tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26580129.post7006470429833084936..comments2024-03-28T11:51:19.468-07:00Comments on Spud's blog: USS Scorpion (SSN-589) - UpdatedMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02966009363351648139noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26580129.post-76405003519188407462023-04-10T21:26:57.130-07:002023-04-10T21:26:57.130-07:00That would do it as well. No way to isolate that ...That would do it as well. No way to isolate that leak.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02966009363351648139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26580129.post-18620189203787190082023-03-31T17:31:51.702-07:002023-03-31T17:31:51.702-07:00There is the theory of a detached shaft and propel...There is the theory of a detached shaft and propeller causing catastrophic flooding. The discovery of a missing propeller fin is considered a possible cause of a detachment of the shaft. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26580129.post-45706518378421382942018-03-30T09:34:18.155-07:002018-03-30T09:34:18.155-07:00Thanks for that quote, Mel. Anyone who has served...Thanks for that quote, Mel. Anyone who has served on a sub probably has stories to tell about the ship's main storage battery. My own ship was nearly lost (before I served on her) due to a battery mishap.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02966009363351648139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26580129.post-68047847132510599532018-03-26T13:20:39.526-07:002018-03-26T13:20:39.526-07:00From a speech to a SOSUS class reunion by Bob LaGa...From a speech to a SOSUS class reunion by Bob LaGassa Capt., USN(SS) who served on several Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines. Speech titled: Insights on USS Scorpion ....<br /><br />“I believe that Scorpion, like most submarines returning from deployment, was getting ready for the next ORSE (Operational Reactor Safeguard Examination) and practicing a Delayed SCRAM Recovery drill <br />(Safety Control Rod Activation Mechanism) below periscope depth. She would have heavily loaded a perhaps weak battery, and while reversing course to clear baffles prior to going up to snorkel, suffered a battery explosion that blew out the lower level operations compartment, instantaneously killing everyone in that compartment. <br /> The isolated Torpedo Room forward and Reactor Compartment aft would have been subject to the damage observed in the subsequent investigation. The Engineering Spaces telescoped into the Auxiliary Machinery Space and Reactor Compartment because of the failed transition joints in the Auxiliary Machinery Space. In the isolated Torpedo Room, the watch or members in Crew's Berthing would probably have taken refuge in the Escape Trunk and carried out procedures for escape, setting up the hatches to open once equalized with sea pressure, which did not occur until the compartment flooded. . . . <br /> I never bought Dr. Craven's Torpedo Hot Run theory, for the above and other reasons, nor did I accept the Soviet Retribution theory for reasons of operational experience. No Soviet Submarine in 1968 could detect, track, approach and attack any Skipjack or later class U.S. submarine.”"Swell" Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15308353470979986704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26580129.post-88938904681745704502014-12-07T09:23:06.898-08:002014-12-07T09:23:06.898-08:00Yes, thanks for commenting. I had intended to men...Yes, thanks for commenting. I had intended to mention the theory that perhaps the main storage battery had an issue, but forgot to put that in the original post. I will update it ASAP!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02966009363351648139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26580129.post-75563513204656294602014-12-06T20:07:01.800-08:002014-12-06T20:07:01.800-08:00Worth updating with the relatively new (and yet ol...Worth updating with the relatively new (and yet old) theory that Scorpion sank due to a hydrogen explosion.<br /><br />See Wikipedia for related details.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com