Watch Submariners Go To Sea For Real

Go towww.amazon.com/dp/B0001LQL6A to see this 60 minute TV special, The Complete Submariners Story. My Colleagues and I did our best to show you what was 'real" on a US Nuclear powered submarine. Thank you for watching it.
David Hoffman - Filmmaker

[@tanglediver]

I never drank coffee until I got to my first duty station. I haven't stopped since...

[@wyndynxor4084]

Never did start. Even after several patrols

[@margrevan]

That kid at the 0:06 mark was smuggling in contraband in his teddy bear!

[@DesertDigger1]

Who, Radar O'Reilly?

[@Subsquid-th1uh]

Chief is right! No coffee=short fuses

[@leepii]

We went long one time, down to flour, lard, 3 bean salad, coffee. Told MSC he runs out of coffee and we are going to have an issue.

[@importpappa]

The Chief is always right.

[@ericholbrook1733]

When they sound the ships whistle they are passing through the Hood Canal Bridge. Great video! I was ANAV on the Michigan from 94 to 99. I'm long retired now but my time on the Michigan was one of the, if not the best tours of my 24 year career.

[@stevefarris9433]

Memories of the 50's on the old diesels. No Teddy Bears but several bottles of cherries in a vodka base.

[@kevinkey6695]

the day after the sub goes to sea the clubs become very busy

[@jimfrazier8611]

It was only fair that the other crew got a shot at our wives, since turnabout is fair play.

[@samueljones5700]

Our god damn supply officer loved mint jelly. AND HE WAS ONLY AN ENSIGN!!! From about half way night on that’s the only kind we had. After two patrols we bitched to the CO. The next patrol there wasn’t a jar of that s__t on board. I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall during that conversation

[@marzillabryson6370]

God bless the US Navy- in air, sea surface and otherwise.

[@baldybaldwin2825]

EN2SS, USS Cobbler SS344, USS IREX SS482, USS Patrick Henry SSBN 599.

[@baldybaldwin2825]

R Mack I made two patrols on the Pat Hen in 1970 gold crew. Yep small world.

[@dougpoulton5544]

Old video. Enlisted are still in blue chambray shirts and Seafarer bells. Much more comfortable than what they wear today.

[@MulaBatiswaHutagaol]

Capt. Mark B. Keef served as the CO of Michigan's Gold Crew from November '89 - December '90. In the briefing he said that the crew were in port for about 3 months, so I believe that the documentary film was taken in 1990, perhaps the second patrol of him as CO.

[@jenniferlafond3]

My dad is in this documentary and you briefly see both my sister and I at the end. This was filmed Aug-Oct 1990.

[@reddevilparatrooper]

GO NAVY!!!

[@manueldope2292]

Legend has it is that they are still cruising that bad ass sub looking for business.

[@pmarmify]

all brave people

[@subvet657]

wow. I never realized it anything like that, but I only did 8 years in the US submarine service, so what do I know.

[@SporkPlays212]

subvet657 worked on a nuclear submarine but not smart enough to realize that people act differently in front of a film crew and things are done differently at different times

[@jimfrazier8611]

Can you imagine if they showed uncensored interviews with us angry trolls back aft?

[@georgecrutchfield8734]

I don't drink coffee, so of course everyone said that I made great coffee. When I went from the USS Argonaut to the USS Alexander Hamilton, I was so in awe at the size of the boat. They were the same length but the Hamilton was much larger in diameter and did not stink of diesel.

[@onebridge7231]

6 years isn’t a requirement. You choose your initial 4 or 6 years when you enlist. Usually a 6 year 1st entry is a 4 year with 2 year extension. I volunteered for BESS after MM A-school and only did 4 years in service. 3.4 years on my boat after almost 6 months of training including boot, A-school, and BESS.

[@davemalone3820]

Isn't that sweet, he has his Teddy Bear!

[@damiangrouse4564]

Run out of coffee in any service...not good.

[@michaelh2716]

Damian Grouse, How about soft drinks? Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper, 7-Up?

[@damiangrouse4564]

Don’t know about now...but the Chief in the video was pretty clear...in my day coffee was the “fuel/lubricant” of choice.

[@lorknozzel11]

soft drinks or even energy drinks can never take the place of a good, or even a bad, cup of coffee.

[@DeagleGamesTV]

Thought this was gonna be the scene from down periscope lmao. Either would be fairly accurate.

[@jameslaplace9635]

We never, ever, ever received hazardous duty pay. Not once at any time. We received submarine service pay. And when I arrived at SSN 662. It was $71 a month. Almost doubled my E-3 pay.

[@stevenmassey7586]

Lol, sub pay is equal to hazard duty pay and yeah it ain't much . About 50a month when I was in, in the very early 80s. E3 pay was like 450 a month before taxes ah great times.

[@Me-eb3wv]

@@stevenmassey7586nice

[@alanjudejordan5725]

Nice narrator Stacy Keach.🇺🇸

[@CJ-dy8lb]

This was the best time to serve. During peacetime (1980-2000). After Vietnam and before the “war on terror.” I’d much rather deploy to Scandinavia, Western Europe or Japan and Australia than Korea, Northern Africa and the Persian Gulf like they do nowadays. So glad I got out when I did and finished my reserve duty just months before 9/11.

[@narwhallegion8583]

Charles Joseph what about the Gulf War

[@tripletap8210]

This looks like 1980s, maybe early 90s.. Old dungarees , Dixie cup. Might have been during Regan's build up for the 600 ship navy.. I was a gunners mate and went to electronics A school with several boomers. You had to had high scores to serve on a sub...

[@jspee1965]

Yeah this is WAY old. The Ohio class boats are a totally different animal. Like Star Trek compared to this.

[@jhonyermo]

Bet they wish they had those dungarees back rather than the idiotic Army looking shit uniforms they have today. Ugly, hot, and the sailors look like fools.

[@summerrr1]

It’s 1991

[@joehohmann8994]

Nice tribute Marty.

[@Otokichi786]

Nova: A Science Adventure. (No matter where Public TV goes.;)

[@Guardsmen95]

This looks like NBK Bangor, definitely looks a lot different today.

[@narwhallegion8583]

Guardsmen95 probably, since they passed through Hood Canal so it’s definitely in the Puget Sound

[@johnthomas5166]

Port Gamble floating bridge is a drawbridge with two spans now.

[@irvinlopez1126]

I was aboard the Coral Sea. Gosh the experience was so amazing.

[@cbarkwell1000]

USS Coral-Sea ( CVA )-43 Carrier Vigilante Attack Box 30 - V-3 Division FPO San Franciscio, CA. 96601 ( I wunda why I remember that ) July 1973 - July 1976 H.School Grad. June 6, 1972 Naval Shipyard Long Beach Journeymen Shipfitter Graduate Apprentice : 1977 - 1997. We brought Battleships USS New Jersey & USS Missouri back to life ( Back to Back !! : 1980-1982 & 1982- 1984 )..Long Beach "HeavyHitters" worked "Can't to Can't", couldn't see when we got up, couldn't see when we got off....Complements & Mandate thru President Ronald Reagan. Shop 11 (Shipfitters ), Shop 26 ( Weldors) " Made 'em Fit to Fight", but we never coulda got 'em done without "Lights", compliments to Shop 51 ( Electricians ). Hoo-Rahh!! Democrats closed us officially September 1997 & I still wasn't paying attention to Politics....Received 1 year of Severance Pay.

[@Ferreal92]

God bless the families but I could not be married while I was serving.

[@SaltiDawg2008]

Many did not remain married... just celebrated my wife's 54th Wedding Anniversary. lol

[@timholmes4331]

GO NAVY ! GO EB !

[@hugochavez238]

NOPE. No way.! My Old man was stationed at Groton Connecticut during the Eighties and Nineties. 3 clues: General Dynamics, I-95 ( also known as the Gold Star Highway, and the Coast Guard Academy. None of these clues can be seen anywhere in this video. Most notably the I-95 Bridges that cross over the THAMES RIVER from New London to Groton. USS Sculpin and the USS Pittsburgh were the 2 subs that my old man served on that were home ported in Groton/New London.

[@jicelsi]

Women cry virtually for everything

[@rohc69]

Delta pier looks way different now

[@ianstorms3149]

A lot more going on, a LOT more security. This is clearly pre 9/11

[@FellowFilo]

Is that Stacey Keach narrating? THE WORLD'S MOST AMAZING VIDEOS!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Yes it is. David Hoffman Filmmaker

[@paulnokio1199]

Glad they are on our side

[@USCGCoasttoast]

must be in the early 70's.We use to wear the same thing in the USCG.

[@summerrr1]

1991

[@stevecobham9682]

It was just getting interesting then an abrupt endind

[@luistpuig]

Here is the entire video... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYLXaJevnadgoMk

[@TheDarkFalcon]

David, thanks for your videos. Your create space site doesn't seem to be working anymore :(

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you. Here is the correct link. Amazon messed me up. I am sorry. www.amazon.com/dp/B0001LQL6A

[@sivasankarp.m.svmgroups289]

God bless you bro

[@688guy8]

"In port for the last 3 months" Ha, must be nice! Fast Attack subs are big and black and don't come back! Plank Owner, SSN 688

[@HvyMetal4Ever]

Depending on what WEST PAC you took that out on, that was a distinct possibility. LOL

[@stevenmassey7586]

Ssbns do not make Port calls. Normal patrol is 75 days submerged. So there's that. All sub duty is unique each type has its own challenges.

[@jimfrazier8611]

@@stevenmassey7586 glad somebody gets it. I always wondered if my proficiency was waning while I was running a needlegun during "refit-resist". Still technically on the boat, but my primary NEC definitely wasn't Bosun's Mate.

[@gary1987]

USS JUNEAU LPD 10

[@alanjudejordan5725]

Official secrets act.🇺🇸

[@kingkoy8]

Congratulations! You are now Men of the United States Navy!

[@figgywhipkins]

In what year was this filmed?

[@switchbladerich]

I was just offered a submarine rate. I declined. I don't know how these guys stay underwater for months.

[@Andrew-oh4xs]

u declined?? im pretty sure they can just order u onto that sub.

[@ryancollyer2046]

@@Andrew-oh4xs No they can't. Submarines are volunteer only.

[@luistpuig]

@@Andrew-oh4xs we are all volunteers, you can't be ordered to submarine duty....

[@stevenmassey7586]

@@Andrew-oh4xs hardly, sub duty is 100% volunteer.

[@alanjudejordan5725]

Kings bay or Groton.🇺🇸⚓

[@alanjudejordan5725]

@R Mack only hunter killer in Gorton.⚓

[@MusingMageofDisney]

Is that Bill Shatner narrating?

[@lordjim24]

I would hate serving on a sub, ugh.

[@jeantaylor2308]

They look so young

[@nmccw3245]

Jean Taylor - they were and still are. That’s no place for old men.

[@nmccw3245]

R Mack - 45-50 ain’t old.

[@jeantaylor2308]

Powered milk

[@bkanders1]

Everybody is rather shortish....

[@lbbradley55]

OH.. I LOVE TO DIVE & I LOVE TO DO IT AT NIGHT. but not in one of those... I did more Diving at Night for Flounder with nothing but a Pole spear 2 Dive Lights. During the 90S & until 2006 It's safer during the night because the Sharks are afraid of my PRINSTON TECH Dive Lights. I use to stick Flounder with pole spear & stack them up like pancakes... ! & Have done it Alone. Wile my Girls sat in Boat.

[@shawnp6744]

Don't worry Uncle Jody got you.

[@potrykusrdale2799]

The Co's message was not good for morale, telling them that they will be rusty? Basically is telling a highly trained professional that they did not know their jobs well enough to be able to come back at a professional level even though they spent their off ship time in constant training.

[@jwilde642]

These are perishable skills. He's reminding them not to be complacent.

[@daviddenoia2468]

HI....IS THIS GROTON,CT.?

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Yes. David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@SaltiDawg2008]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker I call BS 2:11 is not Subase NLON! Try Bangor, WA

[@hugochavez238]

NOPE. No way.! My Old man was stationed at Groton Connecticut during the Eighties and Nineties. 3 clues: General Dynamics, I-95 ( also known as the Gold Star Highway, and the Coast Guard Academy. None of these clues can be seen anywhere in this video. Most notably the I-95 Bridges that cross over the THAMES RIVER from New London to Groton. USS Sculpin and the USS Pittsburgh were the 2 subs that my old man served on that where home ported in Groton/New London.

[@altoncarter5661]

Iam a leader pay attention

[@alanjudejordan5725]

Cold war Russian trawler.🇺🇸⚓

[@dodgeinator1056]

Relative comfort? Maybe for boomers but have you ever been on a 688?

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Yes I have. Quite a difference. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@stevenmassey7586]

I think the idea is it's relevant ? During missile drills I would try to catch a few zzzs by snoozing on the metal deck in machinery 1 . Drill drill drill drill drill. I guess sleeping in steel grids is better than sleeping on rocks ? It's all relevant.

[@douglasreeves9938]

You should try a 585 class. Skipjack was my third boat. Went from 642 to 701 to 585. Also did 2 tours on Nimitz class carriers.

[@mikewalrus4763]

6 on 12 off - shit thats a holiday!

[@luistpuig]

6 on, then 6 "off going" (as the maintenance man), then 6 off... those 6 off are off if they do not fall between 0700 and 1600 when the drills are conducted, thus no sleep... you can be up for over 24 hours many times.....

[@stevenmassey7586]

And it's 12 on six off (lol) for the mess specialist don't forget your drills and quals lol sleep what the hell is that.

[@stevenfeil7079]

Goodbyes are no different. How rude.

[@apnabharat4668]

Are they loade beers 🍻🍺

[@kenbrownfield6584]

Gag

[@camden2167]

Was that a teddy bear?

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Yes it was. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@tedbaret5155]

Fast Attack 1 boat 1 crew

[@jimfrazier8611]

One shaft, one screw.

[@stevefarris9433]

Served on the old diesels, fast attack nukes and wound up my career riding these country destroyers(boomers)

[@chriss4763]

Get ready for hot bunking ugh

[@trumpetplyrmatt]

chris s not on boomers lol

[@towedarray7217]

None of these cats are young. At 42 can I join the sub service?

[@robreeve]

No. Sorry, 35 is the limit.

[@towedarray7217]

Rob Reeve ok. Thank you!

[@Drainman]

At forty two you would die before you retire I did the Boomers for six years and although it was what protected our country there was not much traditional navy memories.We did not even wear navy uniforms we wore patrol relaxation uniforms which was street clothes met some great guys though .

[@towedarray7217]

Anthony Enright how do you know when I will die? That's pretty cool stuff. What day will I die? I just want to make sure my papers are in order and that a certain folder on my desktop doesnt have that S.M. folder and I need to clear my internet history a few times.

[@Drainman]

Miss Jagger I just noticed your name and picture above your response You are not allowed to be in the Submarines unless you were with an all female crew.Sorry but you would for sure be too distracting to the ship mates.