US Nuclear Submarine passes through Panama Canal

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  • Former Navy Submariner ET1 (SS/DS) Kammerdiener catches a United States Naval Nuclear Submarine passing through the Panama Canal, Panama during daylight hours.
    Nuclear Submarine very rarely pass through the Panama Canal, normally two times per year and almost never during daylight hours. Watch this surfaced submarine slowly pass through the Panama Canal.
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  • @mas9067
    @mas9067 3 роки тому +21

    I've passed through the Panama canal 4 times, the amount of work that goes on behind the scenes in these warships are amazing.

  • @luistpuig
    @luistpuig 4 роки тому +896

    memories.... US Navy Submarine Force, 20 years of service, 1987-2008....

    • @ckammerdiener
      @ckammerdiener  4 роки тому +73

      Luis, what boats were you on? I was on the USS Drum (SSN 677) and AGSS (555) Dolphin 93-2001

    • @luistpuig
      @luistpuig 4 роки тому +77

      @Cory, I served on the USS Henry M. Jackson SSBN-730 (Blue Crew), USS San Francisco SSN-711, then USS Simon Lake AS-33, and USS Emory S, Land AS-39.
      This is me (video link below) at 2:32 into the video over 25 years ago, back in 1993, my fifteen seconds of fame... I was 27 years old.
      ua-cam.com/video/Yn9mCBVbm3Y/v-deo.html

    • @ckammerdiener
      @ckammerdiener  4 роки тому +21

      @@MrJedi5150 it is true the Drum did get decommissioned in 1995 in Pearl Harbor. I was one of the last people to leave her once they gutted her. Not sure about the Hunt for Red October rumor. I don't think I heard that.

    • @luistpuig
      @luistpuig 4 роки тому +9

      @Guero, yep... I was there before the hit in the mid 1990's... and on the Jackson from 1990 to 1994. That is me at 2:32 into the video when K5 News went to our boat for a day trip.
      ua-cam.com/video/Yn9mCBVbm3Y/v-deo.html

    • @luistpuig
      @luistpuig 4 роки тому +3

      @Guero, yep, MM2/SS at the time of that video... memories...

  • @youreale
    @youreale 5 років тому +438

    07:54 - "Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave..."

    • @rapbotsuniverse4843
      @rapbotsuniverse4843 4 роки тому +15

      Cute and cuddly🤣🤣🤣🤣.
      Penguins🤣

    • @davy1458
      @davy1458 4 роки тому +6

      But don't throw any pennies!

    • @febianbrian1557
      @febianbrian1557 4 роки тому +5

      Cute and cuddly boys. Cute and cuddly

    • @never_say_never_777
      @never_say_never_777 3 роки тому +2

      If people wave to you from somewhere when you are on boat you should wave back ✓

    • @mikemiller4979
      @mikemiller4979 3 роки тому

      Still sad to hear about Manfrede and Johnson.

  • @mrfender5001
    @mrfender5001 3 роки тому +409

    Never knew watching ships go through the canal was a tourist attraction.

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf 3 роки тому +26

      Locks anywhere are a tourist attraction. The Hiram Chittendon Locks in Seattle, for example.

    • @BVonBuescher
      @BVonBuescher 3 роки тому +13

      Yup. Been there, they serve beer too, but seriously one of the most boring places I’ve been!

    • @nmelkhunter1
      @nmelkhunter1 3 роки тому +33

      It's really one of those things that's best appreciated in person. After all, how often do most people get that close to a ship?

    • @sheastephens562
      @sheastephens562 3 роки тому +5

      Dangerous for the sub.

    • @kennethrogers1129
      @kennethrogers1129 3 роки тому

      I imagine this is a message to someone, "here we come,!".

  • @StockyDT
    @StockyDT 4 роки тому +556

    For anyone that may be misunderstanding, the nuclear aspect of this one is how it is powered.
    Nuclear armed submarines do not pass through the canal and are larger

    • @ricardopereira771
      @ricardopereira771 4 роки тому +26

      Thats a drug cartel sub 😂😂😂... The Los Angeles class is 175 mts long That must be a diesel eletric...

    • @ricardopereira771
      @ricardopereira771 4 роки тому +29

      Just to correct my mistake the Los Angeles is 110 meter long and it is indeed nuclear... My mistake in the Last coment

    • @ColdWarVet607
      @ColdWarVet607 3 роки тому +38

      Yes they do, I was on USSDace SSN607 and went thru the canal, and thats another Fast Attack in this video, I dont know if any Boomers have ever gone thru, but Fast Attacks do and are capable of carrying tactical nukes. "tactical nukes" kind of a misnomer isn't it!

    • @yortroei
      @yortroei 3 роки тому +6

      Why pass via canal? Do subs need to be secretive about their locations

    • @ColdWarVet607
      @ColdWarVet607 3 роки тому +32

      @@yortroei Its a hell of along way around South America. As far as secret, all subs leave their ports on the surface and stay on the surface until a certain fathom curve (depth of the sea), that changes big time as the east coast has a huge continental shelf especially up North by New London, Connecticut which was my subs base/port. So you can be tracked and are tracked all the time by satellite or spies outside the bases and many other ways. Once you submerge is where the fun and cat and mouse games begin. We use to go to the North Atlantic and sit between Ice and England or evne go to the North Sea and sit directly out over the coast of Finland/Russia and wait to pick up boomers or fast attacks coming out of Polyarny. I use to see lots of Russian boats (subs) on Google Earth there but not so many now, if you look in Polyarny, Koala Bay at 69.202972, 33.470872 you'll see 3 Russian subs tied up there now. But its not the port it use to be in the Cold War when I served. We traveled thru the canal to go to ship yards in Vallejo California so they could track us as much as they want we where there for over a year

  • @robertclere9081
    @robertclere9081 3 роки тому +24

    Thank you for sharing this. I've never been to the Panama Canal and now I'm too old to make that trip so I never will. Your clip was much enjoyed and appreciated.

    • @ckammerdiener
      @ckammerdiener  3 роки тому +2

      Glad you enjoyed it.

    • @frankmorgan6783
      @frankmorgan6783 3 роки тому

      Same here, thank you for this clip !!!

    • @iloneclezar
      @iloneclezar Рік тому

      Eu também já não sonho mais em visitar o Canal de Panamá, mas continuo a assistir a passagem dos navios, pelas câmeras Web... que é "quase" a mesma coisa. kkk... Abraço desde Porto Alegre, Brasil

  • @VinayKumar-db4qz
    @VinayKumar-db4qz 3 роки тому +13

    I worked on cruise ships, passed through the Panama canal many times, good memories.

  • @eldiablo8019
    @eldiablo8019 7 років тому +2464

    They should have stayed submerged, and snuck through without paying.

    • @oldfucker68
      @oldfucker68 7 років тому +141

      El Diablo you don't sound to bright. How in the hell will they get past the locks?

    • @eldiablo8019
      @eldiablo8019 7 років тому +454

      Robert Moore Oh yea huh. And I forgot all those guys on deck would drown too. You better warn them not to try that.

    • @ramairgto72
      @ramairgto72 7 років тому +61

      El Diablo LoL!

    • @jleote
      @jleote 7 років тому +170

      Sarcasm for the win!

    • @eldiablo8019
      @eldiablo8019 7 років тому +346

      fireson23 That´s why in a sub, you need to stay real close behind a big ship, then when they open the gates ( Their called locks.) you just go through with the ship. It´s easy. I´ve done it a bunch of times. I never pay.

  • @j.d.peppmeier9041
    @j.d.peppmeier9041 2 роки тому +12

    Interesting ! My uncle was a Navy electricians mate stationed at the canal in World War II. His job was to go aboard transiting warships and work on what was requested by the ship. Some gave all - all gave some.

  • @vietnamvet6474
    @vietnamvet6474 5 років тому +23

    I worked on the High-pressure air system as a Civilian pipe fitter at Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard from 1976 to 1979.

  • @stephenbaker2101
    @stephenbaker2101 4 роки тому +26

    Passed through the canal twice on an SSBN in 1973 and 1975. In 73, we had another FBM pass us going the other way. We were both changing fleet assignments. I remember all the cruise ship passengers looking down on us.

    • @redstone51
      @redstone51 4 роки тому

      Thank you for your service!!! Please tell us of some of the underwater cat and mouse games!!!

    • @chicnwing4519
      @chicnwing4519 3 роки тому

      Thank you

    • @krashd
      @krashd Рік тому

      I thought boomers never went near the canal, nice!

  • @iloneclezar
    @iloneclezar 3 роки тому +8

    Arrepiante ver um submarino passar pelo canal...
    Obrigada por ter postado o vídeo e nos dar a oportunidade de ver isso.

  • @Youre_Right
    @Youre_Right 4 роки тому +44

    I am wanting to install a nuclear reactor on my aluminum basstracker. I could go fishing for like 20 years and not have to worry about buying gas.

  • @indianne9781
    @indianne9781 3 роки тому +9

    A couple of years ago, my son’s boat (sub) traveled through on their way to Hawaii. They got to grill hamburgers and brats while going through. Pretty awesome memory for them.

  • @Errror404
    @Errror404 7 років тому +3

    Good video sailor, thanks. Makes me reminisce about my days as an engineer at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton ('79 - '91). I was on the SSN (e.g. 688 Class) team and spent most of my days working on these guys.

  • @TonyT3
    @TonyT3 2 роки тому +2

    We went through in 1971 Aboard the the USS TRUMPETFISH SS 425 on our way completely around South America.

  • @richardfld
    @richardfld 7 років тому +478

    submarines always look so tiny. its mad to think that those guys live in them for so long

    • @RealityIsTheNow
      @RealityIsTheNow 7 років тому +153

      Gotta remember, the other 90% of it is hidden beneath the water line. :)

    • @nathankrcelich8444
      @nathankrcelich8444 7 років тому +28

      richardfld look up the use pennsylvania it's probably triple the size of this one

    • @Gilbertory
      @Gilbertory 7 років тому +6

      richardfld
      is that the fullest it could surface while moving?

    • @Repented008
      @Repented008 7 років тому +60

      richardfld ...even more crazy to think that one can wipe out a country.

    • @Repented008
      @Repented008 7 років тому +4

      Dmitri Kozlowsky So can these

  • @jdon4447
    @jdon4447 3 роки тому +12

    Its hard to really tell just how big the sub really is . Bet it was a joy to see up close.

  • @uztube0
    @uztube0 7 років тому +41

    at 2:52 : "where's your selfie stick?" -old man

  • @PointyTailofSatan
    @PointyTailofSatan 3 роки тому +9

    This must be an awesome experience for the pilot that comes on board ships to guide them through the canal.

    • @the_retag
      @the_retag 2 роки тому +1

      Us navy probably has their own pilots

    • @FLY2KO
      @FLY2KO Рік тому +1

      he only gets access to the sail and is not allowed onboard the sub, he climbs up a ladder on the outside of the sail, again he has no access to the sub because on the surface the con is switched to the sail unless weather says no....

    • @PointyTailofSatan
      @PointyTailofSatan Рік тому +2

      @@FLY2KO I had assumed that. There would be no point in the pilot going inside. But still, even piloting a nuke sub from the bridge would probably be a high point of any canal pilot's career.

  • @stevepotthast4911
    @stevepotthast4911 2 роки тому +4

    I was a MT2(SS) and went through the Panama Canal on a SSBN in the late 70's. The skipper let the crew have a "steel beach" picnic complete with barbecue on the missile deck while going through Gatun Lake. We cycled through the watch sections so the whole crew could participate. While going through the locks we had to set the maneuvering watch so only a few extra crew were allowed topside to watch.

  • @craigwix8289
    @craigwix8289 7 років тому +34

    I was onboard the USS George Washington SSBN 598 while passing through the Panama Canal in the early 70s. The most notable thing was the severe sunburns our crew members suffered after being on patrol and not exposed to sun light for months.

    • @gr8fuldead56
      @gr8fuldead56 7 років тому +1

      craig wix i wss on the carver ssbn 656 when it went thru in '91

    • @youngrhee2041
      @youngrhee2041 6 років тому

      craig wix

    • @Celphtitled585
      @Celphtitled585 5 років тому

      Sad that on her last departure back to the Atlantic in 83?

    • @ricardosoto5770
      @ricardosoto5770 5 років тому +1

      Boomers rarely use the Panama Canal, but when they do is a show. Often they get PBR boats flown in in advance, to escort them and fighter cover from F 16s. I have seen Arleigh Burkes, Oliver Hazzard Perrys and Zumwalts crossing the Canal. Subs are mostly fast attack subs.

    • @Teresa-K
      @Teresa-K 2 роки тому

      Thanks for your service. What an experience.

  • @bobmoe5934
    @bobmoe5934 4 роки тому +1

    I did that on the USS Columbia SSN 771 in November 1996. Great times. Beautiful ride.

  • @ArmandoMendoza
    @ArmandoMendoza 3 роки тому +7

    I could bet the crew rocked van halen’s “Panamá” inside.

  • @pinmode
    @pinmode 3 роки тому +9

    Always good to see pics & vids from home. The house where I was raised is 1.67 mi on a heading of 92.37 deg from where you were standing when you shot this video. (Bet you don't have any listings there :) ) Nice video, thanks for posting.

  • @j.settle6448
    @j.settle6448 5 років тому +3

    Back in the day (1981-1983) Nuculer subs transitioning the canal was a bummer for us grunts. We were on the ground at places along the canal pulling security. But it was always cool to see them.

  • @ricardosoto5770
    @ricardosoto5770 5 років тому +51

    I was driving my car near the Pedro Miguel Locks and saw one of those passing throught. They are spooky. Low, black and silent. With little wake.

    • @Tarheel13
      @Tarheel13 4 роки тому

      Mark Prowatzke you too

  • @skymaster9484
    @skymaster9484 7 років тому +2

    Stationed there in the Army in early 80's, while in the field saw a sub going through canal with Navy swift boats all around it.

  • @ehpa9047
    @ehpa9047 5 років тому +56

    Nothing says " I want to kill you" more than the no nonsense shape of an LA class boat. And there's 32 of these on active duty.

    • @anthonyjennings8108
      @anthonyjennings8108 4 роки тому +3

      EH PA wrong, the thing that scares the shit out of ppeple are boomers,24 empty toobs alo t of mushroom clouds and now it's t i me fore cold bud

    • @nivid01
      @nivid01 4 роки тому +10

      @@anthonyjennings8108 Mate, your English, your grammar, and your spelling are so fucked and incoherent it's almost inconceivable that someone could be so fucking ill-educated.

    • @mrs.monkey8441
      @mrs.monkey8441 4 роки тому +2

      Nijel Vidler You didn’t get the joke

    • @ehpa9047
      @ehpa9047 4 роки тому +2

      @@anthonyjennings8108 nothing scares bad guy boomer crews more than LA class boats is what I'm saying. Not Joe Public.

    • @RivetGardener
      @RivetGardener 4 роки тому

      Fuckin' A bubba!

  • @jbvap
    @jbvap 7 років тому +41

    Submarines are too damn cool!

  • @ColdWarVet607
    @ColdWarVet607 5 років тому +43

    Memories!. I was on USS Dace SSN607 and went thru the canal in Late Summer 1980, traveling to the Pacific. I was enlisted and as in this video, while enlisted men make up 85%+ of the crew, only a few are allowed topside while you can see damn near every officer except the Engineering Officer of the Watch back aft & Deck Officer in Control up forward, stay topside entire trip. I was topside as we entered thru the Gutan Locks on the Atlantic and went into the inner lake. I could not beleive how fast the pumps are, drain & fill like a glass of water.
    When we went into the lake there was a Russian Destroyer already their staging to the Atlantic, we wanted so bad to sink it! As said in comments below, yes, it looks like nothing on top, but below, its huge. My boat was a Thresher Class built in 1963, in Passageula, Mississippi. Americas first fleet of Nuc Subs. We had a beam of 32 feet, which means the largest diameter inside the boat, so its really not much room, 2 decks in most area, 3 decks in one area of ops compartment, of course zero to negative headroom, I thanked God for making me 5'-5" back then. Hot as hell in the engine room at 100+ degrees average at 90% humidity, good thing I was from New York City, seemed like home, 5 tiny dinner like table/booths in the tiny chow hall, only they are half the size and width of a real diner booth, the table being maybe 20 inches wide..maybe and maybe 3-1/2 feet long . 3 guys stuffed to a side, it was really up close and personal, plus the 5th table was always used for storage and stacking boxes of canned food, there was rarely anything else other than canned past the first week out as our reefer was as tiny as anything else, you didnt have room to store "fresh food" like real eggs, milk or real meat, first week only, although on long 3 month cruses which seemed all the time we did get steak & lobster the night before coming back in. We had 3 types of drinks, water, coffee and bug juice, which was Navys version of a powdered drink mix, this grape stuff wa so caustic that we used it to clean pipes during field day in the engine room. We did have powdered milk but it was made by the same people who made bug juice mix, really bad stuff, so it was coffee or water for 3 months.
    Not as bad though as 3 guys to 2 bunks and on a supposed 18 hr day, so everyone gets 6 hours sleep but never works that way, you have 3 guys up for 24-30 hrs all looking to get maybe 4-5 hrs sleep at same time, many times Id go to torpedo room and sleep on them or cuddle up to the fuel oil tank which is 18 inches thick wth the ships reactor blasting gamma rays & alpha particles out. Now us 3 guys maybe to wash clothes once every 10 days to 2 weeks or more, you are constantly dirty, sweaty & greasy and water is secured often as evaporator breaks down & fresh water must be reserved for the reactor, so you dont wash many clothes as either no water or missed your turn due to casualties traing exercises or in most cases live real time tracking/hunting/evasion, so you, your clothes and your bed sheets all have the same smelly mess as does everyone so its not noticeable and everyone sleeps in their grimy clothes as you never know when youre jumping out of the rack to fight a fire or some other hell has broke loose. When I finally got my own rack I still shared it with one of the 3 guys all trying to sleep at once in 2 racks. So much for accommodations. Still though as much as I gripe, my Dad was Infantry in WWII, a shower once a month and any type of indoor rack were you werent being rained or snowed on or had German 88's blasting shrapnel on you, would be a dream.
    As hellish the conditions were, the closeness of the crew and more so the craziness of the crew and our mission to hunt down Russian Missile Boats (Boomers) or even ready to sink surface ships is what got us thru it all. About the only entertainment was watching a movie once every 3-5 days if lucky. No DVD, big screen or high def, Old School projectors & reels like you had if you went to school in the 50's-70's, plus only about 10-12 feet if that far to project it onto an irregular wall on the galley, so it was pretty small picture, but we got first run movies, thats when Hollywood still had America loving , military supporting actors and management unlike the America hating, jail the military fascist commie socialist pukes and sluts in there now. Sorry had to say that. I remember watching Smokey and the Bandit topside on our Sub, projecting it on the hull of a sub-tender we were docked to after a 3 month cruise and surfacing in La Madalena, Italy, thats north end of Sardinia. That was like being in a million dollar theater for us. Fresh air (but I never trust air I cant see), cool temps, plenty of room, a big picture, we could make tons of noise and so on. Nice ice cold soda & snacks we got from the sub tender by bribing their store keeper to come down and watch the movie.
    Yep, a hard life, why anyone would VOLUNTEER for that makes you wonder if they are all there, but thats why we do it, because we're half crazy and ready to rumble for our country and constitution. God Bless America.
    Great Video thank you, I didnt realize how much I went on and thats just one small part of Sub life!
    We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us - George Orwell

    • @ColdWarVet607
      @ColdWarVet607 3 роки тому +1

      @Robert Biondo Robert you did have it bad as a Boiler Tech, not an easy job working in and around super-heated steam systems in broken down engine rooms and ever fearful of that invisible pinhole high pressure steam leak that could slice or cut right thru you before you even know it. We use to keep sharp ears listening for the whistle but the twin main engines (driven by steam) rumble masked everything. Sound about right brother?

    • @ColdWarVet607
      @ColdWarVet607 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrJedi5150 Yes, we stored a lot of canned goods on the floors in berthing. At the start of the crew your bashing your head on everything, later you start tripping over a new step put there from when the cooks took stuff out for the last chow call. It's not pitch dark but redlight dark in fwd berthing so not something easy to see, especially when you've been up for last 36 hours and looking to go down for 6, which was really more like 5 at best. Different boats have more storage than others, it also dependent on how long a particular cruise was, for a Fast Attack, that could be 2 weeks to 3 months. My USS Dace 607 was a Thresher class and not a very big boat at all, barely anyroom anywhere, thats why we had one table mostly dedicated to food and stuff storage which then opened up later in the run.

    • @integr8er66
      @integr8er66 3 роки тому +2

      There are no pumps, there is no reason to pump the water, just drain it from the higher level side, its all gravity

    • @paullion3763
      @paullion3763 3 роки тому

      Was on SSN 606 senior seaman so topside alot also shark watch when we swan in the Atlantic Ocean. God bless the bubbleheads.

    • @sharhune2735
      @sharhune2735 3 роки тому

      Served aboard the USS Haddock (SSN621) last of the Thresher class before it changed to the Permit class, back in 1977. Your comments had me laughing by butt off, as many of them I could relate too. Sleeping on a Mk 48 and using the bug juice to clean the pipes. Rubba dub dub, clean the sub. I was the poor interior communications puke, who had to select which 16mm movies were taken with us on patrol. Use to catch a lot of flak if I didn't chose wisely. I'm 6'2" so had had to duck and dodge most of the time. We won't get into the obscene practical jokes we played on each other.

  • @SigmaShorts911
    @SigmaShorts911 4 роки тому +24

    crazy how all those people were there watching that meanwhile I'm chilling skipping through along with 2 million others.

  • @Larson4Liberty
    @Larson4Liberty 7 років тому +3

    Thanks for sharing! And thank you for your service to our country.

  • @patrickrobinson317
    @patrickrobinson317 4 роки тому +4

    AWESOME !!!
    Thanks for sharing !!!

  • @Boingfish1
    @Boingfish1 3 роки тому

    USS Scamp (SSN 588) UNITAS 1979. From Point Loma through the canal once around the continent and through again to New London. Great trip!

  • @liberalpatriot6650
    @liberalpatriot6650 3 роки тому

    I've passed through the canal both ways on a submarine. 1983 on transit from South Carolina to PSNS for refit and then in 85 from PSNS to Norfolk, VA after the refit was done.

  • @JTBCOOL1
    @JTBCOOL1 3 роки тому +19

    A submariner told me this was one of the scariest parts of the job was to pass through the Panama canal. He said they were essentially sitting ducks at that point.

    • @davidhall8874
      @davidhall8874 3 роки тому

      Then they shouldn't stand on the top side!

    • @briand.1694
      @briand.1694 3 роки тому

      They do their best work when submerged. . .

  • @martincourtenay-blake5792
    @martincourtenay-blake5792 7 років тому +12

    These things are very sinister. I used to watch the UK's Trident subs come in to Faslane in Scotland. Even close up they were totally silent and virtually no wake. These were (and still are obviously) SSBNs and very much larger than this one but there was almost no indication that they were moving. Being all matt black as well just added to the sinister nature and fascination of them.

  • @Yodie208
    @Yodie208 3 роки тому

    As a young man, I attended the JOTC in February of 77, at Ft. Sherman. I was on light duty due to an injury. I remember sitting on the beach drinking ice cold PBR's from a vending machine that only cost .25 cents back then. Even visited the pleasures of Colon. Great memories I have from my youth in such a beautiful country.

  • @ericholbrook1733
    @ericholbrook1733 3 роки тому

    I did this as ANAV back in the mid 90's. It was an experience that I'll never forget but it wasn't fun.

  • @Skywatchers
    @Skywatchers 3 роки тому +6

    I saw the Queen Elizabeth 2 go through the canal one time. That whole country is amazing.

  • @spectaculer350
    @spectaculer350 3 роки тому +4

    Watching so many people together so close is not so familiar now, hope everything gets better now!

  • @johnbarnes5237
    @johnbarnes5237 4 роки тому +1

    I met a guy who was a helmsman on a Brit nuke sub that went through the Suez Canal. He said it was INCREDIBLY challenging for both him and for the ship's navigator. It doesn't look like it, but I am sure its the same for that LA class sub crew.

  • @connemaraphoto
    @connemaraphoto 3 роки тому +1

    Did this in '78 on the Patrick Henry (SSBN 599 Blue Crew) going from west to east on the way to Cocoa Beach for a DASO missile shot...a once in a lifetime experience. Gold crew took it back the other direction on the way to Pearl Harbor. We had a nice steak fry on the missile deck on the way through.

  • @jdanon203
    @jdanon203 7 років тому +61

    Dumb question: aren't the sailors afraid of falling off? Subs are round, and I see that the top has a flattish area, but it doesn't look very wide and looks like it could be slippery.

    • @ckammerdiener
      @ckammerdiener  7 років тому +95

      The top of the sub has a non-skid coating and the submariners wear special shoes that have rubber soles to give them traction.

    • @erikmc6385
      @erikmc6385 7 років тому

      Alex Rodriguez cant you swim?

    • @Tipi83
      @Tipi83 7 років тому +7

      What does him able to swim or not got to do anything with those submariners..? :p

    • @dinomike1513
      @dinomike1513 7 років тому +11

      Slipping to death vs getting some fresh air after many weeks ....you choose

    • @pauljohn5554
      @pauljohn5554 7 років тому +2

      Alex Rodriguez it actually is wide enough and the surface is rough to prevent slipping.

  • @BlueonGoldZ
    @BlueonGoldZ 8 років тому +72

    "You're about as useful as a screen door on a submarine."

    • @johnlucinsky992
      @johnlucinsky992 5 років тому +1

      or tits on a man

    • @trevorpom
      @trevorpom 5 років тому +1

      Deck chairs

    • @jeffwilcox9987
      @jeffwilcox9987 5 років тому

      While at dry dock, a screen door would be useful.

    • @buckfiden5171
      @buckfiden5171 4 роки тому

      Or cornrows on Rapunzel

    • @SebastianLong
      @SebastianLong 3 роки тому

      Or about as useless as a screen door on a hot air balloon.

  • @RivetGardener
    @RivetGardener 4 роки тому

    I got to visit Panama in December 1989. Interesting excursion, they made us jump in with parachutes at 2:00 AM instead of landing like normal people. Baggage pick-up what was what we carried, didn't get to go inside the terminal. We did get to see the capital and countryside. We saw the locks. We got the chance to visit all kinds of their military units, as well as tour the different towns nearby. We even got a chance to eat at a Panamanian McDonalds....I passed. A month later the hole in the wall rotisserie place was stupendous and all 8 of my buddies enjoyed a good meal. The older men at the other table were so nice they didn't let me pay and picked up the tab. They thanked us for visiting their country. A week later we came back to the US where it was a bit cooler. Panama is Hot!

  • @aollendorf
    @aollendorf 4 роки тому +1

    Loyal Order of the Ditch. I did the transit thing brought the Panama Canal in 1982 on board USS La Jolla (SSN 701).

  • @Papashaft
    @Papashaft 4 роки тому +12

    The scariest thing you won’t see

  • @nunopereira265
    @nunopereira265 3 роки тому +7

    It's impressive how a submarine class created in 70s and in the 80s is still in service now a days

    • @CarlosFlores-xf2sn
      @CarlosFlores-xf2sn 3 роки тому +2

      it’s that old??

    • @BlackEpyon
      @BlackEpyon 3 роки тому

      The Los Angeles? A total of 62 were built, with the newest being launched in the early 90's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Los_Angeles-class_submarines
      Most of the first flight have been either scrapped or are stricken and awaiting scrapping. Of the 4 remaining, two are in reserve and two as used moored training vessels. Sadly, the Dallas (SSN-700), of Tom Clancy fame, has been stricken and is awaiting scrapping. Most of the second and third flights (each "flight" is an upgrade to it's predecessor) are still in service.

  • @melbro62
    @melbro62 3 роки тому +2

    Served in Panama (Colon, Atlantic side, Gatun Locks) as an MP. To get to Fort Randolph, a concrete road comes out from under the lock walls and allows you to travel over the canal. And yes, tons of tourists even for large tourist ships/tankers/ore ships, etc drew people to watch. That was 1969-71, so a lot has changed.

  • @jondoe6273
    @jondoe6273 3 роки тому

    Tough duty being under water for sometimes months. I was stationed at a sub base and i can tell you these guys are nuts.

  • @InfinitelyManic
    @InfinitelyManic 7 років тому +10

    My old stomping grounds. 1986 to 1988, based in Corozal district, at the old mental hospital, across the street from the cemetery. Good times.

    • @bobbyrutts
      @bobbyrutts 7 років тому

      You were posted there?

    • @InfinitelyManic
      @InfinitelyManic 7 років тому

      bobbyrutz In Panama, yes.

    • @bobbyrutts
      @bobbyrutts 7 років тому

      Nice. See anything like this when you were there? This video was pretty neat.

    • @InfinitelyManic
      @InfinitelyManic 7 років тому

      bobbyrutz The locks yes but not a US submarine.

    • @InfinitelyManic
      @InfinitelyManic 7 років тому

      neo nero Yep, two seasons, wet and dry, about 6 months each.

  • @jefferychow4765
    @jefferychow4765 4 роки тому +15

    This is just the first time they did it partially exposed

  • @hcrun
    @hcrun 7 років тому +1

    A Sunday afternoon in Miraflores - nothing to do so let's go down to the locks and watch the action....complete with commentary. :)

  • @FlyingGuySFO
    @FlyingGuySFO 5 років тому +1

    Went through on SSN-692 USS Omaha as an STS-3 (SU) my first boat, in the first month, I was part of pre-com crew that took her to Perl. A great ride!

    • @butchford757
      @butchford757 4 роки тому

      FlyingGuySFO you qualified yet nub?

    • @FlyingGuySFO
      @FlyingGuySFO 4 роки тому +1

      @@butchford757 Nope, still a nonqual puke. LOL!!! Yeah i qualified on two boats before I escaped.

    • @butchford757
      @butchford757 4 роки тому

      FlyingGuySFO I qualifies in 85 on Daniel Webster then two T-hulls, 738 and 737.

  • @tdrewman
    @tdrewman 7 років тому +4

    Spent 4 years living on Howard AFB Panama, saw many ships and Subs pass through the Canal from 80-84. Saw the USS New Jersey pass through right after her Refit and shakedown cruise. Now that was a big ship, had 1 foot clearance from her keel

    • @stevelaminack1516
      @stevelaminack1516 5 років тому

      You know then how frickin hot and humid it is. Beautiful country but that heat and humidity takes all the fun out of it.

    • @ricardosoto5770
      @ricardosoto5770 5 років тому

      I saw the USS Iowa and even was allowed to visit the ship in 1984.

  • @pathegarty4757
    @pathegarty4757 5 років тому +123

    One ping only.

  • @ehenri1438
    @ehenri1438 6 років тому +2

    very nice video, thank you for sharing it

  • @luizfernandoschengle3950
    @luizfernandoschengle3950 5 років тому +1

    Ótimas imagens !
    Obrigado

  • @JayeshPatel-vo5wh
    @JayeshPatel-vo5wh 4 роки тому +4

    Superb it's a rare sight to see passing a nuclear Sub

    • @Veritas-invenitur
      @Veritas-invenitur 3 роки тому

      Back when I lived on the shores of the Thames River in New London CT I would occasionally see Subs. It was always quite the sight. It Never got old.

  • @lobosps1
    @lobosps1 7 років тому +8

    We used to escort subs through the Panama Canal while I was in the Coast Guard (USCGC Venturous).

    • @kilowhiskey7973
      @kilowhiskey7973 3 роки тому

      Is that the Coast Guard on the submarine? I’m confused as to who those men would be.

    • @Adeesicks
      @Adeesicks 3 роки тому

      @@kilowhiskey7973 crew ...they deploy security forces

  • @mvnorsel6354
    @mvnorsel6354 3 роки тому

    I saw a sub in the Suez canal from the train back in 2000. Always a thrill.

  • @mikefatah
    @mikefatah 3 роки тому +1

    Great footage. Thanks.

  • @pilot3016
    @pilot3016 4 роки тому +117

    I agree. I believe this is a attack sub, not a ICBM Boomer. Too small.

    • @keeganharris186
      @keeganharris186 4 роки тому +6

      well yeah its a nuclear powered attack sub

    • @alfredorielmolo8659
      @alfredorielmolo8659 4 роки тому +1

      US Navy Hunter Killer sub 👌👌👌

    • @steelwarrior105
      @steelwarrior105 4 роки тому +3

      USS Columbus ssn 762

    • @royalteluis623
      @royalteluis623 3 роки тому +2

      That’s a hunter killer . Ballistic missile subs are far larger . To Carry there arsenal.

    • @pilot3016
      @pilot3016 3 роки тому +1

      @Billy Reynolds Boomer is a .. slang word for.. Deliverer, of the big boom. Good question. 👍

  • @frankgazzano7202
    @frankgazzano7202 8 років тому +9

    This is USS Alexandria transiting the Panama canal. Our tour guides were on board as they brought the ship around to San Diego.

  • @donk8164
    @donk8164 3 роки тому +1

    We did that on the Greenling SSN-614 on Unitas 1990

  • @hemlo7494
    @hemlo7494 3 роки тому

    In the 80s, my brother was helping to build the Trident line of US Navy nuclear submarines, up at Electric Boat, in Groton CT.

  • @ftguyftguy
    @ftguyftguy 5 років тому +6

    They should of dived while in the Lock when the guy with the invoice showed up

  • @adityapramudhanadeha9454
    @adityapramudhanadeha9454 4 роки тому +3

    Wew, i successfully fall asleep at the first 3 minutes! This video can help you with insomnia! Thx alot!

  • @evazkee7246
    @evazkee7246 6 років тому

    I went through and back the canal in 93. Fukn awesome

  • @Thesdr666
    @Thesdr666 5 років тому +2

    All in all, this is just a really neat thing to see- even if a lot of the sub is still under water...

  • @YashPatel-qh1yq
    @YashPatel-qh1yq 3 роки тому +5

    Recommended after 5 years.....

  • @DustDevilRage
    @DustDevilRage 4 роки тому +4

    OMG I just realized that that wasn’t my ship!!!! I wasn’t there!!!

  • @michaelcuff5780
    @michaelcuff5780 6 років тому

    Ive seen two in Coco beach Fla. Goin out to test the triton missle back in the 80s

  • @frankpineda1832
    @frankpineda1832 5 років тому +1

    Amazing, good video 👍

  • @johnemery587
    @johnemery587 5 років тому +3

    Memories of the Thomas Jefferson, SSN 618. Back in the 80's
    PS. The skip had a B-B-Q on the deck before we went through.

    • @ColdWarVet607
      @ColdWarVet607 5 років тому

      I went through on Dace SSN607 Summer 1980!

  • @ralphholiman7401
    @ralphholiman7401 3 роки тому +7

    The crew probably enjoyed it, but I'll bet the CO was sweating bullets the whole time.

    • @rodneyking4183
      @rodneyking4183 3 роки тому +1

      Actually everyone enjoyed it. The Canal has their own piloting crew and basically take over and do all the maneuvering through it for us. Our Captain was topside actually grilling hamburgers for everyone.

    • @ralphholiman7401
      @ralphholiman7401 3 роки тому

      @@rodneyking4183 well, that does sound like a fun day. One of our niece's husband is a career nuke boat guy (he's on shore assignment right now) and, I love hearing his stories when we see them.

  • @gunsmoke6230
    @gunsmoke6230 3 роки тому

    We had a LA attack submarine that was in USS RANGER battle group. It would pop up every once and a while. I was glad it was protecting us

  • @thetexan8997
    @thetexan8997 4 роки тому

    Was stationed over at Howard in the mid 90's, watched a sub coming into port with a BBQ grill and couple of sailors barbequing...coolest thing I'd ever seen at the time.

    • @ckammerdiener
      @ckammerdiener  4 роки тому +1

      Steel Beach is what we called it! The good old days.

  • @SR-cp1eo
    @SR-cp1eo 4 роки тому +15

    I wonder if that lady at 9:00 knows she isn't recording anything.

    • @mrs.monkey8441
      @mrs.monkey8441 4 роки тому

      Aw God love her

    • @16ev
      @16ev 3 роки тому

      Just imagine how she felt when she came home & understood she wasn't recording -_-

  • @GJones462-2W1
    @GJones462-2W1 8 років тому +14

    The numbers on the sail have been painted over, to conceal her identity (ship name), but it is a Los Angeles class 688i. No flags on the masts, either, but we all know what country that sub belongs to.

    • @jamesweldon9726
      @jamesweldon9726 8 років тому +6

      The numbers, when they are on, are just magnetic decals. They almost never use them. I lived across Hood Canal from the base at Bangor for 15 years, and the only identifying information was the shapes of the hulls - the Parche was one of a kind. All of the Tridents looked the same. The Carter is also a one of a kind. I never saw a number on any sub in Hood Canal.

    • @BasicMaffs
      @BasicMaffs 7 років тому +2

      North Korea right?

    • @MeMyelfAndHer
      @MeMyelfAndHer 7 років тому +1

      There is a flag on the mast, look at 7:53 buddy.

    • @GJones462-2W1
      @GJones462-2W1 7 років тому

      Damn, if you didn't catch that! Sure was. I never did see that when I originally watched it, but nice catch, bro.

    • @MeMyelfAndHer
      @MeMyelfAndHer 7 років тому

      Thanks, bro. lol

  • @douglasreeves9938
    @douglasreeves9938 3 роки тому

    Went thru the Panama Canal twice onboard USS Skipjack SSN-585. MMC(SS) USN Ret.

  • @jamesschnitzer6087
    @jamesschnitzer6087 5 років тому

    I took my girlfriend and her kids to Panama and the Canal , a great history lesson ,, beautiful beaches too.

  • @littleteethkeith
    @littleteethkeith 7 років тому +75

    I could never work in a submarine. I fart too much.

    • @ricosuave9848
      @ricosuave9848 7 років тому +10

      They power the sub with Fart turbo power , not problem !!!!!!!

    • @glenpenrose1834
      @glenpenrose1834 7 років тому +2

      BuuurrRRP!
      Lucky, it's not always a burp!

    • @rjnbballer50
      @rjnbballer50 7 років тому +2

      littleteethkeith We breathe in recycled farts daily lol You'd fit right in ;)

    • @littleteethkeith
      @littleteethkeith 7 років тому +3

      Rick Nelson lol. Thank you for your service. God bless you.

    • @rjnbballer50
      @rjnbballer50 7 років тому +2

      littleteethkeith My pleasure! Thanks. God Bless.

  • @TheMusicfan1950
    @TheMusicfan1950 5 років тому +6

    This sub was built here in my hometown of Groton,Connecticut by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics...one of many boats built by the good men and women of EB

    • @univcj3849
      @univcj3849 5 років тому

      @Dana Gouette
      Newport News Shipbuilding
      A Division of Huntington Ingallis Industries
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding
      from Romania
      13.V.2019

    • @xreconusmc3156
      @xreconusmc3156 4 роки тому

      Dana Gouette new London ct. right ?

    • @ruffian2952
      @ruffian2952 4 роки тому

      Is the Fulton still there? Called the USS Neversail.

    • @ruffian2952
      @ruffian2952 4 роки тому +1

      @@xreconusmc3156 Actually EB is in Groton across the Thames from New London.

  • @chokedup53
    @chokedup53 6 років тому +2

    impressive. love these guys. they keep us free and safe.

  • @deepalib3096
    @deepalib3096 3 роки тому +1

    Nice video of US submarine passing thru Panama Canal

  • @970357ers
    @970357ers 7 років тому +261

    Not much to sea

    • @iamtenzin4409
      @iamtenzin4409 7 років тому +1

      "SEA"

    • @MarcusAurelius7777
      @MarcusAurelius7777 7 років тому +15

      so much seamen.

    • @mesteme
      @mesteme 7 років тому +8

      Seariously. It was quite diseapointing.

    • @woooster71
      @woooster71 7 років тому +13

      As jokes go.. these are fairly 'sub' standard guys

    • @mesteme
      @mesteme 7 років тому +11

      there may be a lack of depth

  • @isaiahmartinez5620
    @isaiahmartinez5620 7 років тому +15

    why the fuck is the description in 3rd person

    • @aceman42
      @aceman42 7 років тому +6

      because he wants you to know that he is a former navy submariner. something like a humblebrag

    • @vanhouten64
      @vanhouten64 7 років тому

      It's not. He's talking about a different Cory Kamierdiener.

  • @Teresa-K
    @Teresa-K 2 роки тому +1

    Great footage!

  • @artloyj
    @artloyj 7 років тому

    great vid thanks

  • @AdmiralPreparedness
    @AdmiralPreparedness 7 років тому +8

    Rare video. Thanks. I added it to my submarine section. Nice to see Americans are waved at from the shore. GO NAVY!

  • @ricecakeFTW
    @ricecakeFTW 4 роки тому +3

    .......and thats 1 of 71 US submarines that can lurk the world's oceans 3 months without surfacing.

    • @ryanramdat5850
      @ryanramdat5850 4 роки тому

      3 months is only what they tell the public, they can stay submerged much longer if need be

    • @ltmundy1164
      @ltmundy1164 4 роки тому

      @@ryanramdat5850: The limiting factor on deployment is food.

    • @ryanramdat5850
      @ryanramdat5850 4 роки тому

      @@ltmundy1164 ....deployment of what?

    • @ltmundy1164
      @ltmundy1164 4 роки тому

      @@ryanramdat5850: Deployment - sending military personnel into duty. Regardless of military branch, any successful mission depends upon logistics. Submarines, by their very nature, do not surface while on mission. Even communications now occurs completely while submerged. Nuke boats, having excess power generating capacity, can recirculate/scrub/create fresh air and desalinate seawater. The only thing that a sub cannot recycle/recreate is food.

    • @ryanramdat5850
      @ryanramdat5850 4 роки тому

      @@ltmundy1164 What your saying doesnt make any sense. The limiting factor on deployment isnt food. I can tell you from first hand is not food. Not all subs are nuclear powered in the first place.

  • @Dutch972
    @Dutch972 3 роки тому +2

    That’s nice how some of them waved back

  • @amandahudson431
    @amandahudson431 5 років тому +1

    Gotta say more fun to watch the big ships scrape through

  • @redmeat2ndamendment695
    @redmeat2ndamendment695 4 роки тому +5

    There should have been a BBQ grill on top of that submarine. Burgers for everyone...

    • @FlyingGuySFO
      @FlyingGuySFO 4 роки тому +1

      There was when I went through!

  • @codybaker154
    @codybaker154 3 роки тому +4

    I made the propulsion and main lube pumps for these submarines!

  • @cmmnsenserules4339
    @cmmnsenserules4339 2 роки тому +2

    Incredible engineering.

  • @boatmover2401
    @boatmover2401 4 роки тому +2

    Run silent, run shallow, (while traversing the canal) ⚓️🇺🇸