The Silent Service

Ntchito Yomangamanga

Kambiranani ndi aphunzitsi a 3 a Machinist omwe akuphunzira nawo zapamwamba Trevor Kopp ndi abale ake 154.

Kopp ndi banja lake amakhala ku King's Bay, Ga., Malo oyenerera kulera banja la amuna 155 ndi ndalama zochepetsera zokolola komanso zakulendo zakumwera.

Koma, mosiyana ndi mabanja ambiri, amuna awa amamanga pamodzi si dzina lawo lomaliza. Pambuyo pake, aliyense wa abale a Kopp amachokera ku makolo osiyanasiyana. Ayi, nchiyani chomwe chimapangitsa abale awa abambo ndi zomwe amachitcha kunyumba - bwato lachitsulo lalitali la mapazi 560 lopanda mawindo, palibe mawonekedwe, komanso ngati akupha - osapulumuka mosavuta.

Abale amenewa ndi oyendetsa sitimayo.

"Kusiyana kwa kuwononga mafilosofi pakati pa ife ndi sitima yapansi ndikuti ngati titayamba kumira chifukwa cha kuwonongeka, palibe malo otipulumuka," anatero Chief Electronics Technician (SS) William Murtha, USM Maine's (SSBN 741) Blue Crew 3M ndi kubowola simulator coordinator. "Sitingathe kudumphira pa sitima iliyonse ya moyo, kusiya sitimayo kapena parachute kuti tipewe moto, kusefukira kwa madzi kapena kusokoneza makina."

Nyanja iliyonse yamadzimadzi imadziwika ndi mamita mazana asanu ndi awiri amadzi a m'nyanjayi omwe angapange kayendedwe kawombola ngati ikalowa mu ngalawa. Iwo amadziwa kuti moto kulikonse mu thumba lachitsulo losungirako akhoza kudzaza ngalawayo ndi utsi mu mphindi khumi; kapena kuti mapangidwe a sitima zamadzimadzi, omwe amatanthawuza kuthandizira kuti ayambe kusambira m'nyanja, akayang'anizana ndi moto, amasandutsa boti kuti ikhale ng'anjo yapamwamba.

Koma amapita kunyanja, nkuyenda pansi pa chovala cha m'nyanja.

Anthu ambiri, ambiri oyendetsa panyanja, amaganiza kuti ndi openga. Koma monga banja lililonse, pamene palibe wina akumvetsetsa, amamvana.

"Kuti mukakhale bwato lamadzi muyenera kukhala osiyana," adatero Murtha. "Pamafunika kukhala ndi maganizo osiyana kuti tipewe kukhala kutali ndi anthu, dzuwa, ndi mpweya wabwino ngati ife tili.

Anthu ambiri sangathe kuthana ndi lingaliro la kukhala pansi pa madzi, koma oyendetsa sitimayo samaganiza kwenikweni za izo. Timayesera kuwauza anthu kuti kumizidwa pamtunda 400 kumakhala ngati kukhala pabedi panu m'chipinda chodyera, koma ndikuganiza kuti sangathe kudutsa madzi ambiri pamwamba pa mitu yawo. "

Mawu a Murtha amapita kumvetsetsa chifukwa chake kayendetsedwe ka nkhondo yamadzi apamadzi amadzimadzi, njira imodzi yokha yopita ku "Dolphin" -kulumikiza ubale, nthawizonse yakhala yovomerezeka.

"Kupindula ndi Dolphins wanu ndikutanthauza kwa antchito onse omwe mungathe komanso omwe adzakukhulupirirani ndi miyoyo yathu," anatero Electronics Bruchnan, yemwe ali ndi kalasi yachiwiri ya SS (Electronics Technician). "Ndikudziwa aliyense payekha, ndipo chidziwitso chimenecho chimandithandiza kuti ndiwakhulupirire pa vuto lachibwana. Sindinkaganiza kuti ndikudalira moyo wanga komanso moyo wa boti ndi wina aliyense amene sindinkadziwa. Ngati inu muli pa ngalawa yanga ndipo mukuvala Dolphins, ndiye ndikudalira inu, nthawi. Sindikusamala ngati ndinu yeoman, wophika, wopanga masikisi kapena makani - Ndikudziwa kuti muli ndi msana wanga. Sichikuyanjananso kuposa icho. "

Pamene woyendetsa sitima yatsopano akukwera pansi pa sitimayi iliyonse ndikupeza khadi lake la masewera oyendetsa ngalawa, adzapeza zizindikiro za matanthwe, ma hydraulics, sonar komanso ngakhale zida zankhondo.

Chimene sangapezepo chizindikiro chilichonse ndicho kuvala Dolphins kokhudza - kudalira. Koma mukawaveka iwo, kudalira ndi chinthu chimodzi chomwe chidziwitso chapamwamba ndi chidziwitso sichingafanane ndi.

"Kuvala Dolphins kumatanthawuza zambiri kuposa kungodziwa momwe mungagwiritsire ntchito makina oyendetsa boti, steam, electronics ndi air," anatero Culinary Specialist 3rd Class (SS) Jeff Smith, wophika usiku wa Blue Crew. "Zikutanthawuza zambiri kuposa kungokhoza kufotokoza momwe dontho la madzi amchere kunja kwa bwato limapanga mu kapu yanu mu galley. Ayi, kuvala Dolphins kumatanthauza kuti ogwira ntchito akukhulupirira kuti mukudziwa momwe mungapulumutsire ngalawa mosasamala kanthu za kuwonongeka, ndipo mosasamala za chiwerengero chanu kapena udindo wanu. Kupeza chikhulupiliro chimenecho kumakupangitsani inu kukhala oposa oyendetsa sitimayo, kukupangitsani kukhala membala wa banja la pansi pamadzi. "

Kukhala ndi kuphika ndemanga pa zinthu zowonongeka sikungakhale ndondomeko yosankha pa ngalawa zambiri za Navy, koma pa sitima zapamadzi, kuvala Dolphins ndizofunikira zonse.

CDR Robert Palisin, yemwe ndi mkulu wa akuluakulu a bungwe la Blue Crew, dzina lake Maine, anati: "Pa boti langa, aliyense akuyenera kudziwa momwe angapulumutsire ngalawayo. Sitimasankha chifukwa cha zolemba zanu kapena malo anu. Ophika anga ayenera kudziwa momwe angamenyane ndi moto mu chipinda cha injini, monga momwe makina anga ogwiritsira ntchito nyukiliya akuyenera kudziwa momwe angatulutsire magetsi ngati utsi umachokera kumsana wa sonar. Aliyense amene ali pawombowa ndilo phwando lolamulira - aliyense. "

Palisin anali osamala kuti afotokoze kuti kuwonongeka kwa kuwonongeka kuli zambiri kuposa kungodziwa choti achite ngati chinachake choipa chikuchitika. Ndikulingalira mozama mukumudziwa za kayendedwe ka boti kuti mulankhule ngati wina wa ogwira ntchitoyo atsala pang'ono kulakwitsa zomwe zimakhudza chitetezo cha sitimayo.

"Mu mphamvu yamadzi yam'madzi, timatsindika kuti ndife abwino kuposa momwe angathere poyenda panyanjayi, chifukwa onse omwe ali m'sitima yamadzimadzi amayenera kukhala osungirako katundu," anatero Palisin. "Ngakhale ine, monga woyendetsa ngalawayi, ndikuyembekezera kuti Woyenda Wachisipato wamkulu akudumphadumpha mutu ndikudandaula mutu ngati ndikulakwitsa zomwe zingasokoneze chombocho. Miyoyo yathu imadalira podziwa kuti tikhoza kudalira wina ndi mzake kuti tiwone nsana yathu, kuti tionetsetse kuti sitimayo imayikidwa bwino patsogolo pa msinkhu. "

Palisin, monga oyang'anira onse oyendetsa ngalawa, amaonetsetsa kuti antchito ake amadziwa kulimbana ndi zoopsa zonsezi poyendetsa masewera othawa. Pambuyo pake, chizoloƔezi chimachita bwino, ndipo pamene iwe uli nokha kuti uzidalira, kukhala wangwiro ndicho chokhacho chabwino chokwanira kuti iwe ukhale wamoyo.

"Timayesetsa kuyankha zovuta kwambiri kuti tizichita mwachibadwa," anatero MM2 (SS) Jim Crowson. "Maphunziro athu ayenera kukhala achibadwa. Apo ayi, tingakhale oopa poyamba m'malo moyankha ngati chinthu chenichenicho chikutsika. Pafupifupi 400, palibe nthawi yoti muwopsyezedwe. Ine sindikuyesera kulira maso-ndizo zenizeni za momwe mungapulumutsidwe pamene zonse zomwe mungakhale nazo ndizochepa mphindi isanafike ngalawayo ikumira pansi. "

Ngakhale kuti akupita kunyanja yopanda mawindo, palibe fantail, palibe helipad kapena ngakhale kuthamanga komwe kumapangitsa mphepo yamchere yatsopano, osasima ndege amathabe pamadzi. Abale awa onse amadzipereka ku ntchito yamagwato , ndipo kudzipereka kwawo sikunali kosiyana ndi oyendetsa panyanja pa ogwira ndege, oyendetsa ngakhalenso ngakhale tugboats. Iwo amangopanga ndalama zina zoonjezera (ndalama zam'nyanja zam'madzi zodzipiritsa mwapadera) kuchita izo, zomwe zimabwera moyenera pamene muli ndi tsiku lakubadwa la abale 154 kuti mugule.

Amakonda dziko lawo, amatsatira Makhalidwe Abwino a Madzi a Navy a ulemu, kulimba mtima, ndi kudzipereka ndipo akufuna kubwezeretsanso bwino kuchokera ku ntchito iliyonse. Monga utumiki wamtendere, komabe iwo amangokhala osanenapo za izo.