's called a "uniform" for a reason.

[@MikeV8652]

No, but it looks cool!

[@Ind421]

😂😂😂😂

[@bobstud3754]

But what happens when they serve beans and everyone is farting?

[@pauliedweasel]

They have to wear special wind breakers! 😉💨

[@bigred1247]

Cluster bombs my friend😅😅

[@stoehrcov]

Noise is a factor. However, you can't open a window. If you blew it. Enjoy.

[@armcchargues8623]

The atmosphere in a boat stinks anyway. You hardly notice a fart.

[@markl1733]

Can you imagine that infamous "Blazing Saddles" scene taking place in a submarine? Boy Howdy!

[@1KSarah]

I was a seaman for a while. We had a cook that looks like Salvador Dali. The hair, the mustache, the crazy eyes, the flamboyant behavior. It was fun.

[@Kaosclear]

Also a submarine Veteran, and I will also attest to most of this being made up. Only thing that was true is we do have some damn good cooks, think I even saw one of the cooks from my old boat in one of the clips they used. Hi Steve.

[@Kaosclear]

@@FLY2KO Yeah I mean rotten eggs which I've never even seen on a US sub at least, wouldn't make more noise then non rotten eggs being cracked. Also the only trash we stored on board was plastic, every thing else got compacted and shot out the bottom of the boat through the TDU, so we do "just toss it into the water" just with a couple extra steps.

[@gregthompson3610]

As a former Sonar Tech on Fast Attack subs. This was very inaccurate. We shoot our trash off board in a vertical tube and it’s not stored and eggs are not a problem as indicated here 😂

[@AuxiliaryPanther]

Facts

[@anthonyburke5656]

The Australian Navy (RAN), is, so far as I know, the only navy that drafts non volunteers into submarines, against their express wishes and leading to a huge number of “non re-enlistments”. The result is a chronic shortage of trained submariners and a high cost of training. Why? Because the RAN Officer Corp isn’t up to the job.

[@toddperry9860]

The toughest job in the Navy, and I always thought it was the SEALS.

[@im1who84u]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@jamesmeyer1325]

Being a former submariner myself, I would say that the toughest job in the Navy might be working on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier or something like that. Life on a submarine is relatively peaceful, quiet and safe, although it can be tough on the psyche. But there are ways to deal with that, like keeping busy. And the great chow helps - until you run out of fresh eggs!

[@scooterc6412]

As a bubble head from the cold war era, I can testify that this is inaccurate. Fun, informative stuff, just not reality. Those mess cooks really do a great job and bust their asses! Better food on a US sub than many 5 star restaurants. As I remember it, we had fresh eggs for about 6weeks. After the fresh eggs were gone we ate powdered eggs, which contained salt peter. For Peter. So’s the berths didn’t look like a tent city, if you’re picking up what I’m putting down!

[@scooterc6412]

You’re very welcome! You guys worked so hard and the hours were grueling! But I got to admit, I never heard them complain! Thanks again for feeding the fleet! You guys are the best in the world!

[@bigskunk801]

After reading several comments. I wonder how much noise s trash compactor makes when compacting? My opinion is the eggs aren’t going to explode because the compactor moves very slowly. I would think slower than a home unit. Compacting slowly is quieter than fast therefore an egg will crack and compact like regular egg shells. Also just how quiet is a garbage compactor on a sub.

[@johncholmes643]

4 minutes and 23 seconds of my life I'll never get back.

[@nautifella]

We never had eggs go bad... we ate them first. Then we had powered. Yu could still order OE, but you're getting scrambled. (STS2-SS: six years, four 90+ day deployments and weekly ops)

[@martynhaggerty2294]

I went camping years ago in the hot Australian bush .. no refrigerator.. even after 2 weeks all the eggs were ok.

[@largol33t12]

The story of the two subs colliding is just one big John Cena meme waiting to happen. "You can't see me!! You can't even hear me!!" 🤣

[@meclazine]

The Enigma machine was never cracked. The Allies simply listened for cracked eggs on the U-Boats.

[@smokedbrisket3033]

if the eggs were coated with mineral oil, they wouldn't need to be refrigerated at all. they'll stay good for months and months.

[@JohnDoe-on6ru]

Wait what

[@smokedbrisket3033]

@@JohnDoe-on6ru dozens of yt videos on this very thing

[@Shaker626]

@@JohnDoe-on6ruIn most countries the eggs still have the natural layer of chicken mucous that seals the egg. In America, this layer is usually washed off with Ammonia because the conditions for laying hens is awful there.

[@jamesmason5630]

On my first patrol, we ran out of everything but ground beef, tomato sauce and elbow macaroni so we had chili mac, goulash or American chop suey whatever you want to call it four meals a day for the last week or so.

[@joecook8352]

So the two subs that ran into one another in the beginning of the video couldn’t hear one another with their passive sonar but can give their location away by a egg popping? I don’t think that’s correct imho

[@rberg135]

I think submarine’s thermonuclear weapons are more frightening than eggs.

[@Frisbieinstein]

Fear the primal power of the egg!

[@wythetrumpet6419]

Hum, you learn something new every day!

[@Sycokay]

There is egg powder, and there are processed eggs without shells. Way longer shelf life and less space needed to store those. If the US Navy seriously has a problem with fresh eggs, I could sell them this information.

[@AuxiliaryPanther]

We use that when the real eggs run out, but trust me... we hate it.

[@rodneyhalley1781]

They do make powdered eggs, powdered milk, and powdered potatoes….all of which I encountered during my stay in Uncle Sam’s yacht club

[@chrissmith7669]

I had a buddy decades ago who was a sonar operator. He told stories that as they left port there was almost no room to move as every open space had food stores. They didn’t refrigerate the eggs so after a week or two the guy cracking eggs would be wearing a gas mask. Lol

[@radamus210]

My bud told me same thing. 2 weeks, 3 tops eggs were eaten or rotten. Same thing, long deployment, filled to the gills. Eat all the fresh stuff first, then to the boxes and cans.

[@chrissmith7669]

@@radamus210 he loved eating shrimp but hated the taste. He said he’d never get the clicking sound out of his ears when they drove through a school of horny shrimp. Would never by anything Toshiba after they gave the Russians the rolling to make almost silent propellers. Was a Great guy

[@davidfrick383]

PURE BS. Depending on ocean Temps injection Temps we used a torpedo tube to refrigerate eggs until one of the freezers was empty. Then converted it back to a refer for fresh food picked up in various ports.

[@A5JDZK]

Serve powdered eggs instead or liquid eggs...no more noise

[@marcmeinzer8859]

I mess cooked on a boomer back in the late 1970s. We had a machine to roll our own narrow garbage cans replete with holes in the sheet metal to admit sea water so they were not at all buoyant. We also placed heavy discs in the bottom to ensure that they sank. Then we filled them in a trash compactor. And then finally we stacked them up in the vertical trash disposal tube in the scullery, sealed the hatch on top, and then finally ejected them to descend to the sea bed. Since we were stationed in Guam the seabed could be in excess of 4,000 fathoms.

[@andrewkamoha4666]

3:01 "If they forget to smash the eggs, they will implode. On Sonar it will sound like a firecracker." What about an *explosive fart?* Can also be picked up on a Sonar? Or submarine sailors doesn't fart?

[@sonjakavalut]

No beans allowed...🤣

[@andrewkamoha4666]

@@sonjakavalut Rumors say submarine sailors don't sneeze ...

[@Ukepa]

a little-known dilemma... good video!

[@ImTheDaveman]

Dehydrated or Freeze Dried Eggs would solve that problem! They may not have the taste of fresh eggs, but some manufacturers as I understand it come very close.

[@alanlangley7246]

i used to delv tanker loads of syrup to m&m mars candy they would have tankers that would unload eggs wonder if having all ready cracked eggs solve the problem im sure the brass has already thought of this so it must be a weight /room issue

[@ezrabrooks12]

Good Video/Info.

[@joelbeske1504]

Six crewmembers prep the food? Maybe on a SSBN/SSBN. On my boat, (Permit), one cook on watch plus two mess cooks.

[@IMAN7THRYLOS]

I don’t understand, don’t they have some tech way to make the compactor and egg cracking silent?

[@JinKee]

We do. It's called soaking eggshells in vinegar.

[@seashackf1]

They don’t need to. Enough submariners have commented this is not true for many reasons.

[@mississippichris]

It's the narrator of this video that needs to be silent.😂

[@jus7040]

"It's not what you think!" - "I think, eggs make them fart and this can be heard over enemy sonar." "Eggs make people fart." -"I knew it!" 😂

[@andrewhart9310]

I love reading through a comments section where people dismiss the premise while ignoring the actual points. True or not (and I've never heard the supposed "well known fact" of "you don't mess with the egg"), the majority of comments dismissing the concept make it very clear that they either didn't watch the video, or lack the comprehension to understand it. Again, that doesn't make it true or real, but suggesting that "the sound of cracking egg shells inside the hull is less than other human noises!" is, umm, SERIOUSLY not related to the claim made in the video, at all, in any way. If you want to argue that a claim isn't real, then argue the actual claim made, not something else. I'm embarrassed on behalf of every idiot who claims to be a submarine veteran and then promptly displays an absolute inability to actually pay attention to the claim they're trying to debunk. (I totally agree, however, that you're unlikely to have many, if any, eggs spoil before you use them in a modern US submarine. Perhaps that was an issue previously, or with eggs that are not treated and therefore require refrigeration. But in a modern American context, you're going to run out of eggs before they go bad.)

[@peterorthmann5612]

I believe that once upn a time, they would dump the trash in weighted bags through a special tube designed for the job.

[@buickkkkkk1]

I just wonder how much noise an egg makes when it implodes under presser now, something I never thought about before watching this.

[@rd9831]

Today the chinese sonars are so sensitive, they can pickup an english submariner' fart noises after eating stale eggs. 😂

[@bigsmiler5101]

wow this inspires me to tell of some of MY military knowledge

[@168tsai8]

So Navy switched to using eggs in bags for food service?

[@zabarang1]

Someone has an active imagination.

[@user-zy3jw3oh9b]

Solid! Top KEK! Peace be with you.

[@donaldthomason4588]

Interesting

[@rcstl8815]

I was waiting for an egg to pop out with a knife!

[@BuckJackson-kc8pb]

They should install sound proofing materials around the galley and the trash compactor.

[@GEMOGRAPHER]

I was the commander of 2 classes of Nuclear submarines throughout my career. I never had any issues with Eggs or... We had a big chicken and Duck farm onboard ,producing sufficient eggs and a dairy farm with buffaloes for fresh milk. It was fun feeding them and watch them grow.. Our scientists also developed a system to power the vessels using their poo as an alternative fuel. Missing those lovely days...😢

[@HM2SGT]

🤣😏😉😹

[@GEMOGRAPHER]

And the reason we chose buffaloes instead of cows was because of our hardup sailors. We had instances of them cuddling with cows in the empty missile bays....

[@j.r.r.toking]

Somehow an egg implodes out at louder decibel than a nuclear powered turbine? 😒

[@briant7265]

Nothing else in the trash compactor makes noise as it's being crushed.

[@gordbell3128]

Wait what??? Then how does the kitchen staff crack them??

[@TokyoXtreme]

0:38 “…to detect its present” I guess submarines usually have the power to see what’s wrapped under the Christmas tree?

[@laurentzduba1298]

Sonar operators who got the moniker of "golden ears" will certainly hear this - especially with the help of multi-million dollar listening gear with a state-of-the-art Fast-Fourier-Transform.

[@WeAretheWorld89]

I think breathing or snoring is the problem. Btw how do u let of gases ?

[@nikitaw1982]

They say food quality a huge moral booster. I swear feminism about demoralising familys. I feel sorry for kids today whose mothers grande mothers dont cook well.

[@jumpingjacks5558]

Very interesting

[@pfclumi]

As a 92G dealing with food waste is a hassle.

[@kittymervine6115]

you can make eggs last a long time without cold. Glass watering eggs is easy, and keeps them ready to use.

[@jerrynoonkester7208]

WOW. Did I ever learn a lot from this video. These producers must have the highest security to know so much classified stuff I never knew. Boy do I feel stupid. MTC(SS) 1962-1984

[@beer1for2break3fast4]

The boys on the old diesel electric boats would laugh their asses off to hear the narrator claim the two nukes were so quiet they couldn't hear each other lol. More like they were so noisy they couldn't hear each other.

[@bloodyorphan]

What they don't tell you is the "Battery Hen" array , 50 mother hens lined up at the front of the SUB in cages, specifically trained/traumatised to "point" to any sounds of eggs cracking!

[@user-pe8gz7mx6rtank]

I guess powder eggs from now on boys.

[@Shattered3582]

what about talking, something falling, stuff being moved around? if cracking an egg would give away you position, then the submarine crew would have to be the quietest people on earth

[@waterlife.1905]

Another fix is to use (I know I know {yuk} its not the same) frozen liquid eggs. Can make good scrambled eggs.

[@grahamcook9289]

British Astute class submarines are nuclear powered hunter-killer submarines that do NOT carry nuclear warheads. They have torpedos and cruise missiles only armed with conventional warheads. British Vanguard class submarines are nuclear powered and do carry Trident ICBMs, each of which is armed with multiple nuclear warheads.

[@frequentlycynical642]

Refrigerated eggs never go rotten. Once I moved into a house, the new roommate. Not having gone shopping, I asked Johnny if I could use a couple of his eggs. When I cracked them, they were extremely viscous, but still edible. I asked him how old they were and he couldn't remember....months? What happened is that moisture left through the shell. But they never rotted.

[@cassyfromgarry]

You have to take a silent Dump as well.The splash could be picked up by an enemy sub.

[@1mouseman]

Cool story bro

[@realQuestion]

but when they crack the eggs outside the compressor, that isn't audible? [Why not?]

[@PaintmanJohn]

At the start of our Patrol we would "re-purpose" one of our depth control tanks as a Food Storage locker for canned goods such as dehydrated apple sauce and other such "delicacies". 🙂 During the Patrol, as we consumed our ready available food, we would open the tank and remove the food to other more accessible shelves for the cooks. And YES, we had eggs for a LONG LONG TIME. In 1972 we were eating eggs with a 1949 date code on the package !@@! (of course they were frozen !)

[@jerrynoonkester7208]

Sounds like a 637 class. Also stored o2 candles for under ice. (SSN 851)

[@jerrynoonkester7208]

651 sorry The Queenie

[@theodoreolson8529]

On my old boat, a million years ago, the toilet in the crews head was oriented fore and aft. On post overhaul sea trials while changing depth the toilet lit slammed down producing a lovely transient. The Chief of the Boat had the toilet seat removed for the remainder of the 5-day underway. Problem solved. I think the detailer hated our boat because he sent me 5 cooks that were the absolute dregs. Those cooks were representative of why they no longer allow officers to carry sidearms. 🙂 We ran out of TDU weights before on local ops (again stupid cooks) but I can't ever recall having problems with eggs, although we knew that could happen.

[@jenwright2577]

False! They dont always have to be quiet and when they do their definitely not going to run a trash compactor! Dropping something on the floor will make way more noise than an egg ever could!

[@morganpowell2999]

Umm no, any trash on board was put in trash compactor and thrown overboard unless it was plastic. Plastic was the only items that was stored to dispose of properly when at port.

[@kepler186f4]

My father was an RAF pilot in the Western Desert.... fresh eggs don't last long enough to go off.

[@AsusMemopad-us5lk]

If the crew is enjoying the food, it seems implausible that eggs would be so likely to go bad. Even if they did, could they not be cooked, and then not go bad for even longer?

[@Einwetok]

@@bmacd2112 Whoever wants to win the farting contests.

[@5000rgb]

yes, it seems like if they went bad you could cook them in the shell and then crack them. I would think this would cut down the odor.

[@bigbob1699]

Those cooks are gods!

[@normalizedaudio2481]

They find some island to do the composting?

[@jean-pierregermain6854]

Utter carp. If it was that simple we would have an egg hatchery aboard P8’s. :-)

[@cdubs9918]

Wouldn't the sound of compacting the trash in and of itself, be louder than the egg shell?

[@mikepickell8792]

The cooks are the backbone of suibmarine fleet.

[@JohnDoe-on6ru]

What if the egg contained some mutant bird who hatches and takes over the sub?

[@Frisbieinstein]

It happened in 1968 off of Bermuda.

[@montgomeryrichard]

All they would have to do is cook all the eggs hard-boiled just before disposing of them. Send the cheque in the mail!😎

[@tinkerstrade3553]

Is there a sonar operators handbook outlining how to distinguish eggs popping from all the other life going on just beyond your walls? And do all the eggs explode at the same time, to make this tell-tale "fireworks"? Heres an idea for the suggestion box. Make a M-359 Eggholer. A rollor with an up/down slide plate, with adjustable springs. The rollor a standard 2" diameter. Drill holes in a random pattern and insert screws. Mount on trash conveyor and adjust as needed. A made up story, IMO.

[@coscobbob]

Are there any submariners out there that have been court martialed for farting ? Asking for a friend. 😂